For all those people who were in bed last night (lucky sod's!), I hope you had a good night sleep?
Myself, I was watching the Northern Lights. By far the most stunning display I've seen up here in the 5 years or so since I arrived in Shetland. These lasted from about 11pm till about 3am, but unfortunately you'll have to take my word for it, as my incompetence with a camera knows no bounds! (not even a fuzzy pic!) You'll also have to take my word for the 2 Polecats and a Hedgehog also seen...
Use the bulb feature on your camera Dougie - f5.6 at 30 secs ISO 400 will get you good results. This is what we used for the pix from Norway at http://hughharropwildlifephotography.blogspot.com/
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Cheers for that. I'll give it a try (god alone knows what I was doing last night). looks like I might have to wait a while though as the weather looks total pants for the next while...
ReplyDeleteOh, wow! Staying up tonight, Dougie!!!
ReplyDeletemany thanks for this :)
Nat
Not sure I'd bother if I was you, as the weather is looking pretty crap the now! This was the first Aurora I'd seen for quite a while as well.
ReplyDeleteDamn, blast and all that. If you spot them again do us a favour ? PHONE ME. Doesn't matter what time in your in your 24 hr life.
ReplyDeleteNae probs mate. But only if you promise not to take better photos of it than me! (by that I must mean 'any' photos if last night is anything to go by!!!)
ReplyDeleteDougie - if you do not have bulb feature then set amanual exposure of 30secs @ f5.6. Some Auroras require less and some require more depending on the intensity. Anything more than 45 secs tends to introduce star trails.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I reckon I'll need to get the manual out again and do a bit of reading, as it's hard enough for me to get daytime pics ;)
ReplyDeleteI should have added that it is also worth getting a remote release. Cheers, Hugh
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