Milky Way from local dark site

[tooth_dr]

I'm really really lucky to be involved in the new dark skies programme that is currently underway in Northern Ireland.  The sites in question are about 15 minutes drive from my house, and offer beautiful views.  I took a spin up on Friday night, to one of the sites, the less dark one.  I had intended to do both, but I only ended up doing one of them for one reason or another (hardware issues)

I took this one of the MW rising over the stone circles.  Nikon D800E, 30s exposures, 28-70mm Tokina lens at 28mm stopped down to F4 (I think).  A few stacked together vertically using ICE.  This type of imaging is way outside my skill set, and I'm never happy with the results I get compared to the shots I see online.

 

Thanks for looking

Adam.

 

 

[davew]

I think your skill set is quite adequate thank you  !

I like the stones and the tree in the middle finishes it off nicely.

A good advert for your skies,

Dave.

 

[mackiedlm]

That's a super picture. The stones ad something unusual. Where about are these DS sites? I'm in the South and planning to visit the Mayo Dark Sky Park this winter.

[tooth_dr]

On 24/09/2019 at 20:25, mackiedlm said:

That's a super picture. The stones ad something unusual. Where about are these DS sites? I'm in the South and planning to visit the Mayo Dark Sky Park this winter.

This is in mid-ulster. The actual observatory opens spring 2020.  Should be great!

[mackiedlm]

Well good luck with it. I'll keep my eyes open for notice about it because I'm up that way sometimes.

[Sunshine]

Thats a wonderful image tooth_dr, and the setting looks beautiful also, i wish i was there.

[tooth_dr]

3 minutes ago, mackiedlm said:

Well good luck with it. I'll keep my eyes open for notice about it because I'm up that way sometimes.

I was helping out with some of the tourism shots this evening. The weather didn’t cooperate completely but stayed dry for bit.