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[–] harcesz@szmer.info 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Had my own chance a month ago, and they are a pain to get a good photo of without a proper camera. Thats the best i had from a particularly strong one according to some locals. Most other pics are just to "moved". Best advice when using mobile seems to be to set for night mode/long exposure, make one or two attempts, don't even bother with video unless is brighter then streetlamps and then drop the equipment and just take it in. Spent far to much time trying to get a national geographic class of a shots....

[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well to be fair that‘s a pretty sic pic you got there

[–] harcesz@szmer.info 1 points 3 days ago

Thanks :) Ive a better one with a siluette of my partner against its backdrop, but its private. And managed to kill these damn lights.

[–] excursion22@piefed.ca 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Longer exposure is the trick, and framing the shot away from other light sources. The camera doesn't really matter, as long as you can manually adjust things (try pro mode on a phone), and have it mounted on something that won't shake during the exposure.

With that, aurora photos very often aren't as they would appear to the eye because of that long exposure. They can still get reasonably bright though.

[–] harcesz@szmer.info 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, picked one lf the best, most were by the line of this:
and as far as phone cameras go I've got a preaty good one and had it set right. True, I didn't have any gear for stabilisation, and being somewhat intoxicated might not help my skills to shine (framing in fig. 1 should prove that point) but did it over objects, and such. Well, anyway my point is its much better watched than wasted on attempting to get a hundred pics of :)

[–] excursion22@piefed.ca 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Oh yes, they're definitely a spectacle to enjoy through your own eyes rather than a lens.

I'd say that's a pretty decent photo still, and that's much more accurate in how they actually look.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Did OP take this photo? It’s amazing!! How boring the rest of the world must seem to people with such sky.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sky in Reykjavík right now:

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Ahh… just like our skies in Moscow.

[–] King@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Three cheers to whomever.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

At this time of year, at this time of day, in that part of the world?

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

That ain't the frigging Christmas star. It's a light on the sewage treatment plant.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago
[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I want to see this in person some time! It feels so magical!