Clifftop Stars

[saturn5]

Taken from Holborn Head.Caithness on the North coast of Scotland.

30 seconds,17mm @ f4,ISO 2500.

[roboticsound]

Beautiful....

Is that water? it looks surreal

[saturn5]

Beautiful....

Is that water? it looks surreal

Yes,thats the North Atlantic,next stop Canada.

[Kp6]

Stunning!

[Hedgerow]

A great picture combining astronomy and geography. Superb.

[Brinders]

That's a beautiful image.

Brinders

[jgs001]

Wonderful image Stewart... stunning scenary.... I guess you pay the price for the scenery when the storms roll in from Canada...

[Porl]

:icon_salut:i agree with the others, absolutely beautiful!

[saturn5]

Wonderful image Stewart... stunning scenary.... I guess you pay the price for the scenery when the storms roll in from Canada...

Thanks John,thats why the surfing is so good.

[Psychobilly]

Another magical image Stewart

Billy...

[msinclairinork]

agreed, another perfectly composed, stunning image Stuart.

P.S was checking out your website the other day...some true works of art! Might have to decorate some of my house with those! Especialy liked the one by the river!! (on the top of your website)

Very impressed! Would maybe like some of Orkney, will get in touch some time.

Thanks for sharing,

Michael

[JonH]

Another stunning image Stewart. I'm guessing that your 17-40 is your favourite lens.

[Horus]

Wow..............what a perfect sureal image

[simon hicks]

Hi Stewart,

Really nice image, beautiful colours. The ISO is very high (2500). Do you get much noise in the image? What processing did you have to do to get the final image?

Cheers

Simon

[jnc71106]

Stunning picture. Makes me think there is hope for me yet

[barkis]

That really is a dreamscape Stewart.

Can I ask if you momentarily flashed the scene after the exposure to collect the starlight, or was there a natural source involved?

Ron.

[saturn5]

That really is a dreamscape Stewart.

Can I ask if you momentarily flashed the scene after the exposure to collect the starlight, or was there a natural source involved?

Ron.

Its all moonlight although the reddish/brown tinge to the rocks is caused by my headlamp on red light mode.

[saturn5]

agreed, another perfectly composed, stunning image Stuart.

P.S was checking out your website the other day...some true works of art! Might have to decorate some of my house with those! Especialy liked the one by the river!! (on the top of your website)

Very impressed! Would maybe like some of Orkney, will get in touch some time.

Thanks for sharing,

Michael

Cheers mate,the one at the top of the website is at Westerdale Mill.

Bit low on Orkney photos,well decent ones anyway.

Another stunning image Stewart. I'm guessing that your 17-40 is your favourite lens.

Yes,its all i ever take with me now.

Hi Stewart,

Really nice image, beautiful colours. The ISO is very high (2500). Do you get much noise in the image? What processing did you have to do to get the final image?

Cheers

Simon

Imagenomic deals with the noise although the 5DMKII has low noise levels at high iso's.

I saturated the blues,sharpened the stars although to be honest,i've overdone it.Messed around with curves and contrast until i was happy.

[LukeSkywatcher]

How stunning is that image!!!

Beautifully framed by the cliffs.

[NGEddie]

Great Image!

[Nightfly]

Wonderful Stewart. Nice to see the view from the "other side" of the pond! Love the landscape setting and the moonlight shadow of the cliff in the ocean. Very cool!

[saturn5]

Thanks for your comments,great to have a view with no light pollution.