I’ve been fortunate enough to be shortlisted in the British Photography Awards for my photo of the Milky Way rising up above the West Pier. If you’d kindly consider voting for me there’s a link below ✨
Our galaxy the Milky Way rises above Brighton’s Grade I listed West Pier with the glowing lights of the wind farm behind it in the distance. The orange colour of the large clouds of dust and gas in the Milky Way core along with the pinks of the 3 most prominent nebula (Eagle (M16), Omega (M17) and Lagoon (M8)) can clearly be seen. Whilst I knew it was possible to shoot the Milky Way from this location, I didn’t expect to achieve such a high amount of detail in the Milky Way’s core as the pier is just a few hundred metres away from the city lights of Brighton, a bright Bortle 6 area.
This is incredible. I have no idea how you even go about capturing an image like this
crazy that most will never get to see this from the naked eye due to the amount of light pollution we have now
Great shot ! Really reminds me of the work that Alyn Wallace used to do…… he used to do great videos on astrophotography, sadly passed away now tho.
That is absolutely stunning.
But….WHY?
Let’s see the RAW
Amazing photo. Well worth perusing all the categories in the compo; there’s some fantastic stuff there.
I voted for you.
Good luck.
Absolutely stunning 😍
I ended up voting in every category, haha. Best of luck!
I’m always in awe of pictures like this looks so stunning. Good luck 😁
I used to live in Brighton and that is the best I’ve ever seen the West Pier!🙂It’s a great photo!
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I’ve been fortunate enough to be shortlisted in the British Photography Awards for my photo of the Milky Way rising up above the West Pier. If you’d kindly consider voting for me there’s a link below ✨
[CLICK TO VOTE](https://www.britishphotographyawards.org/2025-shortlist/shortlist/low-light-photography/milky-way-over-the-west-pier/704c26b8-e2d5-405a-bbda-005c841a5d8b)
Thank you!! 🧡
Timelapse: [Also, if anyone would like to see a timelapse of the event plesae click here!](https://www.instagram.com/p/DP4SmRSjxat/)
INFO ABOUT THE PHOTO:
Our galaxy the Milky Way rises above Brighton’s Grade I listed West Pier with the glowing lights of the wind farm behind it in the distance. The orange colour of the large clouds of dust and gas in the Milky Way core along with the pinks of the 3 most prominent nebula (Eagle (M16), Omega (M17) and Lagoon (M8)) can clearly be seen. Whilst I knew it was possible to shoot the Milky Way from this location, I didn’t expect to achieve such a high amount of detail in the Milky Way’s core as the pier is just a few hundred metres away from the city lights of Brighton, a bright Bortle 6 area.
This is incredible. I have no idea how you even go about capturing an image like this
crazy that most will never get to see this from the naked eye due to the amount of light pollution we have now
Great shot ! Really reminds me of the work that Alyn Wallace used to do…… he used to do great videos on astrophotography, sadly passed away now tho.
That is absolutely stunning.
But….WHY?
Let’s see the RAW
Amazing photo. Well worth perusing all the categories in the compo; there’s some fantastic stuff there.
I voted for you.
Good luck.
Absolutely stunning 😍
I ended up voting in every category, haha. Best of luck!
I’m always in awe of pictures like this looks so stunning. Good luck 😁
I used to live in Brighton and that is the best I’ve ever seen the West Pier!🙂It’s a great photo!
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