The Hunter and the Lighthouse

[Rustang]

Happisburgh Lighthouse, what amazing skies there are on the Norfolk coast. I took the risk of driving 3hrs to the coast on Tuesday after work with the prediction of it being clear and thankfully it was.

Foreground one single 20 sec exposure, the sky- tracked and stacked with approximately 1 hours worth of 90 sec subs at iso 1600 f2.8 at 16mm. I'm pretty impressed by the Fuji XT-2 considering its not modified!.

The reflection was created by a mirror I took with me.

Edited February 26, 2022 by Rustang

[davew]

Wow. There's some thought and effort went into that photo ! 

The little Fuji has done you proud.

Dave

 

[Rustang]

Thanks, it was a long drive, time and effort that's gone into it so I'm really pleased with the end result

[Zummerzet_Leveller]

That's a cracker.  Nicely planned, executed and processed. The clouds played ball too, don't you just love it when a plan comes together...

[Rustang]

8 minutes ago, Zummerzet_Leveller said:

That's a cracker.  Nicely planned, executed and processed. The clouds played ball too, don't you just love it when a plan comes together...

It's been amazing recently with clear skies, I just need to catch up on sleep as I'm shattered with the long nights and all the driving. Worth it though 😊

[Zummerzet_Leveller]

3 minutes ago, Rustang said:

I just need to catch up on sleep as I'm shattered

I know the feeling.  I've been shooting some deep sky over the last few nights, two rigs running.  Both on ASIAir but not got my head down until 3am.  Now I'm processing...  Might save some for the cloudy nights.

[Rustang]

11 minutes ago, Zummerzet_Leveller said:

I know the feeling.  I've been shooting some deep sky over the last few nights, two rigs running.  Both on ASIAir but not got my head down until 3am.  Now I'm processing...  Might save some for the cloudy nights.

I get to excited to see what I've captured though! 😊

[FenlandPaul]

Absolutely beautiful!! Love it. That’s a location I have on my list for this year. So many possibilities.

Love the nebulosity.

How did you find the skies there? I know an aurora photographer from that neck of the woods who’s warned me that looking south the lights from the village can be intrusive. But your image looks very clean.

[Rustang]

The Skies are dark and beautiful but yes some sky glow still about but not to bad. You can see the glow from the South above the rocks in the image but this was tammed when blending in the tracked sky.

You can see Andromeda and the milkway just in this single 20 sec exposure facing North

 

 

Edited February 27, 2022 by Rustang

[Rustang]

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Edited February 27, 2022 by Rustang

[Pete Presland]

Very nicely framed and captured

[Rustang]

6 hours ago, Pete Presland said:

Very nicely framed and captured

Thanks

 

[Adam1234]

Impressive