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Hi Pierre, Have you tried this link ? - https://capecodastronomy.org/ They may be able to help and it's almost certain that an astro society will have a few landscape photographers around. Dave.

You've coped with adversity well I see. Another nice barn. Good to see you're still driving the quality forwards and your light painting is getting even smoother, Dave.

Wonderful once again Paul. Those shots bring back nice memories of North Norfolk during the Kelling weeks. Thanks, Dave.

Thanks for the positive words :) Hmm. Unfortunately I have a friend who can sense Chocolate biscuits from around half a mile ! I forgot to mention you him 🤭 Cheers, Dave.

On some of my shots the starts looked like mini comets ! Byland is good isn't it ? I'll try and get back there one day and do some light painting as I think the place is crying out for it. It was nice to get out except for all the dust and cobwebs on the Nikon Dave.

You were out too ? Yes, between the clouds and the wind it was a bit of a trial. Good luck to you and I hope to see some more from you soon, Dave.

Thanks Paul, Plain = dark. Dark = stealth. Stealth = no one else can see them so they're all mine Easy when you know how 👍 Dave

Cheers Gus, A timelapse was out of the question Dave.

I was at Sutton Bank North Yorkshire National Park Centre on Saturday night helping a friend out with a public Astronomy outreach. Due to the fact it rained most of the time I didn't have a lot to do ! Now then, Byland Abbey is very close by so after midnight when everyone had gone home and the sky cleared out a bit ( As it would eh ? ) I decided to pay the Abbey a visit. Unfortunately Storm Kathleen joined me and no matter how much I struggled, she managed to ruined almost every shot. I'll post one of the least damaged but the stars are awful and the details blurred. Don't zoom in for best views as I've compressed the image quite a bit to hide it 😇 Not long after I took this shot I finally lost all hope and drove home. Nikon Z6ii, 20 mm lens, ISO 3200, F1.8, and 10 seconds single exposure. Chicken sandwich and plain chocolate hobnobs. If anyone finds themselves in the area, it's a nice quiet and fairly dark spot other than the light on the side of the pub opposite ! Dave.

Wow. One of your best foregrounds so far ! A lovely valley floor and the lights work quite well. I won't be too far from you next weekend as I'll be attempting Byland Abbey. I doubt my walls will look as good as yours. Dave.

I started around 1999 and very slowly got into astrophotography. It's quite nostalgic as your images remind me of mine. Cheers, Dave.

Yeah, very cool. I'm not in the least bit envious Dave

Hi Paul, Between you and the Moon that's a great foreground. Very crisp and detailed, in fact so much so that I can see an old dairy tucked in I'm sure I can see a slight tail on the comet when zoomed in too. Lovely shot again, Dave.

Sounds like a rare chance to spend a night out there and it's very good of you both to run it. I doubt I'll be able to get there but wish you luck with it. Please report back on how it went ( Another video in the offing ? ) Dave.

So, this explains why your images are so good ... You're a secret professional !! 😇 Dave.

I don't think I've seen it before either ! Thanks to you and Jeremy I'm now slightly better informed Fabtastic capture and thanks, Dave.

Amazing mate ! I'm so pleased you got out there, Dave.

Hi Paul, I prefer colour astrolandscapes in most cases and these fall into that category. I do quite like mono deep sky but that's about it. For me, colour gives a greater sense of presence in the landscape and also helps bring out different parts of the image that blend into one with mono. Of the two colour images I prefer the less saturated one as the stone looks more like I imagine it to be. Did you have to tone down the light from the farm to prevent it overpowering the barn ? Lovely stuff as usual, Dave.

Very nice once again. I too particularly like the boat image and the wind pump looking north east. The amount of detail from the moon light was wonderful and it made the frost and dark wood really stand out. Nice idea to include the owl singing along in the video 🙂 Dave.

Hi Paul, Excellent images yet again. I like the ground as well as the sky in the second image as it has just the right amount of light to highlight the building. One thing I was surprised about was the building on the hill in the middle distance. I've seen loads of images in this area and can't remember seeing it before. That must demonstrate the power of the long exposure foreground. Dave.

Hi Martin and all admins and mods. Thanks very much for the votes and I'm pleased you liked the image. It just goes to show the power of the Photopills app to get you into the correct position at the right time. I really enjoyed the submissions here and loved so many of the shots through the clouds and trees. I don't like it when I do it however and I find that rather strange ! A special mention from me for Agnes ( Ags ) and her irreverent comments about her own photos. Had me laughing a few times and she obviously enjoyed the challenge Cheers, Dave.

Cheers Paul, Urban nightscapes are pretty busy all round. I've had a look round and can't find anything specific about the R8 but I'm assuming it will be able to do most things the R6 can. I believe the R can do similar stuff as well but you'd have to use a remote. I've watched a Canon video by Mathew Starling from a year ago which seems quite good and the main differences between our cameras is the menu list and the name printed on the front ! The only fly in the ointment I can think of with the R 8 is the battery life but Timelapses are quite frugal with all the non used stuff switched off. Looking forward to a day to night over the Dales Dave.

I've had a play with LRTimelapse in the past but these new firmware additions within some cameras are outstanding. I think the latest Sony's and Canon's do the same things but I don't know enough about them to comment. Well, I know the Canon R5 and R6 will. Cheers, Dave.

I was quite surprised how many boats went passed while I was there. There were the usual observation boats and one wide beam party barge ( Read floating pub ! ) that you could hear well before it appeared ! I'll have a look at those websites but I'll avoid the gear reviews Dave.

I thought I'd have a go at a Day to Night Moonrise timelapse over our brand new city centre super shiny high rise buildings 😎 So new they haven't even been rained on yet ☂️ Normally a Day to Night is a complicated manual nightmare but with the modern mirrorless cameras it's become much easier. Once you know what effect you want to achieve and the settings to get there then it's all done in camera and a video appears at the end of it all. I set my Nikon Z6ii up in Aperture Priority at f8 to keep the buildings fairly sharp and, so as to keep Moon trailing to a minimum, I set the maximum exposure time to 3 seconds for a 70mm lens. During the exposing stages the settings went from F8, ISO 100 and 1/100 seconds all the way to F8, ISO 1100 at 3 seconds. All I then had to do was trim the beginning of the video as I'd started a bit too early. The shooting spot is on the Manchester Ship Canal at Pomona Dock No. 3. Video best viewed in 1080p Cheers, Dave.