Dark Tower

A few weeks back we returned from a short break in Cape Verde, and what a pleasant break it was… the sand was soft and golden, the sea was crystal clear and blue although it was really rough with some impressive waves so there was a red flag every day.

 

We were in a remote part of Boa Vista there wasn’t anything around for miles not even a shop and while there wasn’t much to take pictures of during the day at night the Milky Way came out to play. Living in the Home Counties for all of my life means that I’ve never seen the Milky Way before, so I was rather excited when I went down to the beach on the first night, I’d never seen so many stars ☺

 

The two problems with taking a picture of it were that there wasn’t anything to place in the foreground apart from the lifeguards tower and the other being that the first five nights the sky was rather cloudy, however the on last two nights the conditions seemed perfect; I simply laid back on a sun lounger and watched the night sky while my camera did the work ☺

 

Anyway this is the end result, it’s not the best Milky Way picture that you’ll see but I’m pretty happy with it for a first effort and it’s definitely made me want to have another go at shooting it, in fact the first thing that I did when I got home was to have a look at a dark sky map of the UK!

 

So September is nearly upon us, I can’t believe how quickly this last month has gone, I haven’t done any photography for weeks now; however I do have little trip planned in a couple of weeks and open house is around the corner so I’m looking forward to September!

 

Have a great weekend all ☺

 

***I've just started a Facebook page it would be great if some of you came to visit and maybe even "Like" it :-)***

 

Lens Sigma 12-24mm

AV f/4.5

TV 30Sec

ISO 6400

 

Looks better on black, press L

Done