Aurora at last…
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Like many thousands/ millions of people, I finally got to see and photograph the aurora last night. One of my bucket-list shots.
Bit of a steep learning curve with camera settings and also a long way to go to find somewhere really dark (I’m in Staffordshire and drove out to North Wales - turns out I needn’t have bothered, as the aurora was visible almost anywhere with no cloud).
Bit annoyed that my camera just wouldn’t work with my Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens, so I fell back on a trusty 16-35 f4 and set the exposure to 20 seconds. Also tried a 50mm f1.4, but the shots just weren’t wide enough.
Anyway - one of my shots
DSC_5634 by Nigel Ogram, on Flickr
Did anyone else get anything?
Bit of a steep learning curve with camera settings and also a long way to go to find somewhere really dark (I’m in Staffordshire and drove out to North Wales - turns out I needn’t have bothered, as the aurora was visible almost anywhere with no cloud).
Bit annoyed that my camera just wouldn’t work with my Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens, so I fell back on a trusty 16-35 f4 and set the exposure to 20 seconds. Also tried a 50mm f1.4, but the shots just weren’t wide enough.
Anyway - one of my shots
DSC_5634 by Nigel Ogram, on FlickrDid anyone else get anything?
Edited by Nigel_O on Saturday 11th May 20:54
velocemitch said:
Nigel, why didn’t the Samyang work? Just wondering if it’s a focusing issue?
I suspect operator error...When I mounted the lens, I couldn't set the aperture at anything below 5. It just showed an error code and refused to take the shot. Annoyingly, the next day, I tried again and it worked fine....
Focusing on the Samyang is always a faff when pointing at a night sky. I have to use live view and then zoom right in, but the live view is always blurry until I put my glasses on
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