davew

A beautiful blend of static and motion where even the stone looked to be glowing with colour. 

Has home ever looked so good ?

Dave.

Absolutely top drawer stuff. You could make money at this !

Dave.

That is really impressive !

Dave.

For what it's worth ... Win 10 shows what looks like a placeholder and the play button is greyed out. Android play button greyed out. Win 11 and iPhone both work.

iPhone shows the video stop and start.

The YouTube video works with no glitches and is reasonably smooth.

There's a smart lesson to be learned here but as I'm not smart I've no idea what it is 😁

Dave.

Nothing for me I'm afraid. 0:00 play length.

Dave.

You've made a lovely job of that Lee, well done.

Lateral thinking at its best    I saw your other version but this one concentrates on the mist.

Dave.

Hi Lee,

Up until quite recently I cursed the clouds whenever they moved in on me  I always thought they ruined a good timelapse until a few friends pointed out that a few clouds add even more interest and movement to the scene. I like the first video as you've three main points of movement ie, stars, distant low and bright cloud and the wispy stuff rolling through. I rate the video and would have liked to see a bit more if you still have it.

However, cloud can be a real nuisance if you intend to stack as it often ( Well it does for me ) ruins the photo. 

Loved the debris,

Dave.

1 hour ago, James said:

Looks a lovely spot though Dave

One of the best of its type I'd say. The weather was quite pleasant and that made for a good walk at least

Dave.

I don't normally take photos of my gear but was sat around waiting quite a while for a show that didn't arrive. I got into position on the edge of a cliff ( The photo shows I moved back a tiny amount when it was getting darker ! ) over the sea in Thurso Bay Scotland.

The plan was to capture the sunset with the sky and clouds on fire and then the main show of a full sky of dancing Aurora. You can probably tell by my description that nothing happened !

In the middle are the Orkney Islands with the Old Man of Hoy just visible on the far left. To the right is Dunnet Head, the most northerly bit of the mainland. Directly below are some rocks that were putting on a little show with the sea until the tide came in and swamped the lot  

Great plans eh ? Aurora Watch App showed Orange until it started going dark, then flat lined. Nikon camera, 14mm lens, tripod, no action.

PS. Forgot to mention that in the North there was a low Milky Way arch due but the clouds built up and hid it. Really wasn't my night.

I saw this in the challenge section but can't comment there of course. I like this version very much as the other ones taken during full darkness don't do you justice. It's a shame the dark sky park doesn't reach as far as the coast ! 

The star spikes look good and well controlled.

The fact you've got nice reflections also draws me in

Dave.

Loved the timelapse Lee. Nice twinkly stars and good exposure timing. Just the right speed for those clouds,

Dave.

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.

20 hours ago, James said:

That's useful to know...

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.

1 hour ago, clarkpm4242 said:

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.

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.

3 hours ago, AstroNebulee said:

Beautiful image Dave. What an amazing foreground of the Abbey. I know what you mean about the wind it was extremely windy. I was out in the early hours by the quarry trying for the milky-way but clouds only gave me glimpses. Good luck for next time.

Lee 

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.

51 minutes ago, FenlandPaul said:

Very nicely done, Dave - and good opportunistic shoot. Lovely and sharp.  But can we talk about the plain chocolate hobnobs?  This a technique with which I'm not familiar....

Thanks Paul,

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

Dave

1 hour ago, Knighty2112 said:

Very nice none the less for the wind. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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.