Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
In this video I visit Titterstone Clee Hill in Shropshire to photograph the sunset as the sun dipped over the landscape and take some wide field astrophotography landscape photography.
The plan was simple photograph and capture the late evening sunset colours in the clouds as the setting sun dipped below the horizon, which would hopefully set the sky a wash of oranges, pinks and purples. Once again my trusty Pentax K1 camera was matched with the Samyang 24 mm F1.4 and the diminutive Pentax Smc - DA 35 mm F2.4 AL (which is fast becoming one of my favourite lenses)
If that wasn't enough I also wanted to make best use of my time on top of the hill to photograph the landscape and radomes in the blue hour; an opportunity to photograph the early evening landscape, in the cool blues using the DJI Mavic Air 2 drone to do some aerial photography, revealing details and textures that easily go amiss when from standard perspective.
Waiting around for a few hours more I then planned on filming myself photographing the night sky and milky way, by doing some astro photography over the tops of the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) radomes using my Pentax K1 and duo of lenses, the Samyang 24 mm F1.4 and the Pentax Smc - DA 35 mm F2.4 AL . However producing the video content for this was a challenge and the absence of light made it impossible to really show you how I had my scene composed and my camera setup. So unfortunately the video and story telling was limited in this part, but still, the resulting images taken on the night once I got home and processed them, produced some very pleasing wide field landscape astrophotography photographs. I hope you like them as much as I do.
The photographic opportunities and views from the top of Clee hill and the wider area of outstanding natural beauty are some of the best in the Midlands and the area is quite often overlooked by photographers in favour in my iconic locations, its hilly landscapes makes for some fabolous landscape photography from the early mists of Autumn to the snow drifts of Winter to the breathtaking sunrises of Spring and Summer and landscape photographers dream.
The hills that make up the landscape and the remoteness away from light-polluted cities means the skies above are amazingly dark. Views of the Milky Way from this region are fabulous on Moonless nights. There are also a number of publicly accessible Dark Sky Discovery Sites so camera like the Pentax K1 with it astro tracer functionality or for users of the popular Move Shoot Move systems are spoilt for choice for wide angle astrophotography landscapes.
let me know your favorite image from the video, and your comments below.
Until the next video, take care all
Geoff.
Images
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04:38 Last Light (Pentax K1)
06:09 Sun Down (Pentax K1)
07:20 NATS 1 (Air2S)
07:26 NATS 2 (Air2S)
07:32 NATS 3 (Air2S)
09:15 NATS Stars Landscape (Pentax K1)
09:32 NATS Stars Portrait (Pentax K1)
09:51 NATS Stars Milky Way (Pentax K1)
Camera & Lenses Used to Make This Video
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Pentax K1
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Pentax Smc - DA 35 mm F2.4 AL
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Samyang 24 mm F1.4
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Filming
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DJI AIR2S
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DJI Pocket 2
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Canon M50
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Canon 10-18mm UWA
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Stay Social
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Vero: @geoffmoore
Flickr: flickr.com/photos/geoff-moore
Facebook: facebook.com/geoffmoorephotography
Twitter: twitter.com/GeoffMoore
Instagram: instagram.com/geoffmoore
Music
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Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
uppbeat.io/t/zimpzon/calm
License code: 3NPQK1SEMPT8X4J1
More landscape images of mine here
goo.gl/nvvzn6
In this video I visit Titterstone Clee Hill in Shropshire to photograph the sunset as the sun dipped over the landscape and take some wide field astrophotography landscape photography.
The plan was simple photograph and capture the late evening sunset colours in the clouds as the setting sun dipped below the horizon, which would hopefully set the sky a wash of oranges, pinks and purples. Once again my trusty Pentax K1 camera was matched with the Samyang 24 mm F1.4 and the diminutive Pentax Smc - DA 35 mm F2.4 AL (which is fast becoming one of my favourite lenses)
If that wasn't enough I also wanted to make best use of my time on top of the hill to photograph the landscape and radomes in the blue hour; an opportunity to photograph the early evening landscape, in the cool blues using the DJI Mavic Air 2 drone to do some aerial photography, revealing details and textures that easily go amiss when from standard perspective.
Waiting around for a few hours more I then planned on filming myself photographing the night sky and milky way, by doing some astro photography over the tops of the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) radomes using my Pentax K1 and duo of lenses, the Samyang 24 mm F1.4 and the Pentax Smc - DA 35 mm F2.4 AL . However producing the video content for this was a challenge and the absence of light made it impossible to really show you how I had my scene composed and my camera setup. So unfortunately the video and story telling was limited in this part, but still, the resulting images taken on the night once I got home and processed them, produced some very pleasing wide field landscape astrophotography photographs. I hope you like them as much as I do.
The photographic opportunities and views from the top of Clee hill and the wider area of outstanding natural beauty are some of the best in the Midlands and the area is quite often overlooked by photographers in favour in my iconic locations, its hilly landscapes makes for some fabolous landscape photography from the early mists of Autumn to the snow drifts of Winter to the breathtaking sunrises of Spring and Summer and landscape photographers dream.
The hills that make up the landscape and the remoteness away from light-polluted cities means the skies above are amazingly dark. Views of the Milky Way from this region are fabulous on Moonless nights. There are also a number of publicly accessible Dark Sky Discovery Sites so camera like the Pentax K1 with it astro tracer functionality or for users of the popular Move Shoot Move systems are spoilt for choice for wide angle astrophotography landscapes.
let me know your favorite image from the video, and your comments below.
Until the next video, take care all
Geoff.
Images
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04:38 Last Light (Pentax K1)
06:09 Sun Down (Pentax K1)
07:20 NATS 1 (Air2S)
07:26 NATS 2 (Air2S)
07:32 NATS 3 (Air2S)
09:15 NATS Stars Landscape (Pentax K1)
09:32 NATS Stars Portrait (Pentax K1)
09:51 NATS Stars Milky Way (Pentax K1)
Camera & Lenses Used to Make This Video
(ππ©π¦π΄π¦ π’π³π¦ π’π§π§πͺππͺπ’π΅π¦ ππͺπ―π¬π΄)
-------------------------------------
Pentax K1
amzn.to/3uGGJsN
Pentax Smc - DA 35 mm F2.4 AL
amzn.to/3AQj0bN
Samyang 24 mm F1.4
amzn.to/3QvEl05
Filming
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DJI AIR2S
amzn.to/3AZamcP
DJI Pocket 2
amzn.to/3RqSm0q
Canon M50
amzn.to/3nYbfuq
Canon 10-18mm UWA
amzn.to/3ausW1o
Stay Social
-------------------------------------
Vero: @geoffmoore
Flickr: flickr.com/photos/geoff-moore
Facebook: facebook.com/geoffmoorephotography
Twitter: twitter.com/GeoffMoore
Instagram: instagram.com/geoffmoore
Music
-------------------------------------
Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
uppbeat.io/t/zimpzon/calm
License code: 3NPQK1SEMPT8X4J1
More landscape images of mine here
goo.gl/nvvzn6
