Last Sunday the forecast promised a beautifully clear night, which instantly lifted my spirits. I hadn’t been out with my camera after dark for what felt like ages because of the constant cloud cover we’ve had recently. So, the thought of finally getting a chance to head out, set up my gear, and hopefully capture some night-sky shots had me really excited.
But if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that weather forecasts can be just as unreliable as politicians. They’ll tell you one thing with confidence, but when the time actually comes, reality paints a very different picture. Sure enough, instead of the crystal-clear skies I was promised, I ended up staring at a blanket of stubborn cloud. It was a bit frustrating, but I couldn’t help but laugh at how often this happens—it’s all part of the fun of chasing astro photos with the camera.
I wanted to head over to Surprise View but there was an issue with what time the carpark closed, we thought it was either 8 or 9 pm, but I've since learned it is now midnight, so I should still be able get the shot I've been planning (well, there is more than one lol).
Due to the issue with the carpark we headed over to Higger Tor instead which isn't far from where I wanted to initially wanted to go to.
As you can see from the shots, I didn't get that promised crystal clear sky, but I couldn't just not take any pictures, I'd got a few things I wanted to test out properly, the first being my star tracker, this however stayed in the box as there was a little break in the clouds, but there was a massive blanket of cloud coming over, so by the time I would have set it up, polar aligned etc, the cloud would have been over me, so I gave that up as a bad job.
The other item I wanted to test was my light, I had it bought as a present for Christmas, but this is the first time I'd got out to use it, I really do love that light and can't wait to use it more in the future, especially now the darker nights are here.
As you can see, I wanted to get some milkyway photography done, sadly (again!) it wasn't to be, too much cloud, which seems to be a trend over the UK at the moment, I'm hoping to get out more often over the next few months to get some of those epic shots I'm wanting.
Sorry only two shots on this post as I didn't take many, I think it was around 5 photos max, but I shall return.
Anyways, I really do hope you have enjoyed this short post on my adventures, thanks for reading :-)
All the best :-)
It will be better next time :)
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