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Milky Way & The Odeon
On Saturday 27th August, me and my family were on holiday in Alderney in The Channel Islands to visit my grandparents. I had done some research and found that Alderney has incredibly low light pollution, and began planning a shot on Photopills months in advance, as photographing and seeing the Milky Way core is incredible rare for me. On the 27th, my Dad drove us to the other side of the island, to Mannez Quarry, as the skies were mostly clear for the planned date. This location looks directly upwards at The Odeon, and the Milky Way was due to rise directly above The Odeon. Many of my first images were misfocused, as I had forgotten to apply the manual focusing technique, but I corrected my mistake in time to take this image. In front of The Odeon, (Behind where my camera was pointing) was a lighthouse, which would emit 4 flashes of light every 8 seconds, which allowed The Odeon to be exposed properly within the shot, and not photographed as a silhouette.
For the shot, I used my Nikon D3500, and hired a 20mm F1.4 astrophotography lens from hire a camera, which was incredibly good for my photograph.
Edited using Snapseed
Alderney & The Odeon Historical Context;
Alderney has a dark past from World War 2, as during WW2, the island was captured by Nazis & controlled by the Axis powers. The Odeon was built by forced labour in 1943 by prisoners of war and “was intended as a naval range-finding position to observe enemy ships and was to be part of a network with five other similar towers placed around the island. The rounded front section was for observation and the rear section for accommodation and target plotting.”
Milky Way & The Odeon
On Saturday 27th August, me and my family were on holiday in Alderney in The Channel Islands to visit my grandparents. I had done some research and found that Alderney has incredibly low light pollution, and began planning a shot on Photopills months in advance, as photographing and seeing the Milky Way core is incredible rare for me. On the 27th, my Dad drove us to the other side of the island, to Mannez Quarry, as the skies were mostly clear for the planned date. This location looks directly upwards at The Odeon, and the Milky Way was due to rise directly above The Odeon. Many of my first images were misfocused, as I had forgotten to apply the manual focusing technique, but I corrected my mistake in time to take this image. In front of The Odeon, (Behind where my camera was pointing) was a lighthouse, which would emit 4 flashes of light every 8 seconds, which allowed The Odeon to be exposed properly within the shot, and not photographed as a silhouette.
For the shot, I used my Nikon D3500, and hired a 20mm F1.4 astrophotography lens from hire a camera, which was incredibly good for my photograph.
Edited using Snapseed
Alderney & The Odeon Historical Context;
Alderney has a dark past from World War 2, as during WW2, the island was captured by Nazis & controlled by the Axis powers. The Odeon was built by forced labour in 1943 by prisoners of war and “was intended as a naval range-finding position to observe enemy ships and was to be part of a network with five other similar towers placed around the island. The rounded front section was for observation and the rear section for accommodation and target plotting.”