The Milky Way over Burrow Farm Engine House on Exmoor. View 1.
About the location: This image is of an engine house for a Cornish pumping engine at Burrow Farm on Exmoor. It is the last remaining example of a 'Cornish' type engine house in Somerset. Burrow Farm Mine was one of a number of mines built in the Brendon Hills iron field, and first sunk about 1860. The engine house was probably built in 1880 and housed a rotary beam engine serving the dual purpose of pumping and winding. A short branch railway joined it to the West Somerset Mineral Railway. The engine house was only operational for a short time as the mine finally closed in 1883.
About the image: This is a blended image of separate photos taken of the foreground and sky using an astro modified Sony A7IV. The foreground photo was taken with a 24mm lens at f/4.0 ISO640 for 3'26". Two Z96 LED lights were used for illumination inside the engine house. 20 x 2' photos of the sky were taken with a 35mm lens at f/2.8 ISO800 mounted on an Ioptron Sky Guider Pro star tracker. The 20 sky photos were then stacked in Sequator to create a single image of the sky. The sky and foreground images were then blended in PS with final adjustments in LR and Topaz.
The Milky Way over Burrow Farm Engine House on Exmoor. View 1.
About the location: This image is of an engine house for a Cornish pumping engine at Burrow Farm on Exmoor. It is the last remaining example of a 'Cornish' type engine house in Somerset. Burrow Farm Mine was one of a number of mines built in the Brendon Hills iron field, and first sunk about 1860. The engine house was probably built in 1880 and housed a rotary beam engine serving the dual purpose of pumping and winding. A short branch railway joined it to the West Somerset Mineral Railway. The engine house was only operational for a short time as the mine finally closed in 1883.
About the image: This is a blended image of separate photos taken of the foreground and sky using an astro modified Sony A7IV. The foreground photo was taken with a 24mm lens at f/4.0 ISO640 for 3'26". Two Z96 LED lights were used for illumination inside the engine house. 20 x 2' photos of the sky were taken with a 35mm lens at f/2.8 ISO800 mounted on an Ioptron Sky Guider Pro star tracker. The 20 sky photos were then stacked in Sequator to create a single image of the sky. The sky and foreground images were then blended in PS with final adjustments in LR and Topaz.