Contributions of the group Australia

Brand New Board first night.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:47:22 +0000

I have surfed since I was 6 years old in the tropics, I introduced to my daughter and son when they where 6 years of age the art of surfing. My son turned out to be the keen one, he first surfed on a second hand board and wet suit but this was a proper body board made for body boarding and Knee boarding(third shot below) not a supermarket board. We also bought him a new wet suit to his liking so he was fully set up, each weekend we went out both days in the morning when there was less surfers. Father and son getting ready we both took a photo of each other and joined together as one.. Some shots in action from the beach and from my water proof Olympus I made a holder so camera was strapped to my left arm and would never get lost. My car had two tubs in the the boot one for each set of wet gear to clean down at home ready for next time.

Riding a clean Green Wall

Showing off and Having Fun

Wave Crashing Down

Toward the lighthouse

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:59:10 +0000

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Oceanside fencing at Kiama, with the lighthouse in the background. Happy Fence Friday and have a good weekend, everyone.

Banksia

nobody@ipernity.com (Alass) — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:02:29 +0000

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Mr Nosey- Eggplant

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:21:32 +0000

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Home grown in my garden.

mrmen.com/en-au/pages/mr-nosey

Sunset bench

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:58:55 +0000

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Late afternoon with a bonus seagull. Happy Bench Monday and have a good week.

Prawn Nebula IC 4628

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 06:12:17 +0000

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This was a very hard fought target. first and for most my old power distributor died, it just up and no longer worked. It was find a replacement. SVBony 241 Pro this gave me full power and the USB hub I had could be retired as it had fully functional USB hub on one side.

My first target with this camera I got some funny results and did not quite twig what was going on. That target you will not see till maybe next year to say at this point I was happy to have a new camera, I asked for a full refund.

This is the camera that was replaced from the USA night two at -10c all the very last shots of the night had squid ring on the photo. Carlos said sensor glass is frosted so to prove it I warmed the camera not for 10 min but for 20 min. Slowly but surely the squid rings got less and less.

Frost

So it was where do I go from here. I got in touch with the camera manufacture "what is going on". It seemed I was dumped out on my own. Then I hit on the idea, -10c why not try 0c summer temp shooting. you are looking at 3/4 of this shot coming from perfect 0c THE WHOLE Night shooting. I never got this from my original camera.

One thing I have learned Life is never meant to be easy you got to keep on your toes. The only thing constant is change and something going astray.

QHY268M -10c one night 5 min SHaO 20 odd shot each dumped 4 hours of data ,1 1/2 nights shooting at 0c whole nights data perfect, 20 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
SVBony 241 Pro Power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

Looking north

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:43:27 +0000

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Today was a lovely winter's day, so I wandered off and took a few images. This is looking north over the Clyde River and Batemans Bay. Best viewed large.
Hoping that none of the ipernity group are being affected by the dreadful fires in Europe (and Canada).

RCW133

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:51:57 +0000

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This was a shot to take in three days of clear before the winter clouds and rain came in. As I was watching the images come in and stack I kept thinking I know this form. It took me two days of thinking (getting old) to work out yes this was so much the same as my high school arts lesson. The Girl with the Pearl Earring By Vermeer.

The face is turned a little differently but its almost Ghostly the similarity other than the missing star as an earring. The face is more profile than Vermeer's but so similar. Who ever said space has nothing to offer its boreing.

As this area is missing a lot of Oxygen this was shot as Ha SS.

QHY268M 0c 3 nights 5 min 120 shots SHa , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
SVBony 241 Pro Power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

Tide's out

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:43:17 +0000

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Another view of Caseys Beach, with the tide out and sand visible. At high tide the beach almost disappears. Best viewed large.
Happy Fence Friday and have a great weekend, everyone.

Regent Theatre

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:51:06 +0000

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Another great example of Art Deco architecture (you will see from my "Walls" album that I'm rather partial to it). This is in the country town of Mudgee. Read more about it here, .HWW, everyone.

East of sunset

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:14:23 +0000

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Looking to the east, with the sunset colours reflected in the clouds. Stitched panorama, best viewed large.

Observation Point Lookout

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:11:39 +0000

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Looking over Batemans Bay toward the Clyde River and the distant Great Dividing Range.
Happy Bench Monday and have a good week, everyone.

NGC 6357 Lobster Nebula.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:33:24 +0000

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The SVBony has been a challenge I had equipment stoppage's where the Camera and Mount turned off. While the Pegasus ran from the one power supply SVBony would not I had to use two different power supplies for the mount and the camera. It also turned out the cable I was given with the unit was not capable of providing enough power as the wires where tooo thin. My original cable is a heavy cable so there is no drop in power but it required a different sized end to work.

Add to the power problem the EQMOD cable that runs the mount did not like being on the power unit hub for some reason, so I had to attach it back to the Mele straight not through the SVBony usb hub. I hope the next target has a few less problem's other than clouds and rain.

Contrast the Detail the the Filters bring out of the nebula compared to the single one shot camera above.

QHY268M 0c 5 nights 5 min 120 shots SHaO , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
SVBony 241 Pro Power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

Fishing and fence

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:44:04 +0000

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Some keen fisher-folk trying their luck at the end of this jetty, overseen by some pelicans. Best viewed large.
Happy Fence Friday and have a good weekend, everyone.

Caseys again

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:53:49 +0000

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Another image at Caseys Beach, taken while walking the dog. The bench is behind the fence, marked with a note. Happy Bench Monday, everyone.

View from my back windows. Winter

nobody@ipernity.com (Alass) — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 07:36:35 +0000

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Caseys Beach

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:16:48 +0000

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Taken on my morning walk with the dog. Yes, the fence is low. :-)
Happy Fence Friday and have a good weekend, everyone.

Die Bank in Melbourne

nobody@ipernity.com (Erika+Manfred) — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:13:24 +0000

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Customs Wharf Galleria, Williamstown, Melbourne,

nobody@ipernity.com (Eunice Perkins) — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 10:14:32 +0000

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Australia.

5/7'26...SC204, Street Signs

Kiama mural

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:33:10 +0000

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This mural was new to me. I note (PiP1) it was painted in 2025 by one of Australia's top mural painters, Jimmy Dvate, which explains the standard. It features (PiP2) the Eastern Ground Parrot (listed as vulnerable) and the flowers of Illawarra Zieria (listed as endangered). It's getting late here, but still Happy Wednesday Wall time.
There's a good fence here too, so I'll recycle this for Happy Fence Friday. :-)