The Stainton Tower is a folly standing 170 metres above the River Esk near Muncaster. A friend and I set out to shoot the Milky Way rising vertically out of the Tower. Just a half hour hike up the footpaths. Icy cold and it takes a while to set up all the apparatus.
I have a bit of an advantage with my Pentax K-1 because it has a built in Asto-tracker, so this exposure was 1 minute. Anything longer and the foreground blurs.
Not a first class shot though, as the light pollution is unavoidable.
@gamelee Thanks Lee. Light pollution free is hard to find. I look at the sites that show them, but Kielder and some Scottish locations are my nearest true black spots.
