Milky way or smoke from the chimney.

[saturn5]

[nmoushon]

Those are great images! Very nicely done!

[dtr42]

bonfire in back garden maybe lol ,lovely pictures always find the milky way an amazing sight

[Dave Wall]

i'd love to see it like that one day.

[Alastair Rae]

Stunning. How long was the exposure?

[VigdisVZ]

Magic! Is that andromeda on the left side?

[lukebl]

Magnificent images. The chimney certainly adds to the effect!

[Tim]

good stuff Stewart, liking those!

[space3]

class

[Psychobilly]

Another cracking pair of images Stewart...

Well thought out and executed...

[stellawolf]

Cracking pair of images well done

[MrsR]

Wow

[jimmyjamjoejoe]

That looks like a rather dark place

[saturn5]

Thanks for the comments guys.

Stunning. How long was the exposure?

Its a 30 second exposure.

Magic! Is that andromeda on the left side?

It certainly is :-)

[Black Knight]

More terrific images Stewart. Top stuff

[JamesF]

I particularly like the second one. Very nice. Well done.

James

[Stargazer Jack]

Two superb images, well done The orange glow adds a nice effect IMO but what is it? LP or something else. Keep it up

[Josh Wilson]

Yep, definitely smoke... jk. Wonderful images. Creative idea with the chimney and Milky Way.

[Paulus17]

Both superb images Stewart.

[saturn5]

Two superb images, well done The orange glow adds a nice effect IMO but what is it? LP or something else. Keep it up

The orange glow is from Thurso,a 10,000 pop town about 6 miles away,obviously its not that bad to the naked eye but the long exposure and high ISO brings it out a lot more.

Sometimes LP can be a good thing.

[JonH]

Great stuff Stewart, you've found a cool location for your MW pics.

[saturn5]

I'm lucky enough to have several great locations only a few miles away,one of the advantages of living in highland choochter land.

Plenty of miles and miles of uninhabited hills,peatland and moors .In fact the Caithness /Sutherland flow country has the largest area of blanket bog in europe,

something like 4000 square kilometers of it.That hinders the builders a bit

[sologuitarist61]

Great images Stewart - you always manage such colourful images - are you enhancing in any way? First class!!

[saturn5]

Great images Stewart - you always manage such colourful images - are you enhancing in any way? First class!!

All my images get the photoshop treatment,whether its a simple vibrancy or saturation adjustment or usually i go mental and adjust everything

till i get something that pops out at you.

[Space Ranger]

Fabulous photos Stewart. It does look like there's a bonfire behind the cottage, but thankfully the light pollution is nowhere near that bad to the naked eye from this location - it's a great spot for enjoying the night sky and deserving of the Dark Sky Discovery Site designation.