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We were under cloud and freezing horizontal rain for the display earlier in the week. These show the benefit of even a slightly more northern location. Image and time lapse. A short display under bright moonlight. Canon R8, Sigma 24mm - 8s, iso1600, f4. PS, LRC, P2E (Pictures2Exe). Cheers, Paul. Bamburgh Aurora.mp4

Thank you all for your comments Am really happy with this @FenlandPaul @davew it looked like Lindisfarne Castle was unlit. Yes, a disheartening first go, am not sure why I posted it. Shows its not easy! @Saganite I am Paul, cheers.

I was disappointed with previous version. Now with a moonlit, dark blue hour foreground. This enabled me to get much closer to the main subject and show some of the contextual landscape without the castle lights flooding everything. Am much happier. Cheers, Paul. Click for sharper view.

Bamburgh Castle under the Milky Way - Canon R8, Sigma 24mm. Sky 6 x 10s, f2.5, iso3200, untracked. Foreground 1 x 8s, f5.6, iso400, moonlit deep blue hour. LR, Sequator and PS. Cheers, Paul. Much sharper when clicked.

Definitely! Any closer and the light just overwhelmed the image. It is a recommended dark sky location. I couldnt see the castle lit up across the water. It would be a tad too light during mid-summer. Added an Instagram version...

Early hours Sunday. The castle has a dozen billion watt floodlights and I found it all a bit challenging at 03.00 hours. Ended up doing untracked sky subs beyond the castle. Then a mix of exposures for foreground, 1 castle, 1 mid and 4 near. A bit of a disjointed result. Cheers, Paul.

Thank you. Can bit a bit hit and miss, needing to remember all the 'tricks' when my brain is asleep...

All the locals comment how nice it is on a calm day!! Added the starscapes.

...windy as, had me hiding on a slope sheltering from the westerly gale. Anything for a bit of clear sky. One of the usual. Light painted barn on an upslope to get Leo nicely framed. About 8 subs for sky stacked with Sequator. Stopped down the lens and reduced iso for foreground lit images, about 4. Processed with LR and PS. The barn corners do have a taper in the stonework as well as converging verticals The other is ~8 x 30s, iso1600, f3.5 tracked on MSM. Always fancied getting the 'big' asterisms of Ursa Major and Leo in a single frame. Canon R8, Sigma 24mm. Quite a few Messier and NGC galaxies also lurking. Some in annotated version. Cheers, Paul.

Mud! Love the feel. A great set of images. The video is even better.

Great other worldly feel! Very nice.

One way of making stars more prominent...am cutting back on the goodies. Though throughly approve. Striking composition Good to see you out in the field, Paul.

Made up with this coverage! https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/best-stargazing-spots-uk-abroad-b2520202.html

Really enjoyed your video @FenlandPaul I prefer the 'Teasel Core' image. You can get detail in Rho Ophiuchi! Cheers, Paul.

Swaledale view with 12/P Pons-Brooks. Canon R8 and Sigma 50mm. Sky and foreground separate exposures. Each stack of 2 x 30s. Processed in LR, Sequator and PS. Paul

Good luck @davew I've seen a few good images from Byland. Thinking I can get a nice Cygnus Milky Way above this foreground Cheers, Paul.

...first try with a dark blue hour foreground. Somewhat compromised by 4 x gazillion Watt imtermittent floodlights in the middle of nowhere. Sky limited to 2 x 30s before hazed over. Canon R8, Sigma 50mm, MSM tracker, LR, Sequator and PS. May crop at some point. Good to be out!! Paul

So desperately sad. I don't know what to say. I've spent many hours under the dark skies of his favoured mid-Wales locations. The Elan Valley provided a particular kinship, a great sense of connection. Unbelievable. Paul

Good view last night about 21.00. From core area of the Yorkshire Dales National Park International Dark Sky Reserve. Canon 15 x 50 IS binoculars. Tail about 2 degrees, maybe greenish tinge to coma. Rain washed and moonless sky Paul

Bit of a mixed result. About 21.00, March 27th, last night. No moon, tail about 2 degrees in 15 x 50s, maybe greenish coma. Sky 8 x 2s, f2, iso3200. Foreground 2 x 30s, f2.5, iso3200. Illuminated by nearby holiday let. LRC, Sequator and PS. Canon R8, Sigma 50mm. Cheers Paul. P.S. M33 quite obvious.

Thank you @davew . Yep, there is a tail. As you realised, I was deliberately squeezing the comet and our house into the single image...pretty cool

...visible in 15 x 50s. Single image 3s, iso1600, f3.5 Canon R8, Sigma 50mm. PS, no crop. About 20.45, Friday 22nd March. Moonlit above Low Row in Swaledale. Marked up on 2nd image. Hoping for better next week, weather permitting

...about 4 a.m. Saturday whilst clouds prevented Milky Way arc pano. Two panes, each 4 x 60s, f2.8, iso1600. Standard Canon R8 with Sigma 50mm. LR, DSS and PS. Paul. Click for better viewing.

Interesting...way more signal to use, though trickier to process! Reach the light pollution 'limit' more easily. Certainly a bit more learning to do. A different style with this one, trying to show off the foreground without any lighting. Think that using the same sensor for foreground and sky makes the feel more consistent. I (we) need more opportunities!!!! Paul P.S. have updated the image