My parents were (they are doing well but they retired) professional astronomers and I inherited their love to the night sky. And I’m trying to visit any observatory or large telescope (including radio ones) I can find. That was one of the reasons I went to Arkaroola, South Australia last Christmas – New Year holidays. I want to see the most isolated observatory in Australia. It was absolutely fantastic journey! Finally I finished with all photos so after the Easter I will start posting them.
Sorry, back to the Arkaroola. This photo was made about 45 minutes or 1 hour after sunset. The horizon was still quite bright. I did some light painting session and highlighted the observatory and foreground with powerful torch. I also did star trails photo there – will show it a little bit later.
This photo combines two techniques – night photography and light painting. For those of you who interested in night photography and light painting I can recommend Brent Pearson’s book “Night Photography and Light Painting”. I bought it recently and I must say that it’s a great book with detailed tools and technique explanations, step-by-step instructions etc. Even if you already know that subject I’m pretty sure you would find something new there. Highly recommended.
You can order this eBook on his site Night Photography & Light Painting. Also he has quite interresting blog Brent Pearson – My Photographic Journey
And back to Arkaroola again.
Arkaroola’s Astronomical Observatory
Arkaroola
Arkaroola on Wikipedia
Arkaroola’s Observatory on Google Maps
by Ilya Genkin
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