Dylan Knight Photography · Sunshine Coast, Australia

Landscape & Astrophotography by Dylan Knight

Australian photographer and educator working across landscape, seascape, night-sky and deep-sky photography. Explore the photographs, documented projects and practical knowledge developed since 2016.

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Night-sky photography · Dylan Knight

01 / Selected photographs

From the landscape to the night sky

Landscape, seascape, nightscape and deep-sky work form the core of Dylan Knight Photography. This is a small selection; the full portfolios carry the broader body of work.

Long-exposure waterfall in rainforest at Lamington National Park, photographed by Dylan Knight — **Landscape** Lamington National Park · QLD

Dramatic sunrise and breaking waves over the rocky coast at Coolum, photographed by Dylan Knight — **Seascape** Coolum · Sunshine Coast

Milky Way rising above Uluru at night, photographed by Dylan Knight — **Nightscape** Uluru · Northern Territory

M45 Pleiades and surrounding interstellar dust photographed and processed by Dylan Knight — **Deep sky** M45 · Pleiades

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02 / Deep-Sky Astro

Tested, processed, documented

Deep-Sky Astro brings together finished projects, capture planning, processing workflows and real-world tests built from actual nights under the sky. The emphasis is practical: show the data, explain the decisions and be clear about the limitations.

Project DWARF Mini Orion Nebula: A 24-Hour HDR Mosaic of M42 A three-panel Orion mosaic with dedicated HDR core exposures, built from more than 24 hours of accepted integration. Field test 30 vs 60 Second Exposures on the DWARF Mini Matched 88-minute integrations on M8 to test whether doubling individual exposure length creates a meaningful finished-image difference. Workflow How I Schedule the DWARF Mini for an Entire Night A practical approach to target order, capture windows and overnight scheduling designed to minimise wasted clear-sky time.

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03 / About Dylan

Photographing since 2016

I'm a landscape and astrophotography photographer based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. What began with learning a Nikon D3400 grew into landscape, seascape and night-sky work, then into photography education across Australia and New Zealand.

I've taught more than 300 photographers, worked as a Nikon School Instructor and received Certified Professional Photographer certification through PPAQ. My photography has also received national and international recognition, including finalist recognition in the 2026 Astrophotography Prize and selection for print in Shared Sky: Photos of Our Universe at Chabot Space & Science Center in California.

300+ photographers taught Nikon School Instructor CPP · PPAQ

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04 / Photography education

Small groups. Practical field work.

Over several years, I've taught more than 300 photographers through practical field coaching, image review and editing. Multi-day groups are generally capped at four so there is time for individual help rather than simply moving a crowd between locations.

Future workshops are released selectively across Australia and New Zealand. The workshop page explains the approach and lets you register interest in the locations you would most like to photograph.

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