Rik McRae was a laboratory-product development scientist for over 20 years and fell into photography through needing to take pictures of new products and troubleshooting images at work. Combined with a passion for astronomy, this has lead to Rik seeking out opportunities to capture and share images that give a different perspective to the way we normally view things.
Photography equipment
Canon EOS 6D
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM
Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS II USM
Canon EF 2x Mark III Extender
Startrails, timelapse and widefield equipment
Canon EOS 1000D
Canon EOS 350D (Full spectrum modified)
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
SkyWatcher EQ3-2 driven equatorial mount
Deep sky astroimaging equipment
(at Copeland Park Observatory)
Starlight Xpress SXV-H9 monochrome cooled CCD camera
Baader Planetarium L R G B Ha Oiii & Sii filters
SkyWatcher Explorer 150P 150/750 f/5 parabolic Newtonian with a Baader Planetarium Mark II coma corrector
SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro Synscan equatorial mount controlled via EQMod and fitted with an autoguiding system
Licensing
Please use the Contact page to ask about licensing any of the images on this site. A selection of work is also available through iStock by Getty Images
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