Last night, we were pretty lucky with the lights. They were fairly low in the sky (apparently meaning they’re not that strong) but it was much easier to see them with bare eyes and appreciate that they were moving than it had been the previous night. The previous night they had just looked like a greenish tinge in the sky that could have been a cloud highlighted by light pollution. Anyway, here are the results:
18 mm, 30 sec, f4.0, ISO 8000
So, my ISO was waaaay too high and I’ve had to reduce the noise on Lightroom afterwards. Part of that came with not knowing the limits of the camera, and part of it came with leaving the remote shutter clicker thing back at the cabin, so being limited to 30 sec exposures. On top of that, part of the problem may have stemmed from the fact that I turned the brightness down on the screen so much that I overcompensated when exposing my photos. OR, I could just have a lot to learn! Anyway, as a result, my photos are quite noisy, especially in the foreground. But, when you’ve just seen the Northern Lights, who cares?!
15 mm, 30 sec, f4.0, ISO 8000
15 mm, 30 sec, f4.0, ISO 8000
Our world. My lens 