Aim for the Stars... - a photo on Flickriver

            I have been meaning to do more night photography, although it is quite difficult to shake off the blues and consistently attempt it. There are a lot of factors that need to work in one's favour such as clear skies, appropriate moon phase, an attractive point of interest and of course time. For me, all of this doesn't really come about as often as I would like. Hence, it is quite an accomplishment when this happens...

Broadway Tower is a folly on Broadway Hill, near the large village of Broadway, in the English county of Worcestershire, is the second-highest point of the Cotswolds. Near the tower is a memorial to the crew of an A.W.38 Whitley bomber that crashed there during a training mission in June 1943.

In the late 1950s, Broadway Tower monitored nuclear fallout in England; an underground Royal Observer Corps bunker was built 50 yards from the Tower. Manned continuously from 1961 and designated as a master post, the bunker was one of the last such Cold War bunkers constructed and, although officially stood down in 1991, the bunker is now one of the few remaining fully equipped facilities in England. - Source Wikipedia.

Not a great night for star trails, for multiple reasons - too much of light pollution emanating from the surrounding villages, constant clouds moving in from the horizon and lastly, any other composition would have simply made it difficult to cut out the ambient light. So I thought of making the Broadway Tower like a cannon aiming for the Polaris...

Although the aim was to make about 300 images, this was a result of only about 70 as the cloud cover became persistent for longer periods between clear skies even though BeeBs weather forecast stated as clear skies! Hence the outcome is far from good unfortunately...

EXIF - f/4, 30secs, ISO 1250, 72 images stacked in Photoshop.
Thanks for viewing and have a wonderful week ahead.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Middle Hill (show map)

Taken on: May 5, 2019

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Camera: Nikon D800, f/4.0, 30 sec, 21mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Lens:	16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	21mm
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Gain Control:	High gain up
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 (Macintosh)
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