Exploring Aurora
Finally got to see them, and this will be the first of quite a few photos and timelapse videos I took that night.
Seeing the northern lights has been on ...
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Finally got to see them, and this will be the first of quite a few photos and timelapse videos I took that night.
Seeing the northern lights has been on my bucket list for quite a while, and to see them flashing and swirling across the night sky in real time was a massive treat and something we’ll never forget.
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Seeing the northern lights has been on my bucket list for quite a while, and to see them flashing and swirling across the night sky in real time was a massive treat and something we’ll never forget.
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Sep, 2023Views
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Contest Finalist in Magical Outdoors Photo Contest
Runner Up in Monthly Pro Photo Contest Volume51
Peer Award
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Superb Composition
Top Choice
Outstanding Creativity
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Location
On the moutain road above Funningur on the Faroe IslandsTime
It was about 1am, and I ahd been driving/running around taking lots of photos for a couple of hours at this point as the Aurora had gone crazy and it was the first time I had seen them.Lighting
Well... it was pretty dark! The aurora was giving everything a green glow which meant the foreground needed colour correcting in post. The light in my hand was my iPhone torch and this was a single 5 second exposure.Equipment
This was taken with a Sony A7iv, 20mm f1.8 lens opened wide to f1.8. The light I was holding is an iPhone torch and all of that sat on a three legged thing tripod. That was all i needed.Inspiration
I had previously done some road to milkway astrophotography and as I finally had the Aurora as a backdrop I thought about doing the same. In order to get a sense of scale, I ran down the road to get in frame, using the light to make sure I stand out.Editing
Yes, I shoot raw so I had to do the usual colour correcting and tone mapping. It's a single shot at a high iso, but the adobe camera raw denoise did a good job of cleaning that upIn my camera bag
Sony A7iv for stills and ZV-E1 for video/timelapse. 16-35, 24-70 and 50-400 are my main leneses but use the 20mm prime for video and astrophotographyFeedback
Don't use a shutter speed over 5 seconds for aurora, otherwise you will likely loose the detail in the aurura columns as they actually move quite fast. So high iso and deal with the noise in post.
