Thank you for the comments.

I had intentions grabbing a few pictures of the ship while docked. I am not really interested in ships. But the ships name is the Ocean Princess. We were out having a few beers, and waiting for our meal, when we heard three blasts of the ships horn. I did not expect the ship to be leaving, so I grabbed my camera to have a quick look to find that the ship was making way. I took these, and thought I liked the lighting, and it was an idea to share.

Gary

Time to set sail, into the rain.













Gary

While eating my fish and chips last night. This was the view out over Darwin harbour. Moon light and lightning.










Gary

At last, a night with no clouds. My first go at Eta Carina nebula. It seems strange taking an image of something you can't see with the naked eye. A short single exposure with my Tamron 80-200, with the O-GPS1.

Not brilliant, but a small step forwards. In time I will learn to process these images, but at this point in time, I am trying to capture a reasonable image first.




Gary

Yet another night time shot. This time a rather large ship.




And from another angle with a tug getting ready to move off, and do it's thing.




Gary

Hi,

As we get loads of lightning at this time of the year, I thought I would go out and play with it. Nothing special.




And




All cyclone Lam came to was rain, so I went down to the beach at Casuarina, once it had stopped raining. Again, at night time, and in the pitch darkness, I got these.




And lastly




Gary

One of the last sunrises from last year. Yes I know, a tad late. But this was at Mt Olga. Very hot, very red, and loads of flies. A panorama stitched from five or six frames.

I am guessing you can find the pointers, as well as the Crux to point you in the direction of South in the night sky. I have checked Perth's latitude, and it is 32 degrees south, so you should be able to find the constellation Octans once you know what to look for. So polar alignment should be possible. Up here, neither the pointers or the Crux are in the night sky, as yet.

Regards

Gary

I thought I would post a few pictures from our road trip from Darwin to Uluru. Long days, hot weather, 39 degrees, but good fun.

Seen better days




Uluru sunset




Road from Uluru




Barrow Creek




Devils Marbles




Regards

Gary

Not a problem at all. Looking good.

I will attach an image that shows how I am not achieving good polar alignment with my tracker. It is close, but not good enough. As you can see, the stars are egg shaped.

Gary