Friday 10 January 2014

Druridge Bay Northumberland - Aurora Hunting - Starry Skies


So last night I headed out with a group of photographers to the Northumberland coast, in the hopes of catching the aurora borealis (Northern Lights) because of such a strong prediction in the media that they'd be around (See here) . I have never seen them before but always wanted to and hope to go to Iceland one day to see...

We got there about 9pm and stayed until after 2am(!) Unfortunately we didn't see any aurora activity but I did get the opportunity to photograph the starry Northumberland skies over Druridge Bay, which is one of my favourite beaches ever. I love the remote feeling of it, the historical war defences half-buried in the sand, and how peaceful it is there, even during summer. 

The photographs look like it was sunrise, but it's infact light pollution from the city! They were taken between about 10pm-1am approx.

Here are my favourite shots of the evening... all about 30 second exposures :-)

Check out Orion's belt in the first photo....... !

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All photography copyright Katie Byram Photography  and must not be used without written permission from the photographer. 

1 comment:

  1. Hi Katie, I wonder if it would be possible to purchase electronic versions of any of your shots so that I could print them as a gift for my boyfriend (we had our first date at Druridge bay). Do you think the original resolutions would stand a large format print? I like the first and second shots but can't decide which one I like best. If you are happy to sell, please let me know what your best price would be. Thanks Lizzie

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