Pine Marten on a starry night sky

The photos above were what I'd hoped to get. As each photo was 30 seconds long I wasn't sure whether I'd be lucky enough to get the Pine Marten looking the right way when the camera fired. Considering the Pine Marten didn't show up on the second night of clear sky I think I was extra lucky to have had this success on the first attempt!

Having only had about 2 hours sleep I had planned to go to bed after picking up the camera trap setup at 4am, but, the weather was dictating my plans... As the morning got brighter as the sun got ever closer to the horizon low-lying mist formed across the valley and the sky was turning yellow and orange. It was too good an opportunity to miss.

I quickly packed up the camera trap setup, sorted the camera for landscape photography and ran up the road back up the valley to get a decent vantage point before it was too late. Panting away I managed to take a few photos of the mist still lying in the bottom of the valley as the sun began to rise. Shortly after the photo below was taken the mist had burned off as the sun warmed the ground...