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Hi all, First post here. A few pics from a recent trip to Cornwall in the UK. Any feedback or ideas on how these could have been improved (in camera and editing) would be amazing.

I love these. I like your choices in stylising the colours - enough to be interesting, but not garish 👍🏻

Hi Baddoch. I have followed a similar path from Pentax. It depends on your perception of small/smallish. If you are looking for something to act like a normal "pop-up" flash, the EF-X8 works well. If you are looking small, I would look for the Godox TT350-F. I pcked a couple up second hand from LCE around £25 each. (Think Pentax AF360 FGZ but a bit smaller) If you are after a "full size" one, I would go for the Godox V860III-F. Just before Xmas I picked a couple up brand new from Amazon at £91 on offer with a voucher. Fantastic flashes with Lithium ion batteries and fully compatiple with the Fujifilm TTL modes as well and integrating with the other Godox units and guns including the TT350. These are still available on Amazon for £153 but there is a voucher code for 30% making them £107, Compared that with over 4x for the Fuji unit which is less flexible.

Eureka! The Golden State. NGC 1499 is called the California Nebula, it has roughly the same shape as does the (US) state California. (California's motto is "Eureka!", its nickname is 'The Golden State'.) In spite of being listed as a 'bright' nebula, NGC 1499 can be tricky to see even in very dark skies. A type of filter called a Hb, or H-beta filter can be really helpful if you hold it up to your eye while observing the nebula. Of course, you have to look in the right space-region. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210310.html https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190823.html https://www.constellation-guide.com/california-nebula/ This exposure equivalent times in at 69 minutes, 35 seconds.

North America ... NGC 7000 is the name / number / title given to a nebula in the Cygnus Constellation that actually does resemble most of North America, though I think the Canadian part gets short changed. This nebula is pretty popular because it contains so many fascinating parts. Along the left side of "Mexico" is something called the Great Cygnus Wall, and over to the right of NGC 7000 is another popular nebula called the Pelican Nebula. Pelican Nebula is a little fainter, so it needs more exposure time to fill it in so it shows as much as the North America Nebula. This is the equivalent of 80 minutes of exposure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America_Nebula https://skyandtelescope.org/online-gallery/ngc-7000-north-america-nebula-2/ https://www.constellation-guide.com/north-america-nebula/ https://www.constellation-guide.com/pelican-nebula/