Spooky:

Nice work Sir! But you need NOISE NINJA!!

Ginger Bread fumes, hence the slightly Orangey glow!

Horrible, wasteful man-made light pollution :(((

Nice piccie though 🙂

Paul (your not so local astronomer)

Nice work Sir! But you need NOISE NINJA!!

thanks, I'll give it a try – for some reason my shots of Grasmere were plagued with obvious noise, even when I wound the ASA down to 400

Loughrigg Terrace was a real technical challenge – to stay on the bike and keep it pointing in approximately the right direction – it was 3" deep in slippery slush 🙂 Hilarious fun!

thanks, I'll give it a try – for some reason my shots of Grasmere were plagued with obvious noise, even when I wound the ASA down to 400

Did you have a heat source in/near your camera bag? A common problem in astrophotography. Tend to cool the sensors and use Canons that are known for low noise characteristics at long exposures.
Cheers
Paul

Maybe the noise was caused by these;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8536094.stm

C

Did you have a heat source in/near your camera bag?

my chest 🙂