STARS AND NEBULAE

 Cosmic Inferno

Peter Ward (Australia)

Photo location: Barden Ridge, New South Wales, Australia, 10 November 2019 Equipment: Alluna Optics RC-16 telescope at f/8, 5nm Ha filter, Paramount ME II mount, SBIG STX-16803 camera,

32 x 10-minute exposures Judge’s verdict: “This is a reminder and testament to the horrors that the photographer references during the Australian bushfires. As photographers and artists it is often the personal experiences and moments in our individual lives that we translate into our depictions of what we see and then represent to our audiences through our works.” – Ed Robinson