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- čas přidán 13. 10. 2022
- In September 2022 I visited one of the smallest Canary Islands, El Hierro.
My aim was to take advantage of the dark skies to shoot lots of astrophotography... but I arrived just as the island closed down for 3 days thanks to the worst cyclone in a decade.
This left me just a couple of days in which to explore the island before I returned to Tenerife.
One brief clear spell on El Hierro, and a clear night on Tenerife meant I did manage a handful of milky way images, but apart from that, this video will serve as a taste of El Hierro.
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Really nice video James! Images despite the weather look amazing, also glad you got some Astro in at the end!
Yeah, all turned out okay in the end. I'll have to head back at some point, but I think next year I'll probably head north somewhere...
Glad you managed to get some astro in the end, because when you were sitting in the car with the rain pounding down and you said “Well, the trip’s not going well” I thought we’d have to send help! Amazing landscape and you really did get some great images, especially given the conditions. 👍
Yeah, it turned out ok in the end! I think I was a bit despondent in the car as the forecasts suggested it "should" have cleared by then, and it hadn't!
Interesting location. I found your vid from your post on DP Review. May I ask what time of year you were there? I know you said Autumn but which month? Thanks in advance.
Thanks for watching - the trip was over the last week of September (I actually flew home 1st October I think)
@@JamesBillingsPhotography Thanks for the swift reply James. I’d considered travelling to Tenerife or La Palma for astrophotography but the thought of the crowds put me off. (Most of my work is done in the far northwest of Scotland where I live, so I’m a bit spoilt with remoteness and having the place to myself!)
I did go to Fuerteventura a couple of years ago, which held a lot of promise, but we had Calima for the whole week we were there, so the night sky was a write-off. I think it affects the eastern islands more than the western ones. El Hierro certainly looks promising,and I guess you had good clear air after that storm passed through.
@@TarrelScot I've not been to La Palma- Tenerife has the advantage of being high up (you'll see I stayed in the hotel up on the volcano which was much quieter than the resorts on the coast... but you do get tours coming up for night-sky-tour trips which were annoying, perhaps don't set up in the popular viewing spot!
On El Hierro I had hoped to get the milky way behind the lighthouse in the south-west- you're obviously low down but if the sky is clear it would make a great shot.
I'm considering re-visiting, maybe next year - I can't hit a cyclone twice, right? :)
@@JamesBillingsPhotography Hopefully not!😀 Thanks for the tips. Have you thought about the Azores for Astro?
@@TarrelScot I've not ever investigated there - one to add to the list. I also fancy Madeira as the landscapes look good for daytime shots as well