[AstroJunk (Jonathan)]

OK, something a bit different from me. Still a star trails image but this time using a telephoto lens at 150mm.

I'd been sat on the beach looking at the island a kilometre out and decided it may be nice to frame it up and see if I could capture the stars emerging from atmospheric extinction. When I went back on the beach later yesterday evening, there was a far bit of cloud about and I thought that I would get nothing of merit. I grabbed 40 mins of data (There are a lot worse things to do that lay on a beach watching the stars after all).

What came out was this shot. I don't know why, but it's my favourite to date - just something about the clouds and the wave tops being in harmony, and where did that lilac sky come from?! Other than cleaning, straightening and lightening, it's how it came off the camera.