Sometimes I remember to point the lens directly overhead during an aurora event. It's often hard to find a spot without trees or a cabin overhanging the frame. It's a surreal perspective without any reference in the frame, but I still like having a few of these in a collection. I love the depth of structure that emerges during these dances of light. The red hues on the edges of fast moving filaments, the bright cores, and the ripples that reach out to the horizon.

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Adding this to my thread of Norway moments this week, because I just love the atmospheric dance of light in this corner of the fjord. It feels like the entire solar system has jumped in to make a composition for me. So dynamic. So ephemeral. So lucky to be standing here.

This was taken two nights ago, before the rain set in :)

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Adding this little video to my thread. It's not a great video, captured as an after thought. But does show two things...

https://vimeo.com/1149188863/513d029b1e

Firstly, the speed of an active aurora in real time. You see ripples moving across the sky in this footage, and the colour shifts. Some auroras barely move at all, others on this night were racing much faster still. They vary a lot. But hopefully this footage conveys the dynamic nature of auroras.

The other thing this footage demonstrates is the different between still photos and video. A 4sec exposure for the stills, versus 1/25th of second for video. This was shot on a Lumix S9 with an F2.8 lens and ISO 128000. A faster lens would help, not to mention waiting for a moonlit aurora event :)

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Went out to dinner last night for a Christmas celebration with friends. Then things kind of escalated. From now on when we talk about the "Christmas Lights" this is what we're really hoping for :)

PSA, always have your camera gear in the car when you drive to a friends place in the north!

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It was kind of cool to grab a little green in the sky at 5am and then pink in the sky at 11am.

A nice way to see out the winter solstice.

Oh yes, forgot to make mention of this new lens I'm trying out. That last photo was taken with a TT Artisan 14mm F2.8. It's a manual focus lens but that's ideal for auroras and night photography. The focus markings on the barrel for infinity are way way off by my reckoning, so I'll need to watch that closely in the field. It's all too ready to grab the lens when recomposing a frame, and accidentally move the focus setting. I'll have to be careful here.

It's a cheap lens, but does the job! This is my first chance to give it a whirl.

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