Northern Lights
Just had an alert from Aurora Watch! Possible sighting in the North of England! We have clear open skies here at the moment so keeping an eye out!
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Living in Northumberland, there are some beautiful photos on various F/book sites in this area. Beautiful colours, at some glorious venues.
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Here are some pics of the lights
<<Here>>Lovely pictures, thank you for sharing.
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Missed the alerts and your thread
Thanks for sharing your lovely photos. Did you use a slow shutter speed??? I'm no photographer and
have one of those intellegent point and shoot jobs; I found the night setting requires a tripod as it takes sooo long to take and have generally found acceptable results without using it. Please don't get technical if you explain things
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Bakers2, A good starting point is 20 sec exposure, apature wide open, iso 800. Turn off auto focus and set manually to infinity. colour balance 5400K or bright day. Turn off any shake reduction features. And yes, it does need a sturdy tripod. Everything else is tweaking, fiddling and getting cold. Hoping not to be too technical. But just ask if you need too.
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Here are some pics of the lights
<<Here>>Thank you once again John, I really look forward to your photo gallary. More please!!!....
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Thanks JohnHD, yes I think I understand that. I'll try with a clear night sky when we next get one
. I got super shots of an eclipse of the moon when we were last in NZ, a couple of years ago, using normal settings. I had to buy new camera day before we set off to welcome our first grandchild over there, as previous one refused to work and really haven't
done much other than point and shoot. I do now, after yearsssssssss of snaps remember to take table shots before all the plates are empty and I have lost my trademark of a cup or glass in the photo regardless of the subject
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Here are some cracking photos taken just a few days ago on the 20th December just up the coast from us. Apparently Whitby is a good place to see them when they show as when looking out to sea it faces almost due North.
http://www.whitby-photography.com/product-category/the-northern-lights-at-whitby/
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Didn't see them here in Edinburgh but think too much lighting for a good view. However we're off on a cruise around northern Norway in February with the specific intention of seeing the aurora borealis. A present to ourselves for our silver wedding.
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Happy wedding anniversary when it comes Moonstone, I hope you're lucky and see the lights. Wanted to do the Northern Lights ourselves for our silver wedding anniversary 11 years ago but for health reason OH can't go where it's cold so we weren't able to.
I have caught glimpses of them down here in Essex and one of these years we are going to be able to get away up to northern Scotland when the opportunity arises
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Thanks for sharing, wish i had seen the heads up.
Another great tip re Whitby, it is only 20 miles from me and north will be out to sea. Trouble for me is, I get the light polution of Scarborough to my north, from home.
Only ever seen the the lights through glass... But it was from the flight deck of a Boeing 767 over northern Canada. Long story.
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Just had an aurora alert, it's building nicely so if you have clear skies it might be worth a peep!
I got that too - no chance here though as too much light pollution
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Two days till we sail to Norway - can't wait. The chances of seeing the Northern Lights seem to be reasonably ok - keep your fingers crossed!
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Two days till we sail to Norway - can't wait. The chances of seeing the Northern Lights seem to be reasonably ok - keep your fingers crossed!
Have a great time,
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Hi all
Back from our trip and it was fantastic. Saw the Northern Lights 2-3 times, twice they were faint, but one was a fantastic show with greens and reds and lots of dancing colours. The cruise was great too, and we loved Norway and would love to go back
again at some point. Took some pics but they aren't that great but not sure how to put them on here - sorry0 -
We went right up to the North Cape/Honnisvag - minus 6 with a windchill of minus10 but not that bad. The weather was great, only one poor day. The views and scenery were spectacular. Highlights were Husky Dog Sledding, the Ice Hotel and the North Cape
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When I was up at North Cape, the vis was down to about 30 metres which was a bit disappointing. We went another 600 miles after that to Svalbard where the weather was, fortunately, clear. There's something quite mesmerising about the topography once you
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Possible sightings tonight in northern England! lets hope it continues to build!
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