Photo of the Month (August 2026 Edition): Ephemeral Choosing a photo that represented my brief stay in a small corner of southern China was an immense challenge, much like everything else there. I was in Jinghong, the capital of the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, for a conference that took place at a hotel right next […]

Photo of the month (July 2026 Edition): Misty China   As mentioned in the previous post here on the blog, at the end of June and beginning of July I traveled from Scotland, where I’ll be staying until September, to China to attend a conference on tropical biology and conservation. It was the same conference […]

Exhibition: Astronomy Photographer of the Year   Among the many different “Photography of the Year” competitions, one of my favorites is the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year, organized by the National Maritime Museum in London, England, and sponsored by a manufacturer of astrophotography equipment. I’m not familiar with the company itself, but year after […]