Dartmoor/Sharpitor at Night

[jplines]

Took this last night in Dartmoor National Park. Got lucky with the timing of the car light trails, but wow, what a fantastic view it was! A little bit noisy (was taken at 1600 ISO for about 20 seconds), it it also adds to the mysteriousness of the moor late at night. Any feedback gratefully received.

 

[Nod]

Very nice! You even caught 3 celestial light trails. Noise is an unfortunate fact of life and doesn't really detract from that image, certainly at the posted size. Probably won't even show up in a print. Even the lights (?Princetown?) and antenna add to the shot rather than detract.

 

[Tunbridge]

I like the framing and there is loads of stars, the noise does detract a little but I am jealous you have such dark skys down there (especially living in one of the most light poluted areas of the country!). For me I think I'd like it better without the cars but thats just me, oh and the antenna distracts me a bit as it looks like its leaning?

 

[jplines]

Thank you both for your feedback. Tunbridge, yes we're are lucky, but you'd be surprised just how light certain areas were still. I agree the antenna looks like it's leaning, but not sure why that would be? It's definitely not actually leaning! I used a 24-105mm for this at 24mm. It's an extremely tall mast, but quite far in the distance.

 

[viv1969]

It's a lovely image...etherial.
I don't mind the mast being there...but I do with it was straight