NO REGRETS! | A Nightscape Journal | Astrophotography | Landscape photography

[@dougingram4519]

Thanks for another marvellous video, Paul. I love how much you enjoyed this shoot and how you encouraged us all to simply get out there!

[@nightscapejournals]

Thanks Doug - appreciate the support and for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@petercowley8657]

Greetings from down under Paul, I am grateful that the algorithm pointed me in your direction! I also spend far too much time under the stars, but unlike you our constellations are the "wrong way" round! Nice video and nice pictures without the over processed and overblown core photos that are becoming so common! Keep it up, Pete!

[@nightscapejournals]

Thanks for your kind comment and welcome back to the channel, Pete. I’m envious of how high the milky way core gets for you guys! I’ve only ever been to Sydney and my attempt at some rooftop stargazing was fairly poor - I’m not sure I recognised anything! All the best.

[@massimobollini4622]

Congratulations for the videos that i found and watched recently. They are very nice. Sometimes i make similar astrophotography with canon 6D from north part of Italy.

[@nightscapejournals]

Thanks for your kind comments, Massimo. The 6D is fantastic for Astro a hope you’re enjoying it. I’m hoping to be in northern Italy later this year and will definitely be taking my cameras to hopefully capture some Milky Way core up in the hills.

[@GrowPhotography]

Such a relaxed pace thru this video Paul, went perfectly with my cuppa and hot cross bun. Loved the time you spent at the end enjoying the sights and sounds of the wetlands over a brew.

[@nightscapejournals]

Thanks Greg - appreciated. Definitely enjoy the relaxed side of nightscaping (although as you’ll well know, trying for capture the relaxed side on video is far from relaxing! 🤣🤣) Thanks for watching and the support. 👍

[@AstrokotaFilms]

Wonderfully shot video and photos! Really shows how peaceful the night sky truly is!

[@nightscapejournals]

Thanks Dakota. 100% - love the tranquility.

[@SimonsAstro]

Superb job Paul, great video! Excellent images, first Milkyway of the season, great image mate👍 Love the drone footage and b roll, nicely done, it’s an effort, but the end results are well worth it! Thats a great looking location, I love the waterscapes, and especially hearing nature all around you! I don’t do enough of that! I really should make that effort! Well done mate and clear skies!

[@nightscapejournals]

Thanks Simon - really appreciated. It was a beautiful morning - definitely worth the effort. Love hearing the sounds of nature (although they sometimes make me jump! 🤣). Thanks for watching and the encouragement, as ever.

[@focusphotonsfrugally6644]

Great video and photographs. The hardest part is getting out of the door when it looks less than ideal. I always tell myself if I don’t go it will be perfect. I love the sound of the world waking up just before dawn.

[@nightscapejournals]

100% and it so often clears up just before dawn as well. But the flesh is weak!! Thanks for watching. 👍

[@StarScaperPhoto]

Beautiful video Paul, thanks for sharing the adventure! Especially on a day like this we should not take these for granted. You are really getting on top of your game lately! Beautifully produced, so many camera angles, must have taken ages to film but it absolutely works to get the atmosphere across into my living room. And ofcourse great images. Well done!

[@nightscapejournals]

Thanks Jeroen. The message of the video seemed to resonate just that little bit more after yesterday. I appreciate the feedback and encouragement. You’ll like one of the comments from Esther: “stop wearing such a noisy jacket!”. Point taken! 😊

[@StarScaperPhoto]

@@nightscapejournals haha, always the challenges with that audio right 😄. I haven't found a solution myself for that jacket sounds though besides keeping very still 🙃.

[@astronebulee578]

Thank you Paul for a lovely relaxing journal. I have run out of superlatives for your work. I'm. In awe. The production you out into your videos, I have to take my hat off. With planting a camera down to track your walk. Then having to go back and pick it up to place for another capture of the walk to your imaging place. Along with the editing of the whole journal. Thank you again.

[@nightscapejournals]

Thanks Lee - really appreciate the encouragement. I do sometimes wonder what I must look like going back and forth to film myself walking through a puddle!! Good job I do it at night when there’s no-one around, eh? 🤣 Thanks for watching. 👍

[@paulclark9123]

Just loved this Paul. Very poignant given today's saddest news. Your written intro and story of the night conveyed a great message and atmosphere. I'll be out under the stars tomorrow night!

[@nightscapejournals]

Thanks Paul - really appreciated. Tragic news today - don’t really know how to put it all into words. As with you, I’ll be out under the stars again tomorrow, cherishing them just that little bit more and all the more determined to share them with others. Thanks for watching.

