Tim Cornbill

The International Space Station passing in front of the full ‘wolf’ moon last night, from Sutton Coldfield 🔭 It’s large as it’s slightly closer to earth at 418km. Moon is 384,400km, so these things don’t happen that often in your back garden 🤯😂 #WolfMoon #Astrophotography

Did anyone else see this in the UK? @BBCNews @VirtualAstro @bbcmtd @bbcweather

Just saw the strangest thing fly over Birmingham UK, I thought it was a plane but it looked like a single dot with mist around it and a line of dots next to it travelling at the same speed! When I looked through binoculars it appeared to speed up. I am assuming a Starlink launch?

@RoughleySpeakin Yeah I think it’s the space x rocket flying over, must have just released the starlinks as that is what I could see in a line above it

@timcornbill Starlink for Jamaica?

Curious minds were buzzing with questions as Tim revealed the exciting world of architecture and design These real-world connections are planting seeds of inspiration for our future architects, engineers, and dreamers! Special thanks to @bdptimcornbill #FutureInTheMaking

Can you believe The Octagon topped out nearly 7 months ago?  This is an incredible throwback showing our brilliant Birmingham from 155 metres in the air. Thanks for sharing these @timcornbill.  #OctagonBham #Birmingham

Wow, these photos are fantastic! They were taken atop The Octagon last year, aren't they incredible? 🛑  Thanks for capturing the city's brilliance @mgrowcoot, @timcornbill, @/insta.brum1. Don't forget to tag us in your pics of Paradise with @paradisebham. 📸

@ParadiseBham The conditions were fantastic 🙌

@timcornbill Love how atmospheric these are!

A misty morning in Birmingham, as viewed from the Octagon

Up on THE roof Huge thanks to @ParadiseBham for inviting me to the top of the tallest building in Birmingham, the Octagon. It was a huge privilege to be among the group of photographers shooting the sunset last night and sunrise this morning 🙌 Loads more photos to come…

@egneg I got it off eBay years ago. I’ve had a quick search and can’t find the transaction sorry

@timcornbill hi Tim, I've just watched a YouTube vid of yours about footy shirts, but where did you get your world cup trophy from? It's miles better than the one I've got.

@mikefduff You’ve got all those big city lights to contend with! We’ve only got Lichfield here so we’re lucky

Aurora alert in Birmingham, UK! This is straight off my phone 3s handheld!! #northernlights #ukweather

@Darrencannan Looks like a good sunset opportunity from February 👍

@timcornbill You are welcome. 👍. Right hand corner of the pub building. The vantage point allows you to see the clouds cover moving across the city. The sweep at the back to Frankley/Clent or the Lickeys is an unexpected angle, too.

@timcornbill hi Tim, having a drink at the Rose Inn, Baxterley, N. Warks, today, and noticed a great view of Birmingham from the back of the pub. My phone doesn't do it justice, but with a powerful camera, I think it would be ace. I think you can see Clent in the background, too.

@mikefduff Thanks, it was 30 seconds exposure 👍

Did anyone spot this amazing huge 22 degree Lunar Halo last night? I’ve pushed the saturation & detail to bring out the rainbow and also the even rarer Parhelic Circle - a horizontal line which would stretch all around the horizon #lunarhalo #22degreelunarhalo #parheliccircle

@MrAdamGibbs @B3nWWD Yep, it’s what he said 👆 A lovely sight to behold

@B3nWWD @timcornbill Halo ring.. icy cirrus clouds very high up. Moon light refracting.

Any #Astrophotography folks such as @timcornbill explain what this ring is around the moon? It's visible to the naked eye this evening quite vividly, not just in photo like you make normally get.

Equipment It goes without saying you need a long telephoto lens to achieve this, as well as a capable & relatively high res camera. I used a Sony a7riv and Sony 200-600 lens, but they’re not necessarily the best combo for this shot So maybe it wasn’t that lucky after all!

Edit Given the rush to get this shot I almost missed it off the edge of the frame, it was right in the corner. I had to crop it and then made a few tweaks to make the silhouette darker and bring out some detail in the moon by adjusting the contrast. It’s a raw file so it’s easy

It’s the #SuperBlueMoon tonight and it’s a year since I captured this plane passing over it. I had a load of people say I was extremely lucky to get this shot. So was it pure luck?? Here’s what into shooting something like this…