Above Surprise View, Peak District.

[davew]

Taking advantage of some clear skies recently I managed to get out on a last minute trip to Surprise View car park near Hathersage on Sunday. I wanted to go further afield into Wales but didn't have the time. There is another thread on SGL re this car park so it was at the forefront of my mind.

The " Norm " would be to walk up to a gritstone outcrop called Mother Cap but I went further to Over Owley Tor. For those interested the views South are very good and only the North East is badly light polluted ( Sheffield )

Unfortunately the atmosphere decided not to play ball. The air was still, warm and thick as soup so the Milky Way was invisible to the eye for much of the time I was up there ! The camera picked up a few stars but once again I'm thwarted in my quest to get a decent British Milky Way centre 🤨

Here's my best effort of the night. I only came away with two photos ! Nikon Z6, Sigma 14mm lens, 10 x 25 seconds at f 1.8 and a 160 second foreground shot at f 2.8. Heavily processed.

 

 

Dave.

 

 

Edited August 29, 2019 by davew

[JamesF]

That's lovely.  My son is in the Peak District at the moment for some DofE stuff.  I hope he spends a little time to take advantage of the lack of light pollution.

James

[davew]

1 minute ago, JamesF said:

That's lovely.  My son is in the Peak District at the moment for some DofE stuff.  I hope he spends a little time to take advantage of the lack of light pollution.

James

That area isn't bad at all. To the eye the horizon is quite good but the camera makes it look worse. I hope he gets to look up.

Dave