Northern Lights ::UPDATE WITH PICS::

[Kalvin00]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
yeah im in central valley california. dont think ill be able to see them.

Yep, only saw them once here in my (short) lifetime, about 5 years ago, I remember it was just a touch of red to the North.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: iamme
Enjoy!

now, i don't claim to be anywhere near a photography expert, i just set my Canon S400 to long exposures

northernlights010.jpg

What the heck kind of plant is that in the middle?

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: GoPackGo
Here in Rochester, Mn they started out has green lights in the north and northeast at about 5:30-6

they transformed into white light and cover nearly the entire sky.

around 8:30 they looked like and angel with its wings spread across the city.

I have never seen these ever and have lived up here all my life.

all I can say is WOW!

I'm out in Churchville, and have a dark sky I see lots of reds in it, nice in binoculars, but my A40 pic sucked

It's beyond the design parameters of this camera. Oh well.

 

[SWScorch]

sweet, I was just walking back to my dorm, and I looked up and said "holy crap! That looks like the northern lights" so then I ran in here and voila! it is! Now I go back outside to watch

 

[GoPackGo]

Originally posted by: iamme
Enjoy!

now, i don't claim to be anywhere near a photography expert, i just set my Canon S400 to long exposures

northernlights002.jpg

northernlights003.jpg

northernlights004.jpg

northernlights005.jpg

northernlights006.jpg

northernlights007.jpg

northernlights008.jpg

northernlights009.jpg

northernlights010.jpg

awesome pics.

was that a digital camera?

wish I would have used mine.

thanks again

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: iamme
Enjoy!

now, i don't claim to be anywhere near a photography expert, i just set my Canon S400 to long exposures

northernlights010.jpg

What the heck kind of plant is that in the middle?

lol, it's this weird palm tree looking thing. for some reason my parents tied the leaves together and they point straight up.

 

[yhelothar]

get a mount, or find something to use as a mount
Absolute steadiness is a must for long exposure photography.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: GoPackGo

Originally posted by: iamme
Enjoy!

now, i don't claim to be anywhere near a photography expert, i just set my Canon S400 to long exposures

northernlights002.jpg

northernlights003.jpg

northernlights004.jpg

northernlights005.jpg

northernlights006.jpg

northernlights007.jpg

northernlights008.jpg

northernlights009.jpg

northernlights010.jpg

awesome pics.

was that a digital camera?

wish I would have used mine.

thanks again

yeah, it's a digital camera. i quickly googled "pictures at night settings" and set my camera to 8 sec and 15 sec exposures

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
yeah im in central valley california. dont think ill be able to see them.

Yep, only saw them once here in my (short) lifetime, about 5 years ago, I remember it was just a touch of red to the North.

heh...just looked outside and there is a touch of red to the north...maybe its the next town over (im in manteca), but that red wasn't there about 20 minutes ago.

 

[aplefka]

Sacramento sucks for this kinda stuff.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: iamme

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: iamme
Enjoy!

now, i don't claim to be anywhere near a photography expert, i just set my Canon S400 to long exposures

northernlights010.jpg

What the heck kind of plant is that in the middle?

lol, it's this weird palm tree looking thing. for some reason my parents tied the leaves together and they point straight up.

LOL

Ok, I am off to take a look outside.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
get a mount, or find something to use as a mount
Absolute steadiness is a must for long exposure photography.

the first few were with the camera on my knee the rest were with the camera resting on the rail of my deck.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid

Originally posted by: mobobuff
Yeah I wouldn't know the first thing about getting a picture of them, they look amazing in person, but I don't know how to set my A80's exposure/sensitivity to get them to show up.

They're spanning almost the entire sky from west to east right now, with a peak that everything flows to right in the center of the sky. Like a lot of colored glowing smoke being sucked out of a hole in the sky

set the apeture to the lowest number (the biggest appeture is the lowest number, go figure), and exposure to .5 to 1 second? manual focus to infinity. iso 800 or higher.

Awesome! Thanks! Immediately grabbed the camera and started adjusting... here are the results... they show that I definitely need a tripod and that I shake too much in 40 degree weather

Northern Lights 1
Northern Lights 2

Note: They're really not that bright, but the A80 has some wicked exposure and apeture to it. I'll try to get something better.

Nice pictures everybody!

 

[Iron Woode]

I am back now.

OMGWTF!!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!!11!!!!!!!

It stopped raining here and the sky has cleared out. All around the sky is the greenish-blue aurora borealis. Way cool.

 

[Yzzim]

Can you still see them?

<--- Southern Minnesota (and it's a clear night)

 

[iamme]

thanks again, mobobuff!

this was the first time i've ever seen the Northern Lights. very, very cool

Howstuffworks.com - The Aurora Borealis, in case anyone's interested

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Yzzim
Can you still see them?

<--- Southern Minnesota (and it's a clear night)

like you would never believe.

Just WOW.

I live in London Ontario. Same basic lattitude as Detroit.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

got a decent one. The camera powered down and reverted to ASA 100. Reset to 400, but having trouble uploading to bbzzdd Grrrr

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Got it uploaded

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
got a decent one. The camera powered down and reverted to ASA 100. Reset to 400, but having trouble uploading to bbzzdd Grrrr

Use ImageShack. Seems to be serving faster than bbzzdd anyway.

 

[iamme]

cool pics, mobobuff and WinstonSmith :thumbsup:

here are some google pics for those couldn't see.

some of those pics are insane....i would have shat my pants if i went outside and the sky looked like this: link :Q

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Got it uploaded

That is basically what they look like here.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: iamme
cool pics, mobobuff and WinstonSmith :thumbsup:

here are some google pics for those couldn't see.

some of those pics are insane....i would have shat my pants if i went outside and the sky looked like this: link :Q

Wow, 2 shooting stars and everything!

 

[GoPackGo]

Originally posted by: iamme
cool pics, mobobuff and WinstonSmith :thumbsup:

here are some google pics for those couldn't see.

some of those pics are insane....i would have shat my pants if i went outside and the sky looked like this: link :Q

wow...me too

and my jaw dropped to the ground when they were green

 

[GoPackGo]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: iamme
cool pics, mobobuff and WinstonSmith :thumbsup:

here are some google pics for those couldn't see.

some of those pics are insane....i would have shat my pants if i went outside and the sky looked like this: link :Q

Wow, 2 shooting stars and everything!

yeah...we saw one shooting star tonight...it felt all x-files for a while.