Last night was a night to remember! I went out to a field in the Whiting Road Nature Preserve, but nothing was particularly exciting. (It was wet, though.) I could tell that something was happening in the sky (it’s not usually this bright or vaguely green, which only tells me that I used to see northern lights as a kid when my siblings and I would go outside after dinner to slide down the snowy bunny hill by our parents’ house on our sleds), but that was it. And then suddenly, just before 10pm, shafts of light began to appear in the northern sky. We were in awe! The shafts came and went, glowing pink in places, for about 30 minutes. Maybe it got better again after I went indoors, but wow, what a show! I couldn’t stop taking photos – so here’s what my camera saw during the event! (Note: Cameras can “see” more than I could with the naked eye. I used exactly the same editing settings that I’d use for any other photo I put up here on Anne’s Travels, with the exception of a little extra noise reduction.)
If you’re super techy, here are the deets:
Camera: Canon M6
Lens: Tamron 18-400mm (NOT the lens for the job, but it’s what I own – I kept it at 18mm)
Manual focus, set to infinity
All photos f/3.5; all (except the following) 10 sec. exposure, ISO-200. First photo, 30 sec. exposure. Last two photos, 6 sec., ISO-400.
I also set a 2 sec. delay to eliminate camera shake and (of course!) used a tripod.
