I was fortunate enough to have been contacted by Australian Geographic who wanted to run one of my nightscape pictures from the Kimberley in the Australian Geographic magazine. It came out in print this week, in the May June 2013 … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Nightscape
Dead Stump Panorama
This dead tree stump is one of my highlights of the landscape on the way to the IceInSpace AstroCamp at Lostock. It can be seen on the final hill approaching the camp, and I’ve always wanted to feature it in … Continue reading
Cattle Ramp Silhouette
The cattle ramp provides a great silhouette against the night sky. And plenty going on in the sky with the rising Milky Way and scorpius on the left amongst some green airglow, the Southern Cross and pointers next to the … Continue reading
Milky Way Rising over Lostock Dam
On the Saturday night of the star party, Andrew Murrell and I went for a drive in search of interesting foregrounds and found this great scene at Lostock Dam, about 20 minutes drive from the camp. There’s a nice picnic area … Continue reading
Southern Milky Way Rising over the Dam
The bulge of the Milky Way is just starting to rise over the mountain. When viewing this part of the sky, we’re looking towards the centre of our galaxy. This is a 4-frame panorama of the Southern Milkyway rising over … Continue reading
NP101: What are Nightscapes?
I love capturing beautiful nightscape photography, and I’m always happy to share what I know and what I learn. I’m keen to inspire others to head outside and look up at the sky, and to photograph the sky. So I’ve … Continue reading
Wallpaper – Trails
Every week or two I’ll upload a new wallpaper, so make sure you enter your email address to subscribe to new posts when they’re published, and/or like my Mike Salway Photography Facebook page. This wallpaper is of the nightscape Trails – a … Continue reading
Trails
This is a single 30 minute exposure of the stars rising behind the famous 5 trees at IISAC2013. – Also available as a wallpaper. Captured with the Canon 6D, 24-70mm lens @ 70mm, f/5.6, ISO640, 30 minute single exposure. I … Continue reading
Nightscape Photography 101 – Intro and Index
I love capturing beautiful nightscape photography, and I’m always happy to share what I know and what I learn. I’m keen to inspire others to head outside and look up at the sky, and to photograph the sky. So I’m … Continue reading
Rho Ophiuchus, Antares and the Milky Way
This is a deep image of part of the Scorpius constellation towards the centre of our Milky Way galaxy. The bright yellow star to the left is Antares, the heart of the scorpion, and is part of the Rho Ophiuchi … Continue reading
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My name is Mike Salway and I'm passionate about amateur astronomy, photography and karate. I love to capture beautiful landscapes and night sky scenes, and love it when I can show people the wonder of our universe
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Hawkesbury River Sunrise (Vertical) 
Hawkesbury River Sunrise 
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