Random Photos : Part 5

Got lucky with the Aurora this evening, looking north east from Grinton Moor in the Yorkshire Dales.

Yorkshire Dales Aurora-1 by Ian Mitchell, on Flickr

Yorkshire Dales Aurora-2 by Ian Mitchell, on Flickr

Yorkshire Dales Aurora-3 by Ian Mitchell, on Flickr

Canon 550D, Tokina ATX pro F6.3 30 Sec ISO800

Nice aurora pics ! I completely missed it.

I've been experimenting with vintage lenses on my new (to me) Fujifilm X-T1.

This is taken with a Helios 44M 58mm F2 lens from around the late 60's early 70's. Apparently they're well know for producing swirly bokeh. I think you can see that with this shot.

That poor leaf on the right looks worried that they can't hold on to their friend any longer !

Lovely background swirl from vintage lens by Kevin W, on Flickr

Looks good, Zeiss were always great lenses.

Ellis Island Hospital


Arrested Decay by JV, on Flickr

Perhaps not so much of a random photo as an opportune one, I was bringing the bin in (I kid you not) and noticed an interesting light and clouds over the beach. I ran in, grabbed my camera and a couple of lenses and got this.

Winter Clouds over Musselburgh - Industar 50-2 50mm F3.5 (1969) by Kevin W, on Flickr

Wow. Proper wow!

Cheers!

Glad I made the effort to go out, haven't shot an aurora in quite a while. Helps that it's only a 10 minute drive from home to that spot.

I was out there from around 10pm (when it started getting dark) until it faded about midnight, went home to bed and learnt the next day it had flared up much stronger around 1-2am but that's life!

Edinburgh in December. Who would've thought it could be so colourful

Edinburgh - Princes Street Gardens - Big Wheel by Kevin W, on Flickr

That really is spectacular !

And something(s) that moved faster than the fox cub...

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