Holywell Rain of Stars
One of my goals for 2022 was to capture more night-time photography as life demands and projects had steered me away from this style of photography in recent years. I had a particular idea to capture a close up of the twin Gull Rocks at Holywell Bay in North Cornwall with the stars streaking behind. I set up the camera, zoomed in and managed to get a focus point on the rocks themselves. As a stroke of luck, light from the land behind me was flooding out to sea, catching the tops of the two rocks and setting them alight like two beacons in the night sky.
Overall, this shot took about 45 minutes to capture. As the earth rotated, it pulled the stars across the sky and created this mesmerising effect, almost like rain falling diagonally across the scene and pouring over the tops of the islands. With the movement of the stars contrasted with the milky sea below, the whole scene took a truly ethereal quality that really reflects that majesty of the Cornish coast at night-time. With life and activity even in the dark, it’s a nod to the magic that takes place as we sleep and a little reminder to look up to the stars.
One of my goals for 2022 was to capture more night-time photography as life demands and projects had steered me away from this style of photography in recent years. I had a particular idea to capture a close up of the twin Gull Rocks at Holywell Bay in North Cornwall with the stars streaking behind. I set up the camera, zoomed in and managed to get a focus point on the rocks themselves. As a stroke of luck, light from the land behind me was flooding out to sea, catching the tops of the two rocks and setting them alight like two beacons in the night sky.
Overall, this shot took about 45 minutes to capture. As the earth rotated, it pulled the stars across the sky and created this mesmerising effect, almost like rain falling diagonally across the scene and pouring over the tops of the islands. With the movement of the stars contrasted with the milky sea below, the whole scene took a truly ethereal quality that really reflects that majesty of the Cornish coast at night-time. With life and activity even in the dark, it’s a nod to the magic that takes place as we sleep and a little reminder to look up to the stars.
One of my goals for 2022 was to capture more night-time photography as life demands and projects had steered me away from this style of photography in recent years. I had a particular idea to capture a close up of the twin Gull Rocks at Holywell Bay in North Cornwall with the stars streaking behind. I set up the camera, zoomed in and managed to get a focus point on the rocks themselves. As a stroke of luck, light from the land behind me was flooding out to sea, catching the tops of the two rocks and setting them alight like two beacons in the night sky.
Overall, this shot took about 45 minutes to capture. As the earth rotated, it pulled the stars across the sky and created this mesmerising effect, almost like rain falling diagonally across the scene and pouring over the tops of the islands. With the movement of the stars contrasted with the milky sea below, the whole scene took a truly ethereal quality that really reflects that majesty of the Cornish coast at night-time. With life and activity even in the dark, it’s a nod to the magic that takes place as we sleep and a little reminder to look up to the stars.