Su Bayfield
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Last night we went for a walk on Gwennap Head, somewhere we normally go at least once a week but haven't been there during August as the narrow access road down to the cove is just too busy with traffic. We got to Porthgwarra only to find that new parking ticket machines have been installed and it would now cost £6 to go for a decent walk on the cliffs. Paying our money we got up onto Gwennap Head about 20 minutes before sunset, by which time the light was fading and the sun was dissappearing into a thick cloudbank to the west. Never mind, I had brought all my camera gear for night photography and the south-western direction of the Milky Way was looking clear. As darkness rapidly closed in, so did the cloud unfortunately and I had to give up after waiting for a couple of hours. I quite liked the post blue-hour colours of this one and I still love being out at night even though most of the time my astrophotography is a complete failure.
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Last night we went for a walk on Gwennap Head, somewhere we normally go at least once a week but haven't been there during August as the narrow access road down to the cove is just too busy with traffic. We got to Porthgwarra only to find that new parking ticket machines have been installed and it would now cost £6 to go for a decent walk on the cliffs. Paying our money we got up onto Gwennap Head about 20 minutes before sunset, by which time the light was fading and the sun was dissappearing into a thick cloudbank to the west. Never mind, I had brought all my camera gear for night photography and the south-western direction of the Milky Way was looking clear. As darkness rapidly closed in, so did the cloud unfortunately and I had to give up after waiting for a couple of hours. I quite liked the post blue-hour colours of this one and I still love being out at night even though most of the time my astrophotography is a complete failure.