AndWhyNot
Coastguard Cottages and the Seven Sisters
Been wanting to make this shot for months but felt the best chance of pulling it off was when a particular set of circumstances coincided.
So, with clear skies forecast; a half moon to gently light the foreground & cliff faces; and no school to get the family ready for the next day, Sunday turned out to be perfect. It just so happened I also had a full tank of fuel :)
It's another of those locations I've now been to at nighttime but never seen during the day so I got lost a little; and I underestimated the distance from the car park down to the tripod holes left by the last photographer who made this cliche view- net result, slight backache after carrying my 35lb rucksack (don't ask)! If you want to know where it is, the geotag is for the car park- the view is 1200
paces from there.
Still, I'm very pleased with how the image turned out and finally back underway shooting more for this series of startrailed landmarks I started back in 2011.
Thanks for looking- Andrew.
NB Exif shown is for the base frame. Startrails were then shot at ISO2000 f/2.8. I used the latest version of StarStaX to stack the trails (gap filling- yay!) then layered this in PS with the foreground frame.
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Coastguard Cottages and the Seven Sisters
Been wanting to make this shot for months but felt the best chance of pulling it off was when a particular set of circumstances coincided.
So, with clear skies forecast; a half moon to gently light the foreground & cliff faces; and no school to get the family ready for the next day, Sunday turned out to be perfect. It just so happened I also had a full tank of fuel :)
It's another of those locations I've now been to at nighttime but never seen during the day so I got lost a little; and I underestimated the distance from the car park down to the tripod holes left by the last photographer who made this cliche view- net result, slight backache after carrying my 35lb rucksack (don't ask)! If you want to know where it is, the geotag is for the car park- the view is 1200
paces from there.
Still, I'm very pleased with how the image turned out and finally back underway shooting more for this series of startrailed landmarks I started back in 2011.
Thanks for looking- Andrew.
NB Exif shown is for the base frame. Startrails were then shot at ISO2000 f/2.8. I used the latest version of StarStaX to stack the trails (gap filling- yay!) then layered this in PS with the foreground frame.
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