Recent content by g8ina

Thanks Jeremy :)

I used to walk to Fawsley from Daventry in me yoof.... Happy days.

Thanks John, I appreciate that :)

Ive had a pair of Senn HD580s for a while now and am continually reminded of how good they are simply by sticking em on my head !

All my macros are done with the Tamron 90mm, love it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/g8ina/

There's a small town in S Shropshire where the residents voted not to have any street lighting. On the side of the Stiperstones, some really dark skies down that way.

Eyup Dave, Im in E Northampton, often seen around Summer Leys in my trusty wheelchair and big floppy hat. If you're into wildlife maybe we'll bump into each other some day.

If you want to try imaging for astronomy, I can recommend a chat with the guys over at UK Astro Imaging forum. Ive been a member there for years and they are really helpful. I also echo the above comments re what you want to do governing what kit you get. Planetary will need a "long thin"...

Managed to get 2kg of really fat sloes from Summer Leys this year, two weeks ago. Great harvest, all off one tree. I freeze em for 2 days, then they go into a 1 gallon demijon, with 1kg of muscavado and some vanilla castor sugar. Shaken as often as we could over a week, then topped up with...

We have a Natural History Society here in Northampton which has a very active photo section covering all aspects, but especially natural history. We meet at The Humphrey Rooms on Cheyne Walk most Wednesdays. Look for NNHS on google for more info.

Hi Barry, Im in Northampton, eastern area. Often see me at Summer Leys in my trusty wheelchair.

These are the Optus scopes, which started off at 49 quid, then 26 quid and are now down to 14 quid in my local ALDI (Northampton). Quick road test - Chromatic abb is rather low, surprisingly so for the cost, distortion is also less than expected. Close focus is about 3m, which means it's...

Stewart, if you can zip those images in a single file and email them to me Ill see what I can do in Registax ?