Josh Dury, NiSi UK Ambassador
Josh Dury Photo-Media AKA ‘Starman’ (B.A. FRAS), is an Internationally Acclaimed, Award-Winning Landscape Astrophotographer, Presenter, Speaker and Writer from The Mendip Hills AONB in Somerset, United Kingdom. His images have received endorsements by NASA, APOLLO 11 Astronaut – Buzz Aldrin, ESA Astronaut – Tim Peake, The World At Night (TWAN), PPOD, BBC & CBS amongst others.
Endorsement by Apollo 11 Astronaut, Buzz Aldrin
Endorsement by ESA Astronaut, Tim Peake
Featured by The Scientific Journal, Nature X2 | 2023.
Shortlisted Astronomy Photographer of the Year: 2017, 2023 and 2024.
Winner: History Photographer of the Year 2023.
Nasa/ Apollo 11/ award winning Astrophotographer.
Josh’s Gear Bag
Cameras:
- Sony A7S II & 3.
Lenses
- Sigma Art DG DN Fleet – 14-600mm
Filters:
- NiSi Star Soft Filter
- NiSi Natural Night Filter
- NiSi S6 Filter Holder Kit + Adapters
Astrogear:
- Skywatcher Star Adventurer
Tripods:
- Benro Tortoise Tripod
What got you into photography?
Josh:
Throughout my career over the past two-decades, I have been fortunate in documenting the night-sky since I was seven-years old – having been inspired by the concept of life on other worlds and the depths of our universe. This ignited a life-long ambition for astronomy and photography; documenting both aspects through Landscape Astrophotography. This experience stayed with me throughout an education and a first-class honours degree in Photography from The University of the West of England (UWE). Now pursuing a career as a Landscape Astrophotographer, recent endorsements include NASA, The World At Night (TWAN), Apollo 11 Astronaut, Buzz Aldrin , ESA British Astronaut – Tim Peake and The Scientific Journal, Nature.
As a Delegate of Dark Skies International, I use photography as a platform to address the environmental concerns of Artificial Light At Night (ALAN) impacting our view of the night-sky.
Talk me through your favourite shot with NiSi filters
Josh:
Photographed from the cliff-face of Cheddar Gorge, the view of the winter constellations sets into the bathing light pollution of Cheddar. An integral part of the Star Soft filter is to make visible stars more apparent in astro-images, as opposed to single sources of light. Not only making for visual stunning images, but to aid in telling the story of science through starlight.
What is your dream location to photograph?
Josh:
Would have to be Delicate Arch National Park, United States. Utterly iconic images of the milky way over the natural formations shaped by nature and the bleak, yet utterly beautiful landscape of Utah.
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