Re: Anybody shooting auroras? - Pictures

2003-11-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
David Dioxin wrote: > I've got my aurora pictures developed, and have put a few scanned images > here: > http://www.ddixon.force9.co.uk/aurora/aurora.html > All taken on Kodak Portra 400 UC. The pictures don't do justice to the > incredible dynamic nature of the aurora, but have brought out the >

Re: Anybody shooting auroras? - Pictures

2003-11-04 Thread Alin Flaider
Christian wrote: CS> Beautiful colors! I'm disappointed that we didn't get a show where I CS> live. Actually you shouldn't. The lower is the latitude where aurora can be seen, the more deformed the earth magnetic field is and so the higher the impact over communication, electrical grid

Re: Anybody shooting auroras? - Pictures

2003-11-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
003 7:43 AM Subject: Re: Anybody shooting auroras? - Pictures > I've got my aurora pictures developed, and have put a few scanned images > here: > http://www.ddixon.force9.co.uk/aurora/aurora.html > All taken on Kodak Portra 400 UC. The pictures don't do justice to the >

Re: Anybody shooting auroras?

2003-11-01 Thread David Mann
Stephen Moore wrote: > With the recent solar flares and CMEs, have any of you > Pentaxians had your cameras poited skyward? I wish - I've always wanted to see an aurora. The weather was cloudy across the whole country last week. Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/

Re: Anybody shooting auroras?

2003-10-31 Thread Leon Altoff
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:09:15 -0500, Stephen Moore wrote: >O Pentaxians -- > >Saw the aurora borealis last night for the first time >in my 57-year life. Wow! > ... > >With the recent solar flares and CMEs, have any of you >Pentaxians had your cameras poited skyward? I'm in Australia, but they hae

Re: Anybody shooting auroras?

2003-10-31 Thread Cotty
On 31/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >> O Pentaxians -- >> >> Saw the aurora borealis last night for the first time >> in my 57-year life. Wow! >> With the recent solar flares and CMEs, have any of you >> Pentaxians had your cameras poited skyward? > >It's been cloud as anything here (NE Eng

Re: Anybody shooting auroras?

2003-10-31 Thread mike wilson
Hi, David Dixon wrote: > I hate to say this Mike, but in Durham (about 15 miles away from you?) > we've had two fantastic nights of aurora - Wednesday night from 7pm to > 8pm had aurora over the whole Northern half of the sky, while last > night, despite the forecasts, the cloud suddenly cleared a

Re: Anybody shooting auroras?

2003-10-31 Thread David Dixon
mike wilson wrote: It's been cloud as anything here (NE England) for the last three days, so no joy. Looking good for tonight, so, for sure, there will be nothing. mike I hate to say this Mike, but in Durham (about 15 miles away from you?) we've had two fantastic nights of aurora - Wednesday ni

Re: Anybody shooting auroras?

2003-10-31 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Stephen Moore wrote: > > O Pentaxians -- > > Saw the aurora borealis last night for the first time > in my 57-year life. Wow! > With the recent solar flares and CMEs, have any of you > Pentaxians had your cameras poited skyward? It's been cloud as anything here (NE England) for the last thr

Re: shooting auroras

2003-10-24 Thread Chris Brogden
Check out the exposure chart here: http://www.ptialaska.net/~hutch/aurora.html chris On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Dag T wrote: > På fredag, 24. oktober 2003, kl. 17:17, skrev Amita Guha: > > > There's going to be a solar flare tonight, and apparently that will > > create auraoras as far south as Oreg

RE: shooting auroras

2003-10-24 Thread Amita Guha
Thank you! > -Original Message- > From: Dag T [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 12:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: shooting auroras > > > På fredag, 24. oktober 2003, kl. 17:17, skrev Amita Guha: > > > There&#x

Re: shooting auroras

2003-10-24 Thread Dag T
På fredag, 24. oktober 2003, kl. 17:17, skrev Amita Guha: There's going to be a solar flare tonight, and apparently that will create auraoras as far south as Oregon. I don't think I'll be able to see them, but just in case...what settings does one use to shoot them? :) ISO 400: 5-10s, f:1.4 or 10-

shooting auroras

2003-10-24 Thread Amita Guha
There's going to be a solar flare tonight, and apparently that will create auraoras as far south as Oregon. I don't think I'll be able to see them, but just in case...what settings does one use to shoot them? :)

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-16 Thread WBeard
Thanks Paal, Hopefully when the next light show comes around I'll have enough good tips to get some decent shots. The 8 or so shots I made last week turned out completely black. Probably too impatient and had something set wrongly (it was dark!) I'll know for next time. Wendy --- Wendy Beard C

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread Herb Chong
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I had been making exposures ranging from 5 - 20 seconds with 400 speed film and F2.8 lenses and not getting enough light. Lately I've been doing 30s. The film is still in the freezer so I don't know how successful these latest attempts have be

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 11:18 AM -0400 10/13/02, Wendy Beard wrote: >Right, >Question for all you out there who do any sort of sky/night time photography. >Is there any rule of thumb for shooting Auroras. >Open the shutter and count to 10 - 20? 30? Set the camera on auto >and let it sit and expose fo

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Wendy Beard Subject: Re: Shooting Auroras > > That's what I thought.(didn't think of compensation though) Then my nerve > failed when the shutter seemed to have been open for an eternity. I > switched it to B and counted to 10, then 20,

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread Steve Larson
Message - From: "Wendy Beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 3:30 PM Subject: Re: Shooting Auroras > At 08:39 AM 10/13/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >Hi Wendy, > > Wow, a question regarding film! You can just put the camer

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread Jostein
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 5:18 PM Subject: Shooting Auroras > Right, > Question for all you out there who do any sort of sky/night time photography. > Is there any rule of thumb for shooting Auroras. > Open the shutter and count to 10 - 20? 30? Set the camera on auto and let > i

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread Steve Larson
, California - Original Message - From: "Wendy Beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 8:18 AM Subject: Shooting Auroras > Right, > Question for all you out there who do any sort of sky/night time photography. >

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
net/~hutch/aurora.html At 11:18 AM 10/13/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Right, >Question for all you out there who do any sort of sky/night time photography. >Is there any rule of thumb for shooting Auroras. >Open the shutter and count to 10 - 20? 30? Set the camera on auto and let >it sit and exp

Re: Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Wendy Beard Subject: Shooting Auroras > Right, > Question for all you out there who do any sort of sky/night time photography. > Is there any rule of thumb for shooting Auroras. > Open the shutter and count to 10 - 20? 30? Set the camera on auto

Shooting Auroras

2002-10-13 Thread Wendy Beard
Right, Question for all you out there who do any sort of sky/night time photography. Is there any rule of thumb for shooting Auroras. Open the shutter and count to 10 - 20? 30? Set the camera on auto and let it sit and expose for a few minutes? I suspect it's all just trial and error bu