Tim Cornbill

Architect & Photographer - Sony World Photography Award Winner - Author of Urban Photography

[Tim Cornbill @timcornbill]

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

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

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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?

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@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

[Washwood Heath Academy: All Through School @washwoodheath]

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

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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

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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. 📸

[Tim Cornbill @timcornbill]

@ParadiseBham The conditions were fantastic 🙌

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A misty morning in Birmingham, as viewed from the Octagon

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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…

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

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

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

#northernlights #ukweather

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@Darrencannan Looks like a good sunset opportunity from February 👍

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@mikefduff Thanks, it was 30 seconds exposure 👍

[Tim Cornbill @timcornbill]

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

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@MrAdamGibbs @B3nWWD Yep, it’s what he said 👆

A lovely sight to behold

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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!

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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…

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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