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I didn't have a wide enough lens for the aurora yesterday. (20mm f1.8)
Awesome! I only noticed that it was happening just before I wanted to go to bed, and I wrongly assumed that I had to use long shutter speeds which ruined most of my shots. But I got something decent from my balcony at higher iso and faster shutter speeds. I also have some with red but I missed focus on all of them.
20mm isn't wide enough... Well, I'm out of the running. The widest lens I have right now is 24.
I managed to get a broadly legible pic of the last aurora that was visible down here with my phone, of all things. I had to use my little 3D printed clamp to affix it to a tripod, though. It still wasn't very impressive.
That's a photo of my camera, made with the phone in regular auto mode, freehand. It was that bright.
(I wanted to get the message out to friends quickly.)
Next time I bring a 360 camera. π
Down here (this was in October of last year, I think) it wasn't. Basically it was only visible through a camera with a long-ish exposure. Otherwise with the naked eye you'd be forgiven for thinking it was just ordinary light pollution, as we have causing our skies to noticeably glow any old night of the year.
When I came home I saw my neighbour and asked him what he thought about the aurora.
Nb: What aurora?
That one over there.
Nb: Oh. I guess it's too bright to see it, I guess..
No, that's the aurora! π Then I held up my camera and showed him the viewfinder.
That was in October 2024 in southern Ireland (South of Cork). I only brought my 28-200 f2.8... lens to go whale watching. We didn't expect to get an alert from the aurora app during dinner. After a pint we couldn't drive out of town so we walked to the harbour.
Never saw this kind of aurora so far south. (northern Germany)
Amazing photo
Way cool. They were supposed to be visible in the PNW but the fog hit right when the aurora started here.