This was an outerworldly evening for our members.  Paul's interest in the sky at night was inspired by a book on amateur astronomy which was given by his aunt at the age of just 11 years.  As his passion grew his parents bought him a telescope and he studied the nightsky in detail.  His interest continued and spiked whenever there was a comet passing through our universe and was visible.  One in particular - Comet Hale-Bopp was a real turning point - as he captured it with his fathers film SLR and found the results inspiring.  He continued to dabble, and produce good images, but 23 years on, the comet NEOWISE appeared during the COVID lockdowns and he once again picked up his basic Canon DSLR.   His images were not good, but were enough for him to become totally hooked on photographing the nightsky above the landscape.    Paul feels a deep connection with the universe, and finds studying the nightsky meditative. His talk is designed to inspire people to give nightscape photography a go.  He inspired us with the adventure of nighttime image capture and also provided us with enough technical pointers to equip ourselves with basic camera knowledge to make memorable starlit photographs.  Paul's website is well worth visiting for both technically excellent and beautiful ethereal images.  Paul was rightly proud of being a finalist in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024.