[@Danfitzphotography]

Very cool video Paul. It struck a note with me because I do that very same thing. I sometimes have to drag myself out at un-Godly hours to do some astro/landscapes and sometimes there are dissapointments but just getting out there you never know what you will find. Awesome dude!!!

[@nightscapejournals]

Ha ha - glad it resonated, Dan. When we first get up, it’s tempting to think we’re the craziest people in the world. But when it all comes together I think other people are crazy for not being out there too!! Thanks so much for watching and your kind comment.

[@scottmcnally]

Good stuff Paul I like the message just get out there. I did take note if you run into not perfect conditions, sometimes focus on an earthly subject and let the stars be out of focus. Thanks for sharing!

[@nightscapejournals]

Thanks Scott. Absolutely - bokeh-y stars are definitely under-rated and I think I’ll try to do more with them!

[@gr-astro]

Great video and images. Full marks for dedication and commitment. I may now have to try harder!!! Geraint.

[@nightscapejournals]

Cheers, Geraint. Judging by your recent images, you're trying hard enough already!

[@Tony-Elliott]

Very nicely done Paul

[@nightscapejournals]

Thank you, Tony - appreciated.

[@petesastrophotography]

Lovely images Paul, and Satan ftw🙂I have been trying to get a photo of the milkyway rising out of the north sea (I live on the north east coast of Scotland) but the weather just wont play all. However, I think you have the right mindset in just going out and making the best of it. I've lost count of the number of times the weather forecast has been abysmal but I've then spotted the odd star or two out of my window and could have been outside and have probably missed an opportunity to get a half decent shot.

[@nightscapejournals]

Ha ha, good spot! Wasn’t sure if anyone would know what I was taking about! 🤣 I’m sure when you do eventually get clear sky that MW shot will be fantastic - so good to get dark skies over the sea. Thanks for watching. 👍

[@JamesBillingsPhotography]

Nice relaxing watch over breakfast 😊 Love the dead tree branch with the out of focus stars, worked a treat

[@nightscapejournals]

Thanks for watching, James. Breakfast-viewing is my favourite sort of YT!!

[@christopherdean2576]

Super images Paul !! .... thanks for sharing your early morning adventure ..... it's renewed my motivation to do likewise !!🙂⭐🌌👍

[@nightscapejournals]

Thanks Christopher - very kind. Look forward to seeing your early morning images!!

[@derekhorlock2574]

Thanks Paul a pleasure to watch

[@nightscapejournals]

Thanks very much, Derek - very kind of you. 😊

[@naturehawk1]

That was a really enjoyable watch Paul 👍

[@nightscapejournals]

Thanks for watching, Pete, and for your kind comment. 👍👍

[@davewilliams319]

Another nice one Paul, thanks.

[@nightscapejournals]

Thank you, Dave - appreciated. 🙏

[@MartinFransson]

Great stuff Paul! I went away with the family over Easter, packed 15 kg of camera gear just in case. Was prepared to settle for any little bit of sky between the clouds but nope. Not a single speck of clear sky 😅

[@nightscapejournals]

Thanks, Martin - ah yes, but you know exactly what would have happened if you hadn’t packed any camera gear at all!! Thanks for watching. 👍

[@MartinFransson]

@@nightscapejournals ha ha, I know all too well what would have happened! 🤣

[@Danfitzphotography]

Where was this Paul? Nice dark sky

[@nightscapejournals]

It’s at a nature reserve called Fen Drayton Lakes in Cambridgeshire. Not super dark but definitely workable. There are light domes from Cambridge, Huntingdon and St Ives. But they’re not too bad.

[@Danfitzphotography]

Oh ok, thats cool!! I have am in the North of England. I usually go over to the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District. There are a few areas with Bortle 3 which is good.

[@nightscapejournals]

@@Danfitzphotography Loads of options in the Dales and Lake District - quite envious of those gorgeous landscapes on your doorstep!

[@thefens]

How dare you open the boot, focus in the handle holding back that wonderful stove, walk away and talk about records - I'll never know. Wise words, mind you. Yet another cracking video enjoyed that 👍

[@nightscapejournals]

🤣🤣It’s a PG-rated video, Paul, so I had to be careful not to show too much raw stovage - I’ll get complaints! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks as ever for your support and encouragement.

[@thefens]

@@nightscapejournals PG rated and not even a cup in sight? 👍

[@seanthompson258]

Ahhh u need to move to another country i get great astro photography in south africa, almost guaranteed good weather shooting astro in England is like if u get a start it would be a miracle or Europe for that matter

[@nightscapejournals]

Ha ha, thanks Sean! Think I’ll stick to the U.K. with occasional travel, but I envy those southern skies of yours! Thanks for watching.

[@Tony-Elliott]

Very nicely done Paul