Astrophotography

I've been fascinated by the night sky for as long as I can remember, but deep sky photography took that fascination to a different level entirely. These astrophotography prints represent hours and hours of integration time, captured through a telescope from rural West Cork where the dark skies still give you a fighting chance against light pollution. Each image is built from dozens, sometimes hundreds, of individual exposures stacked and processed to reveal structures invisible to the naked eye. It's painstaking work, but I'm just a little obsessed with it.

The collection includes the Heart Nebula, the Wizard Nebula, and the Elephant's Trunk alongside the Pinwheel Galaxy and the Whirlpool Galaxy. Every one was captured from Irish skies on cold, clear West Cork nights. No stock imagery, just real photons.

If you know my landscape work, you'll recognise the same patience and persistence at play here. Deep sky photography demands both in abundance.