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First sunrise in a long time, somewhat caused by the whole Covid debacle but more likely due to my hatred of climbing out of bed early.
Where else to venture for my first sunrise attempt in ages to the always interesting, beautiful and close to home location that is Ballycotton along the east coast of County Cork, Ireland.
Spent a great morning there with another photographer and friend of mine. The light was fleeting to be fair on that morning. It was mostly cloudy and looked like there was going to be no chance of any colour bursting through but then a raincloud came along and changed all that.
A few minutes of great light but that is all that is needed.
*** GEAR USED ***
Canon 5D Mark IV
Canon 16-35mm ƒ/4
Benro TMA48CXL Tripod
Manfrotto XPRO Ball Head
3 Legged Thing L Bracket
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At the start of March 2020 while we were still in the "new moon" phase, I ventured down to Benvoy beach within the Copper Coast Geopark in County Waterford, Ireland in order to spend some more time admiring the stars above us.
This was only my 2nd astrophotography shoot of 2020 but I am now finding myself wondering when I will get another opportunity to shoot the stars. The annual opportunities are few in number under normal circumstances here in Ireland on account of cloudy weather patterns but with the onset of the Covid19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions of movement of people, it could be some time before an opportunity arises again.
However, instead of dwelling on negativity, I instead prefer and choose to look forward to that next opportunity with an eager optimism and anticipation of what glorious images it will yield.
Stay safe and look forward to the light that is waiting at the end of the tunnel that is no doubt there waiting for us, even though we may not yet see it.
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12 light frames stacked within Starry Landscape Stacker and then processed within Adobe Lightroom CC.
Each exposure consisted of the following settings:
14MM
ƒ/2.8
15 seconds
ISO 10,000
*** GEAR USED ***
Canon 5D Mark IV
Sigma ART 14-24mm ƒ/2.8
Benro TMA48CXL Tripod
Manfrotto XPRO Ball Head
3 Legged Thing L Bracket
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My photo astrophotography opportunity of 2020 saw me venturing to the coastlines of East Cork near Ballycotton down the south of Ireland in search of a recent shipwreck, called the MV Alta.
This ship was apparently abandoned and floating away at sea for a close to 1 year before an Atlantic Storm caused it to crash in February of 2020. I was actually away on vacation with the family up at the west of Ireland in County Mayo when the storm hit Ireland and when this ship has crashed. When I had seen reports on the news and via Social Media that it had crashed only 40 minutes drive from where I live in Cork, I was already starting to make plans to photograph it.
So when clear skies presented themselves during the new moon phase, myself and my friend and fellow Landscape Photographer seized the opportunity to capture this new shipwreck with the Milky Way above it. There was a lot of rain in the week leading up to this shoot, on account of that Atlantic Storm, so the fields and the landscape in general was soaking wet. To get to this location, we had to hike for 20 minutes along the coastline and through some very muddy fields. My black waterproof pants was turned a more brown colour when we had gotten back to our cars at the of that shoot!
What a way to start off 2020. Of course, I had no idea that only a few weeks later in March we would find ourselves even more isolated than this shipwreck amidst the global CoronaVirus (Covid19) pandemic.
*** EXIF ***
16 light frames stacked within Starry Landscape Stacker and then processed within Adobe Lightroom CC.
Each exposure consisted of the following settings:
14MM
ƒ3.2
15 seconds
ISO 10,000
*** GEAR USED ***
Canon 5D Mark IV
Sigma ART 14-24mm ƒ/2.8
Benro TMA48CXL Tripod
Manfrotto XPRO Ball Head
3 Legged Thing L Bracket
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Have not managed to get out with the camera for my own personal photography projects over the latter half of 2019. So I ventured down to one of my favourite locations to finish of 2019 with some photography.
This image was captured down at Ballydwan which is located near the Copper Coast Geopark in County Waterford, Ireland.
*** GEAR USED ***
Canon 5D Mark IV
Canon 16-35mm ƒ/4
Benro TMA48CXL Tripod
Manfrotto XPRO Ball Head
3 Legged Thing L Bracket
Hahnel Captur Wireless Remote
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Last Sunday night / Monday morning saw me return to the stunning Copper Coast Geopark in County Waterford, Ireland in order to stand once again beneath the stars where I could admire the beauty of the night sky
9 RAW exposures stacked together using Starry Landscape Stacker for noise reduction and star alignment purposes. Final image processed using Adobe Lightroom Classic CC.
*** GEAR USED ***
Canon 5D Mark IV
Sigma 14-24mm ƒ/2.8 ART
Benro TMA48CXL Tripod
Manfrotto XPRO Ball Head
3 Legged Thing L Bracket
Hahnel Captur Wireless Remote
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