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Aurora Australis - Himatangi Beach
In the photo is Aurora Australis, Eta Carina, Souther Cross, LMC and light pollution from Levin, Otaki etc.
Had an amazing Stellarfest weekend. thanks to Horowhenua Astronomical Society for arranging an amazing get together. It's awesome to meet people from Aotearoa Astrophotography in person as most of the times we only talk through comments and messenger.
The first night was rained out, so could not get anything good except for a good night sleep. The next day as per Ian Cooper, it was to clear up by dinner time and it did, we took few shots of the milkyway and clear sky did not last long, we decided to pack but we did sit around the fire and kept talking to other attendees when some mentioned about clear skies, it was a bit light polluted around the camp so Jonathan and I decided to head out to Himatangi Beach, New Zealand. The sky was not looking hopeful so we thought of driving back, but we already took a drive so Jonathan took a decision of heading to the beach and just checking how the sky conditions were and i am glad we made it to the beach. We walked for few minutes, i was shooting west and was waiting for milkyway to set where Jonathan shot towards south and screamed "AURORAAAA", that was it, the whole night we pointed our camera south and were shooting until 2AM until the activity died down.
Shot few timelapses and single shots. This is one of the first shots i took, the activity was probably at it's peak as you could capture the light beams, not much visible visually, except for that part of the sky brighter than the rest. As soon as we captured aurora, I sent a text to Adam letting them know that there is some activity going on. My mobile had only 1% battery left and glad that last message went through.
Was pretty happy with the image, after capturing Aurora from auckland, this is the second time i've captured it and the first time this bright. Can't wait to someday head down south or to greenland.
This was a test shot so, used 15sec, would have been a lot better in capturing the beams at a shorter exposure and higher ISO.
Exif: 15sec, ISO 1600, f2.8 using Samyang 24mm on Canon 6D
Shot on 15-08-15 at 11:31:30 PM
Aurora Australis - Himatangi Beach
In the photo is Aurora Australis, Eta Carina, Souther Cross, LMC and light pollution from Levin, Otaki etc.
Had an amazing Stellarfest weekend. thanks to Horowhenua Astronomical Society for arranging an amazing get together. It's awesome to meet people from Aotearoa Astrophotography in person as most of the times we only talk through comments and messenger.
The first night was rained out, so could not get anything good except for a good night sleep. The next day as per Ian Cooper, it was to clear up by dinner time and it did, we took few shots of the milkyway and clear sky did not last long, we decided to pack but we did sit around the fire and kept talking to other attendees when some mentioned about clear skies, it was a bit light polluted around the camp so Jonathan and I decided to head out to Himatangi Beach, New Zealand. The sky was not looking hopeful so we thought of driving back, but we already took a drive so Jonathan took a decision of heading to the beach and just checking how the sky conditions were and i am glad we made it to the beach. We walked for few minutes, i was shooting west and was waiting for milkyway to set where Jonathan shot towards south and screamed "AURORAAAA", that was it, the whole night we pointed our camera south and were shooting until 2AM until the activity died down.
Shot few timelapses and single shots. This is one of the first shots i took, the activity was probably at it's peak as you could capture the light beams, not much visible visually, except for that part of the sky brighter than the rest. As soon as we captured aurora, I sent a text to Adam letting them know that there is some activity going on. My mobile had only 1% battery left and glad that last message went through.
Was pretty happy with the image, after capturing Aurora from auckland, this is the second time i've captured it and the first time this bright. Can't wait to someday head down south or to greenland.
This was a test shot so, used 15sec, would have been a lot better in capturing the beams at a shorter exposure and higher ISO.
Exif: 15sec, ISO 1600, f2.8 using Samyang 24mm on Canon 6D
Shot on 15-08-15 at 11:31:30 PM