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Devoke Water Night TimeStar trails, long exposure experiment

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Posted by Robert: Mon Oct 28th, 2019 09:15

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A trip to Devoke Water on Birker Fell not far from Eskdale.

I have been trying to get to Devoke Water for some time, this was my third attempt. It's nearly a mile from a metalled road, along a rough farm track. Too far to carry the heavy gear, so a careful drive, avoiding large boulders and deep potholes was the name of the game. In the first few yards is a large steel pipe culvert which has been made hard to pass because the road is eroded by tractors and 4X4's. I was concerned that if I found a way over the culvert and went along the road we might either get stuck, or have to reverse out if we couldn't turn round, so Christopher and I walked right to the end yesterday afternoon.

This was my first view of Devoke Water, a small reservoir above Eskdale.

What I think is the pumphouse.

There were no serious obstacles so when we got home I decided it was doable at night. After dinner we returned, armed with the heavy tripod and the D800 and my MC-36a remote timer. We arrived about ten and after a cup of coffee to calm the nerves after a hair raising drive at night, I set up the camera, it was so dark I couldn't see the pumphouse in the viewfinder so I decided to take a 30 sec exposure to check framing.

D800, 16mm fisheye f2.8 @ f4 ISO about 1600 I think.

The first long exposure was for 20 minutes, at f4, ISO100.

The second was for 45 minutes at f4, ISO 100.

I should have reduced the aperture to f8 perhaps, but the purpose was to try out the location and the MC-36a timer. I haven't been able to make long exposures before. This opens up a whole new set of opportunities.

On the whole very pleased, room for improvement, the final 45 minute exposure took a lot of work to make it presentable.

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Posted by jk: Mon Oct 28th, 2019 09:42

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Robert wrote:

A trip to Devoke Water on Birker Fell not far from Eskdale.

I have been trying to get to Devoke Water for some time, this was my third attempt. It's nearly a mile from a metalled road, along a rough farm track. Too far to carry the heavy gear, so a careful drive, avoiding large boulders and deep potholes was the name of the game. In the first few yards is a large steel pipe culvert which has been made hard to pass because the road is eroded by tractors and 4X4's. I was concerned that if I found a way over the culvert and went along the road we might either get stuck, or have to reverse out if we couldn't turn round, so Christopher and I walked right to the end yesterday afternoon.

There were no serious obstacles so when we got home I decided it was doable at night. After dinner we returned, armed with the heavy tripod and the D800 and my MC-36a remote timer. We arrived about ten and after a cup of coffee to calm the nerves after a hair raising drive at night, I set up the camera, it was so dark I couldn't see the pumphouse in the viewfinder so I decided to take a 30 sec exposure to check framing.

D800, 16mm fisheye f2.8 @ f4 ISO about 1600 I think.

Love this image.

As you know I am not a fan of star trails so the other ones dont rock my boat.

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Posted by Graham Whistler: Mon Oct 28th, 2019 10:13

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Super part of the world, love the pictures! The Ravenglass Railway is just round the corner.

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