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Yes, JK it's really valuable for anybody wanting to plan the light.
I was stunned by what happened yesterday morning at dawn after I took this star trail series.
D3, 16mm f/2.8 fisheye, 56 images, 20 second intervals, 8 sec at f/8 ISO 1600.
The main peaks to the right are, left to right: Yewbarrow, Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Lingmell and Scafell.
I was awoken at about 03:15 by the noisy arrival of a large group of people, several car loads of film crew then a large Transit van full of actresses or models, who proceeded to get changed in full view, the sheep seemed quite unimpressed!!! There were not many people about by then.
The whole ensemble trekked off down to the shore of Wastwater, set up camera and do their thing. Just before dawn all the actresses trooped back to the van but the film crew remained... I started to take an interest, dawn was close, jumped out of car and ran down to the island, ignoring the film crew who seemed non too pleased to have company. As I leapt onto the island the sun broke, exactly between Great Gable and Lingmell. Absolutely perfect. Soon after, the film crew wandered off, presumably they got what they were waiting for. Now whether the film crew had planned it or simply lucky I don't know but so close after the solstice I wonder if they had been filming a pagan ritual or some such, I don't know.
This is what I got, hand held, five shot HDR.
D3, Nikkor 24-120 VR >< 500 sec at f/16 ISO 200
Back with the first image, unbeknown to me a 'Three Peaks' challenge was in progress The runners or walkers? can be seen with their lights ascending Scafell to the right, below Lingmell.
I have taken quite a lot of images of the lights as they made their downward journey back to Wasdale Head for their drive through the night, down to Snowden in Wales. I may have enough to make a time lapse movie.
It seems these events take place throughout the summer...
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Robert.