For the days around New Year 2015/2016 nearly my whole family moved en-bloc to a farmhouse near Abersoch on the Llyn Peninsula for a get together.
The weather was mostly atrocious, and I was despairing of ever getting any photography in, let alone a time lapse of the stars I was hoping for in this low light pollution area.
But on New Year's Eve we had a weather window, with the skies clearing to reveal a myriad stars, with the constellation Orion rising to take centre stage to the south.
So I set my camera gear up on the patio, out of the way of any light spill from the cottage windows, and let it run, taking an exposure every fifteen seconds right up until midnight when our next door holiday makers decided to see in the new year with a firework display.
Never mind though, as Orion had almost reached the roof overhang of our cottage by then, and the rising moon was brightening the sky to the southeast to the point where the stars were starting to disappear.
So all in all I was really pleased to have been able to capture the stills that I had.
After the firework display was over I decided to keep going and time lapse the moon rising, but that's another story and another video.
Filename - abersoch stars timelapse 01.mp4
Camera - Canon EOS 6D
Lens - 14mm prime
Exposure - 15 secs @ f2.8, ISO6400
Location - Near Abersoch, Llyn Peninsula, Wales
This clip - HD 720p
Clip duration - 35 seconds at 30 frames per second.
Shooting interval - 15 seconds
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