Those Old Stones - Serendipitous Disappointment

All week the weather forecast for Stonehenge on saturday night was clear skies and a waning moon, making the perfect conditions for some astrophotography.

 

I was hawking over the weather forecasts and checking out cloud coverage, humidity levels and numerous weather apps only a couple of hours before setting off, so imagine our disappointment to find wall to wall cloud and heavy haze that didn't lift for the full 8 hours we were there.

 

This was perhaps one of the very first times since I have been going out with the camera I was really cheesed off! I simply cannot understand how the forecasts were so wrong and were even reporting as clear skies! whilst we were stood in the thick of it.

 

Still I had good company, Mark kept my spirits high and was hopeful of a better sunrise. Conversation helped pass the time and patrolling of the security guards with their flashlights did present a serendipitous image... maybe it wasn't a wasted effort after all.

 

Done