FenlandPaul

A pano of the NLCs on the night of 12 July over Meall a Bhuachaille, from the slopes of Cairngorm in the Scottish Highlands.

Managed a couple of panos and other images from the lovely NLC display on Monday evening, which I managed to see from the slopes of Cairngorm. Still hoping for some more good displays this year from here in the Fens.

You can also see it here, Paul:

Just returned from a few days at my brother’s house in the Cairngorms. On Monday night the sky cleared for a lovely noctilucent cloud display so we headed up to the slopes of Cairngorm to capture some shots and this timelapse. I used a 200mm lens for this, so there’s some nice detail in the clouds. Hope you enjoy! IMG_3267.MP4

Paul that’s an absolute stunner - really well done! Love it.

It’s challenging at this time of year, that’s for sure. I’ve got used to managing the intense tiredness of multiple nights out NLC hunting. I usually hold it together at work the following day but I find I get ratty the following evening! But it’s worth it for some of my most memorable moments under the stars. But we could really do with some clearer nights at the moment!

The last couple of weeks has been very frustrating with atmospheric cloud, but I've had the time to assemble this 30-pane pano of the event on 23 June, taken from my favourite local spot in the Cambridgeshire Fens. 15x2 pane pano. Canon EOS1000D with 50mm f/1.8. Each pane 1.6s at ISO400.

Love that time lapse section, Paul. In my opinion it’s by far the best way to appreciate these things!

And as my second entry (or first if videos aren't allowed!) here's a 23 panel mosaic taken with a Canon 1000D and Samyang 135mm lens.

Stunning display last night (23 June) hopefully seen by lots of people. I managed to capture a timelapse from here in the Cambridgeshire Fens, over the course of about 75 minutes. I used a Canon 6D mk1 with a Samyang 14mm lens - amazing that it exceeded the very wide angle frame at the start! I have no idea if video is allowed in these competitions, but here we go for my first ever entry!! 😊 20210623 NLC over Swavesey Lake (YT optimised).mp4

Yes I suspect so. I’ve tried marrying up my images from the same time as yours and there are similarities definitely.

Cracking display, wasn’t it? Great pics.

There was a stunning display of NLCs last night - stretching right overhead at one point. Here's a couple of panos - one with a 16mm lens and the other showing more detail at 135mm. The best display I've ever seen that didn't also include a comet!!

Superb!! We were totally clouded here in East Anglia - I was gutted. Hoping for a decent display in the next couple of days in the current weather window.

Cracking image, Jody - right up my street. Glad you managed to get back there to capture the MW. I like the fact that you've been restrained on the processing so it looks very natural; I tend to get a little carried away with my mind's eye. I like the extra detail the astro-mod has brought out; I've seen the odd 6Da for sale in the classifieds and definitely got twitchy fingers, but have opted for now to get really really used to my standard 6D. Poor form on the non-stationary sheep though. 🤣 The 14mm Samyang is a formidable lens, isn't it? I've found I have to have very generous overlaps for panos because of the fairly significant distortion, but it gets great results.

Felt like I was the luckiest guy on earth witnessing it.

Always worth looking out, isn’t it?! The NLC alongside NEOWISE was one of the most memorable nights of my life. I just wish I’d been a bit more competent at photography when it was around.

I am very new to deep sky imaging so the only useful comment I have is “wow, incredible, that was worth waiting for!”.

That looks like a great display, and a fantastically original foreground! 👍 Great to hear that your move enhances your Astro opportunities.

Lovely display. Unfortunately cloud of the wrong kind down here in East Anglia!

That’s a beautiful image. It was a curious thing. I wonder if the same layer of ice crystals that have rise to the sun pillar also caused the NLC display from later on?

Great shot. Planetary geologists have proven that meteoroids are in fact sentient beings that can detect an open camera shutter and defer their descent until it is closed. Incredible stuff.

Nicely captured Marvin. Lovely sharp image with good earthshine!

That’s very kind Mark.🙏

I went out with the UK's entire mosquito population last night to capture the conjunction of the 5% illuminated moon and Venus behind our local windmill. When I got there, I also noticed my first ever sun pillar.