Photographing the MILKY WAY in Yorkshire didn't QUITE go to plan!

I took a trip to the Yorkshire dales in the hope of getting a shot I have wanted to capture for over a year ... unfortunately it didn't quite work how I had hoped but was still worth the trip
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[@RealtorRod64]

The images a brilliant anyhow.

[@DaveMcKeegan]

Thank you very much Rod 😊

[@6gwilliams]

Thanks Dave.

[@touringband]

Glad you stopped and got that final photo, it’s epic!

[@DaveMcKeegan]

Thanks Mark, it definitely made the whole trip worthwhile

[@paulm8157]

Appreciate your candor! Others would burry the fails and have viewers believe that things always go just right. Final image bonus.

[@DaveMcKeegan]

No-one has everything go to plan ... Although for some people the plans go right more often 🤣

[@colliescameraaction8944]

Nice adventure though Dave - it’s tricky up here in Scotland. To avoid the LP I have to go up into the central highlands at least and therefore seeing the core is limited to a 6 week window centering on early august. Requires a lot of planning and research. And midges. Love your video style - nice and authentic, doesn’t seem rehearsed.

[@HRWG99]

Excellent final image. Better luck next year with the Milky Way. It will still be there patiently waiting for you. Sleep well you deserved it. Oh! and best wishes to Rusty.

[@DaveMcKeegan]

Thanks Huw

[@Daephekt]

Ah! the great British weather, great shots though 👌🏻
I've been wanting to make the three and a half-hour drive back up there at night for over a year myself, but when there's been time available the weather has been pants. Hopefully, sometime this year, really wanting to get some star trails over it.

[@ianpalmer186]

Cool that you show your fails as well as successes Dave. I think we've all had similar experiences.
I am supprised that you didn't use photopills augmented reality just to see where the milky way was hiding 🤔 great content as usual 👍

[@philipkelly9753]

The last shot is my favourite :)

[@alchemist_x79]

Even if it didn't work out as planned the shots were great anyway. Good stuff.

[@3Ddunk]

Hi Dave , I use stellarium on PC and phone apps etc etc I recommend Photopills as well its saved me lots of time and money driving to the middle of nowhere in Wales.

[@ojrphoto]

Lovely photos. I have just started doing night sky stuff and it is a real learning curve!
Did you use the Tamron 28-75 for it? I have been considering this lens.

[@DaveMcKeegan]

Not on this particular occasion, I used the Irix 11mm f4 and Tokina 20mm f2

[@markjacksonphotos]

Nice images though, my first attempt a couple of weeks ago your much better than mine using Groverake Mine in Weardale as the foreground image. Recommend photopils for this though, it overlays an image of where the milkyway should be, I ended up with the Big Dipper over the mine works in the end, but its planned for another visit🙏 fir those clear nights. Nice RUclips channel.👍🙂

[@kevinfarrell9037]

realy like the last shot.

[@DaveMcKeegan]

Thank you Kevin 😊

[@DjimmyTrovy]

What camera and lens did you use?

[@DaveMcKeegan]

I shooting the video I used the Sony A6400 + Sigma 16mm f1.4
For the photographs I used the Sony A7III with both the Irix 11mm f4 & Tokina 20mm f2

[@danev1969]

Dave, Very surprised you do not use the phone app PhotoPills. One of the tools in the app is "Night Air" and that would have helped you tremendously. Even if you got out there hours earlier in the near daylight, using Night Air (and advancing the time) would have helped you find the perfect spot to stand and where to point your camera. We shoot the Milky Way in Arizona, which is much further south and so we get dark skies this time of year by 10 PM. I know the further north you are in the Summer, the bigger issue finding truly dark sky can be. Thanks for sharing.

[@DaveMcKeegan]

Someone mentioned it to me before but I never got round to getting it ... Think I'll have to sort that now 😊

[@marra2]

@@DaveMcKeegan I have been to ribblehead for the milky way and because theres no signal there photopills is useless . Waste of £10 !

[@sadphil01]

Buy the photopills app for ya phone.

[@xyz_chain4199]

ur quite lucky for not having spiders and scorpions coming up to u when the light's on
also check star walk 2 if u didn't

[@DaveMcKeegan]

Yeah sod that! ... The most deadly wildlife we have to contend with are squirrels or perhaps a very randy goat 🤣

[@SnapographyAP]

Use your year wisely..... learn some basics!