Category: Nightscapes

Nov 5, 2007

Cambridge Fireworks on Midsummer Common

Cambridge Fireworks on Midsummer Common

Taken from the wonderful vantage point of the Jesus College Boat House – the reflections in the Cam and the stunning compositions make these some of the best firework photographs I’ve taken. Also very helpful was a friend’s tip about setting the camera to bulb mode, so that shutter speeds could be easily adapted as the fireworks...

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Jul 1, 2007

London (again)

London (again)

Another trip down to London, this time to show a visiting friend the sights. Interesting character on the Tube Packed shop window in Chinatown Quaint cottage in St. James Park Sunset over the Thames Bungee bouncing and Stormtroopers London Eye, Parliament, Big Ben at night St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Gherkin, and the City at...

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May 19, 2007

Venus and the Earthlit Moon

Venus and the Earthlit Moon

After a long rainy streak, the return of clear skies brought not only sunshine and warmth, but also a view of the conjunction between Venus and a young crescent moon. This photograph shows the phenomenon of Earthshine, where the dark side of the moon is illuminated by sunlight reflected off the Earth’s...

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Mar 4, 2007

Costa Rica – Day 2

Costa Rica – Day 2

I wasn’t planning on writing again today, but today’s events were even better than yesterday, and while I’ve got free internet at the hotel, and my family are all early-to-bed people on holiday, I thought I’d write some more :) A couple of things I forgot to mention yesterday were that they play lots of Salsa and Merengue music everywhere, and that every...

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Dec 22, 2006

Cambridge in the twilit mist

Cambridge in the twilit mist

I went wandering with my camera again this afternoon. For some reason, I thought it would be a good idea to get some photos of Cambridge in the mist, just as it was getting dark. I had the whole afternoon when the light was better, but wanted to make things hard on myself. I guess I always preferred night photography, though I should have taken a...

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Oct 2, 2006

Panoramic Photos from Italy

Panoramic Photos from Italy

I travelled around Italy in September 2006, and took lots more photos, including a few sets of photos which stitch together to form panoramic views. I took two 360 degree panoramic views, in Venice and Sienna, which are shown in Java Applets below. You can drag the view around with your mouse, or use your keyboard’s arrow keys. Pressing – or + lets you zoom out or in,...

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Apr 19, 2006

Hi-Res Panoramic Photos

Hi-Res Panoramic Photos

During my trip to South Africa, I took several sets of photos at various stunning vistas, which I would stitch together back home. Well, now that all the other photos have been tweaked and added to CantabPhotos, I’ve started stitching some of them together (I use the open source stitching software Hugin, along with Autopano). At Blyde River Canyon, I had taken 19 photos at 8...

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Nov 17, 2005

22 Degree Moon Halo & New Court Nightscapes

22 Degree Moon Halo & New Court Nightscapes

With a crisp, clear night boasting a brilliant full moon, I headed out with my camera, and after 2 hours of salsa to warm me up, spent 2 hours getting rather numb taking photos, but the results were worth it. I wouldn’t have spotted the moon-halo, had it not been for a group of people standing in the middle of John’s New Court, excitedly talking about how amazing it...

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May 29, 2005

Is Trinity a Den of Thieves?

Is Trinity a Den of Thieves?

There are hundreds of tales recounted about Cambridge, many are probably apocryphal, but they’re still juicy enough to tell people who haven’t heard them yet (or gullible tourists in a punt). While taking the photographs shown below, I noticed the inscription on the Trinity Chapel, which reminded me of one of these tales. I’ve not checked the veracity of the tale,...

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May 28, 2005

More night photos…

More night photos…

I took some more photos at night this morning – as I got home at 2:30, I noticed a clear sky and rising moon, so headed out again with my camera. Got distracted taking photos down St. John’s St and Trinity St, and completely forgot about the moon! Dawn came at 4am and ruined the light though :( Here are two quick processings of some of the photos I took (I’ll...

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