clwonghk

Hello all, I recently bought an astromodified Canon 6D (only LPF 2 filter removed). Finally had the chance to test it out 2 days ago after a whole month of miserable weather. However there are some noticeable problems with the images: There are some flares at the bottom of every image, please see attached images, I have circled them in blue. I am sure it is not environmental light, lens flare or zodiacal light as these flares exist in both tracked and still images at the same spots. These flares are still quite prominent even after correcting white balance. Has anyone experienced this problem? Any advice on solving this? I have contacted the seller so hopefully will get to the bottom of it. Thank you in advance!

The UK is truly not the best place in the world for milkyway photography, especially for galactic centre junkies like myself. Being too low, poor weather, ubiquitous light pollution and long summer nights….. I’ve always wanted to see the Milky Way in wales, still yet to experience a Bortle 3 sky in the UK. I had the chance to visit Aberdaron last summer, was so excited about the supposingly class 2 sky but sadly cloudy cloudy and cloudy This was taken in August from East Sussex if I’m right, it was as far as I could go in terms of contrast

Hi Chris, I haven’t done Suffolk but thanks for the heads up, as for East Sussex I have tried a number of spots along the cliff. I would rate Beachy Head the highest, probably the least amount of light pollution because it is slightly ‘protruded’. Towards May would have the best view as the milkyway is more south and away from the city light, but again when the long summer nights hit you just need to get on with it 🤷🏻‍♂️ All the best, Marco

I haven't found any forums or topics created specifically for ranting but enough is enough, I just need somewhere to let off some steam, so here we go I live in the south of London so my usual astrophotography spots are mostly by the coast of East Sussex and occasionally the south coast of Kent I am only interested in imaging the Milky Way, since the Milky Way core became visible again in February this year I have been checking my weather apps constantly. Disappointingly there has not been ONE single night that is clear enough to image. Compared to last year around this time I already went out 2 times. I am so jealous and depressed at the same time looking at all the images shared by photographers living on other parts of the world, I feel like we are missing out a lot 😭 Is the Milky Way core just not visible for long enough (currently 3-4:30am FYI) to avoid all the clouds? Come to think of it, the probability of having a clear sky at exactly 3-4am on the nights where the moon is below horizon, is quite low, given the natural conditions of the UK. Or have I just conveniently missed those night? 😅 Based on your experience, where do you reckon in the UK has the clearest and most stable condition for the Milky Way? Thanks, Marco