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This top on Madeira is crawling with tourists during the day, so it was kind of special to have it completely to myself during this dark night. Being above the clouds here made the Milkyway clearly visible, arched over the top of the air defence radar station that was built here in 2011. I liked how its large dome looked like a foreign planet :-)
This is actually the first time I photographed the Milkyway... It just never happened before...!
Different sources of light pollution (and different colors... there is amongst others a large white-ish spotlight just behind the dome, lightening up the sky to the right of it) made it fun to play with a clear-night filter. It indeed cleaned up a lot, and made more stars visible, especially at the lower part of the sky.
In cooperation with Haida filters (150 mm NanoPro MC Clear-Night Filter).
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Conwy Castle, North Wales
A second image from my trip at the weekend. I probably should have uploaded this one first as it's taken half an hour earlier and is the first image using my new Lee filters. I know I tried the 0.6 medium ND grad first so this is probably one of those. Note to self... make a note next time!
I've gone for the desaturated look just to make it different from my previous upload and it's a fair reflection on my general condition - late night film coupled with early set-off time - not the best of preparations!
Faced with a grey, shadowless, dull day, I opted for a 60 second exposure, with a 10 stop ND and grey grad filter, to try and inject some life, into the image and then converted it to B&W.
Taken at Cobbolds Point, Felixstowe, Suffolk, UK.
The sea defences at Lynmouth in North Devon. Shot using a Hoya NDx400 9 stop filter and a polariser.
Popped over to Felixstowe and couldn't resist a crack at this shot, a la Justin Minns ! A bit too much spray and waves though to get down low and close !
Went here for a sunset , We spotted the rock formation earlier in the day and so wanted to return - However on closer inspection the only way to get on the beach was a cliff descent which may be done one day for a sunrise not sunset as its pretty dangerous .The sunset was not full of colour as we hoped but was so stormy and so windy it was again dangerous .An amazing location :-)
Colonial defence comes in many forms, but fledgling settlements often start with turrets before they outfit their militas with starfighters and the like. Targeting is computer assisted, technique easy to learn and the weapons are often potent enough to dissuade pirates from attacking either by ground or air.
Against a more professional opponent, however, static turrets are easy prey to orbital sniping and can only form part of a broader defence tactic, including ships and planetary shielding.