Orion over the water meadows

[alan72]

Just before tier 4 kicked in I made a trip to a local water meadows to catch Orion. My favourite shots from the night. It was cold, the car said -1C when I got back in at 1am!! The thin high clouds gave a lovely diffuse glow to the bigger stars. I went to another location before this one and despite some spectacular reflections of the stars across a lake, the shots are lacking the same impact as these for me. The clouds and the resulting glow are more impacting.

Thundry Meadows on the river Wey, just outside Elstead, Surrey.

Winter nights by Alan, on Flickr
Tamron 24-70 @f2.8, ISO 6400, 20 sec

winter path by Alan, on Flickr
Rokinon 14mm @f2.4, ISO 6400, 20 sec

Both canon 5d mkiv

 

[JasonPC]

The first one is lovely.

 

[sirch]

Sorry but I find the foregrounds too bright for night shots.

 

[alan72]

Sorry but I find the foregrounds too bright for night shots.

Thanks for commenting sirch, both shots are as taken without any additional lighting. There is a bit of ambient light pollution from a nearby village which does tend to light the foreground so it’s an accurate representation of what you see at this spot.

 

[LeeRatters]

I like these. Good effort! When we shot the Comet a few months ago I actually had to darken the lighthouse because it was surprising how much light the camera picked up!

 

[Norkie]

Excellent work