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Title: Langdale Night Sky Post by: Anton on February 12, 2011, 12:04:47 pm After completing my work in Tyneside on Thursday I took the A66 across the country and headed towards the Lake District. Time was against me I only had had 2 hours before the sunset so wasted no time in getting to Langdale Valley. I only managed to take a few quick pics in daylight so opted to stay over and prayed for some clear skies. Managed to find a Hotel (www.dungeon-ghyll.co.uk) at the foot of the mountains which was ideal.
(http://www.redditchweather.com/road-to-langdale.jpg) (http://www.redditchweather.com/dungeon.jpg) (http://www.redditchweather.com/dungeon-2.jpg) The following day sees the return of mist and rain typical Lake District weather. (http://www.redditchweather.com/pier.jpg) (http://www.redditchweather.com/pier-2.jpg) Missing my 18 - 55mm Lens :'( Title: Re: Langdale Night Sky Post by: markt on February 12, 2011, 09:01:00 pm Fantastic shots Anton! Looks a nice hotel aswell :)
Title: Re: Langdale Night Sky Post by: rjgjr on February 13, 2011, 04:31:42 am A very beautiful valley setting and #2 is a stunner! Thanks for sharing Anton.
Title: Re: Langdale Night Sky Post by: JohnC on February 13, 2011, 03:01:38 pm Excellent,Anton. I really like the jetty photo. I bet it looked good up there when we had the snow.
Title: Re: Langdale Night Sky Post by: Anton on February 14, 2011, 11:42:13 am Thanks for the comments guys.
Title: Re: Langdale Night Sky Post by: paulster78 on February 14, 2011, 01:11:58 pm Cracking shots Anton, really like no.2 with the stars and the moonlight illuminating the mountains :)
Title: Re: Langdale Night Sky Post by: Anton on February 14, 2011, 07:19:15 pm Thanks Paul, the location was fantastic together with the moonlight made a good evenings observing without any LP.
Title: Re: Langdale Night Sky Post by: Conor McDonald on February 20, 2011, 09:29:50 pm beautiful shots! I love the mountains in the images.
Title: Re: Langdale Night Sky Post by: Big Dipper on February 22, 2011, 05:49:28 am I can see why you decided to stop over Anton - what fantastic scenery! Love the lighting & 'moody' feel to that penultimate shot with the boats in the mist & also that spectacular second shot with the stars against the moonlit mountains. Incidentally, the starfield in that second shot looks very familiar as I've used it several times (in vain so far) to 'star hop' to the large but faint Seagull nebula (IC2177). You've caught some lovely open clusters in there including my favourite M41 (below & slightly to the left of dazzling Sirius) and M46 & M47 over towards the left of the image.
Sadly all of these clusters never rise very high in the sky for us 'northerners'. (http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/traurig/sad-smiley-002.gif) Title: Re: Langdale Night Sky Post by: Anton on February 22, 2011, 10:46:07 am Thanks Conor & Andy for the comments, this truly is a great location for observing need to pack the scope next time I go that way. Thanks |