
Simon Farnell – My Photography Space
Photographer – explorer of light and colour

March 2022 in Night Pictures
March is now long behind us, but some of the pictures remind me of the cold, clear nights that shine with such beauty and how the light can transform in so many ways… I hope you enjoy these, let me know if you have any favourites. I’ve left them as a gallery here: Let meContinue reading “March 2022 in Night Pictures”

Photography and a Lesson in Preparation
Earlier in the year I did a little self investing and I bought myself a star tracker. For anyone that doesn’t know what this does, it can cancel out the rotation of the Earth so that long exposure camera shots can be taken without getting streaky stars. What it essentially does is rotate the cameraContinue reading “Photography and a Lesson in Preparation”

January 2022 in Pictures
It’s already the end of the first month of 2022, the Sun is coming out more, the morning and evenings are little brighter each day. January might be the darkest month but when the light come out there is some beauty to take in as these pictures celebrate: I hope you enjoy these, let meContinue reading “January 2022 in Pictures”

Shooting the Moon
The Moon is out closest celestial neighbour and to the naked eye if your eyesight is sharp larger details and craters can be made out. Pointing my camera at it a while back brings out some fantastic detail as these shots taken at different phases show. Image stacking could make these sharper and that’s somethingContinue reading “Shooting the Moon”

Astrophotography – Capturing the Milky Way with Smartphone
There’s a thing with Photography, no sooner as a piece of equipment allows you to do something that you want it to do more. This is especially true in astrophotography. For years I’ve been waiting or smartphone camera’s to get good enough to take pictures of the stars, finally when I got one that couldContinue reading “Astrophotography – Capturing the Milky Way with Smartphone”

Science in Sci-Fi – Time Travel
Science fiction is as the name suggests the fiction of science. I thought it would be a fun, interesting and at times mind bending idea too look at the science behind some of the technology in science fiction and look under the hood to see what’s required to make it work or what barriers areContinue reading “Science in Sci-Fi – Time Travel”

Time, Space and the Universe as we know it – Part 2 Relative Motion
With all it’s vastness and complexity it’s taken a long time for humans to reach the understanding that we have of the universe that we have. This is the story of evolving understanding and how simplicity gives way to incredible truth’s that seems to sit at odds with how we think life should be… andContinue reading “Time, Space and the Universe as we know it – Part 2 Relative Motion”

Science in Sci-Fi – Quantum Entanglement Communication
Science fiction is as the name suggests the fiction of science. I thought it would be a fun, interesting and at times mind bending idea too look at the science behind some of the technology in science fiction and look under the hood to see what’s required to make it work or what barriers areContinue reading “Science in Sci-Fi – Quantum Entanglement Communication”
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