The moon was a waning crescent and its current angle in relation to earth meant that the light emanating from it wasn't going to interfere with my quest, it was in fact down below the horizon before too long.
The second concern, clouds. There was partial cloud cover and it really could have gone either way. Imagine my delight when just after midnight the sky cleared and left a fantastic starry expanse on which to feast....and feast I did!
There were two main objectives. The first was to attempt to incorporate the Milky Way into a landscape photograph. The second was to have some fun light painting foreground subjects with my car headlights.
I toured around the area until 2.00am, wandering around in the darkness attempting a variety of different compositions. The deer were out in force and startled me on a couple of occasions with their loud grunting. I will admit to more than a small surge of adrenalin when I first heard the grunting emanating from the dark expanse in front of me!
Successful trip.......
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| Black Ridge Cottage, Glen Coe. Lit by car headlights. |
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| The Milky Way over Rannoch Moor |
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| Rannoch Moor stars. Road lit by car headlights. |
