FenlandPaul

Awesome, Lee. Very nicely captured. Quite an event!!

So chuffed for you, Paul. Both awesome images and the aurora is a memorable one, for sure. Unfortunately freezing fog meant I had to live this one vicariously through those who were clear.

Well done! Always a thrill to capture it. 😊

Very nice indeed, Dave (though I’m not sure I believe you that anything in the north west hasn’t been rained on!!). I particularly love the cranes, boats and traffic adding some really nice dynamics too the foreground. Day to nights are not easy! If you’re getting into timelapses, two YT accounts potentially worth following are @MatthewVandeputte and @EmericTimelapse - two very good timelapsers who have some good tutorials and sequences (interspersed with the usual gear reviews etc).

Thanks Lee - really appreciate the encouragement. I always feel there are so many better people out there for processing; a video from me would be full of mild swearing as I mess up the mask AGAIN, some haphazard experimentation and the occasional exclamation of “oh **** I didn’t hit save!!”. 🤣

Thank you - really appreciate that (I can assure you my deep sky stuff is frustrating and terrible!! 🤣) Thank you. 😊

After a two month hiatus due to bad weather and other commitments - which included missing that amazing 2-night aurora display over the UK - I managed to get out for a night at Rutland Water, in the East Midlands. I'd wanted to visit a pretty church that sits right on the shore of the lake, which was saved from destruction when Rutland was flooded in the 1970s. It was awesome to be out under the stars after so long! On the way I stumbled across a striking abandoned windmill standing defiantly in a field outside the village of South Luffenham, so I stopped on the way back to capture an image there too. If you're interested, I produced a video journal of the night - you can find the link at the bottom. Feedback always welcome! Thanks! 😊 ✨The Church on the Water✨ 📷 Canon 6D (astro-modded) with Samyang 14mm f/2.8 lens 🔧 Sky: 13x 120s tracked exposures at ISO400 at f/2.8. Foreground: Blend of 30s and 120s exposures at ISO800 at f2.8 🎞️ Sky stacked in Sequator. Edited and assembled in Photoshop ✨Landmark✨ 📷 Canon 6D (astro-modified) and Samyang 14mm f/2.8 lens 🔧 Sky: 13x120s tracked exposures at ISO800 f/2.8. Foreground: 1x60s exposure at ISO1600 🎞️ Sky stacked in Sequator. Edited and assembled in PhotoShop. ✨Normanton Plough✨ 📷 Canon 6D and Samyang 14mm f/2.8 lens 🔧 Sky: 20s exposure at ISO1600 f/2.8 with Kase Starglow filter. Foreground: 0s exposure at ISO1600 🎞️ Sky stacked in Sequator. Edited and assembled in PhotoShop.

Such a special timelapse, Paul - awesome. 👏👏

Cracking shot!!

Wow wow wow. What a night. Seeing the corona is one of life’s most awe-inspiring sights. Beautifully captured. 👌

Epic. 🤩

💯 Pete - you’ve got the green arc and some lovely red pillars in the left. Awesome.

Beautiful, Callum. What a location to see it from!

Some great outbursts there, Earl! I have to say that a hot tub + aurora is a killer combination!

Very nice, Paul. Well done for grabbing the clear skies while you could!!

Good points @AstroNebulee. Very cool that you’ve been selling locally - great validation of your work! As @clarkpm4242says, all we need is some decent clear nights now! It’s been over a month since I’ve managed a night out and I’m going slightly up the wall!!

Super interesting post, Dave. I’ve used light painting and low level lighting in my images, and both can work in different contexts. Ive usually fixed the colour balance in post and not had issues, but getting the brightness right can be really hard as different screens and platforms render the image so differently - I’ve published some stuff that looked exactly as I intended on one laptop, only to view it later on another device and thought “crikey that’s gaudy”! Personally at the moment for “big” foregrounds I prefer long exposures with no artificial lighting. But this changes over time. In the images above, I think I prefer your ambient Orion image, but both are nice. Really enjoy experimenting and hearing different opinions on this!

Belter of a catch, though! I’d say the other 399 were worth the investment to get that one! 😊

Thank you. Wow, they’re fantastic shots. You guys to the east definitely had the luck of the clear skies! So much colour in those!

Beautiful image and edit. 👌

Gorgeous composition and execution, Paul. Lovely textures. Sorry it was so cloudy for your visit!

Gorgeous, Chris. So glad you got some good shots. What a location!!

This reminds me of when I used to mess about with my dad’s SLR in our garden back in the early 1990s!! Thank you!

Looked crystal clear all night! Very nice. 😊

Thanks Mike - yes, the activity levels dropped quite rapidly at around 9.30 unfortunately, and everyone was dodging cloud to some extent! Thanks Dave - I wish the cloud had held off a bit longer for the timelapse - would love to have seen what was going on behind it! Thanks Lee, as ever. I think this one might have to be printed and go up on the wall!