After a day on the hills, a decent dinner and a glass of wine, I went back to the jetties for last light. Not a spectacular sunset, but better than forecast. I hung around for a while, hoping for post sunset colour. Sadly, it wasn't to be, so I went back and finished the wine.
Last week, I had a three nights in the Lake District, staying in Keswick. It was another walking focused trip. But it seemed silly not to take the camera and head to the much photographed Keswick boat jetties. Sunrise was a little too early for a busy day, but I was there at around 6am for some lovely early light and mirror calm water.
Allow me to add my small collection to the vast tidal wave of aurora images that has hit the internet over the weekend. On Friday night a 'G5' geomagnetic storm resulted in the aurora borealis being visible across the UK and Ireland, and as far as Germany and the Czech Republic. I headed out to the fields behind my house after midnight to see an aurora for the first time. Never having photographed one before, I chose fairly long exposures, between 2 and 3 minutes. This maximised the colours but did mean I lost any patterns.
More solar activity was predicted for Saturday night. So it was back to the fields for the witching hour. This time I found a little more foreground interest. Although, my location meant I was shooting across a B-road. A B-road than normally sees few cars, but on this night was proving to be busier than the A1. Sadly the sun was less active. The intense colours of the previous night were a distant memory. All I managed was a feint greenish tinge.
I tried to go to the centre of Cambridge over the May bank holiday, but it was far to busy. Instead, I settled for a walk around the West Cambridge Site. It was a bright contrasty day. Perfect for the infra-red camera.
