Milky Way over the Ashdown Forest 19th June 2017
Middle of the night and in the middle of the forest the sky was amazing. My friend and I picked our way through the bracken and we risked broken limbs getting to the spot we wanted. Not quite pollution free but the best I have seen the Milky Way apart from the Breacon Beacons. As astrophotographers you know where the Milky way is, but here you could see it fairly clearly naked eye. I find in amazing that although the night was very very dark my camera has picked up small amounts of green in the bracken! In the pitch black of night !!
Using my Canon 1100D mounted on Skywatcher star adventurer I captured 60 second exposures at ISO1600.
Noise reduction in Pixinsight and Lightroom for the balance adjustments.
Middle of the night and in the middle of the forest the sky was amazing. My friend and I picked our way through the bracken and we risked broken limbs getting to the spot we wanted. Not quite pollution free but the best I have seen the Milky Way apart from the Breacon Beacons. As astrophotographers you know where the Milky way is, but here you could see it fairly clearly naked eye. I find in amazing that although the night was very very dark my camera has picked up small amounts of green in the bracken! In the pitch black of night !!
Using my Canon 1100D mounted on Skywatcher star adventurer I captured 60 second exposures at ISO1600.
Noise reduction in Pixinsight and Lightroom for the balance adjustments.
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Ashdown Forest
A couple of weeks before I took the picture Milky Way on the left I visited the Ashdown forest to look for a good location to capture the beautiful Milky Way. I found this one below while out walking the dogs. So on a suitable night with the moon out of the way my wife and I headed out in our Motorhome to the forest. I met up with my friend Paul and we headed into the dark to capture our Galaxy Using my Canon 1100D mounted on Skywatcher star adventurer I captured 60 second exposures at ISO1600. Noise reduction in Pixinsight and Lightroom for the balance adjustments. 
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Tilgate Park Crawley 1st June 2017
Captured at Tilgate park on 1st June 2017. Canon 1100D with a Sigma 10mm-20mm lens set at 10mm. Exposure was 60 seconds at ISO1600. Mounted on a SkyWatcher Star Adventurer. I love the stars reflected in the lake. Light pollution on the horizon come from the distant villages of Cuckfield, Balcombe and Pease Pottage. Humidity was very high and within 20 minutes the equipment was literally dripping. :( Process was mostly done in Lightroom 6 and certain functions in Pixinsight. |
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Tilgate Park 26th May 2017
60 second exposure ISO1600 f4. Canon 1100D with Sigma lens set at 10mm Processed in Lightroom and Pixinsight. My first successful capture really. I have a 1 Mtr Canvas of this view mounted on my wall at home taken in misty conditions. I always wanted to get this view of the Milky Way. The Pergola was illuminated for just a few seconds with torch light. |