Wairarapa Midweek Wed 28th June

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WEDNESDAY,JUNE 28, 2017

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The Milky Way as seen from Gladstone. PHOTO/ALEX BEACH

Shooting for the stars BY GERALD FORD A Gladstone teenager took his amateur photography to new heights last week with a stunning photo of the Wairarapa night sky. Alex Beach, 15, has been taking photographs for about three years, having become curious early on about what made his father’s camera tick. “I kind of just worked it out for myself, I wanted to learn all about it.”

Alex has attended a few photography tutorials, but is mostly self-taught. He has taken several groups of outdoors photos for clients of his father, who leads rafting excursions and guided fishing tours. However last week’s experiment, “was actually the first night photograph I took”, Alex said. He was therefore well pleased

with the result, which required some preparation. “I planned it for two days.” A computer application called Stellarium allowed him to track the location of the Milky Way, and he decided the best time for a photo would be 2am. Alex chose the early morning of Wednesday 21, which was actually the day of the winter solstice (although

the longest night began at sunset later that day. “I took it this day because there was a very clear sky,” Alex said. “I live out in Gladstone so the light pollution from Masterton didn’t affect the photo.”

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