AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
STAR GAZING, GLASTONBURY TOR
In March 2012, Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets, formed a striking conjunction in the sky. From the summit of Glastonbury Tor, I composed this image with St Michael's Tower in the centre, the two planets on the right and the constellation of Orion on the left. A thirty second exposure at ISO 2000 recorded the stars as points and I used a torch to illuminate the tower. The silhouetted figure of another visitor who happened to stand in the tower doorway without moving for the whole 30 seconds completed the scene.
F/5, 30 seconds, ISO 2000
Accepted: Welsh 2012, Swansea 2012, Oxford 2013, Southampton 2013
