Jan Krux
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stunning shots! I really love them all! keep on shooting cheers Jan
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Aurora Borealis with OM-D E-M1 + ZD 11-22mm LiveComp
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Gary from Seattle
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Very nice photos. My Mom's parents were from Iceland.
Colin Smith1
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These are just awesome shots! I particularly like the last one. Nothing like using the aurora as a leading line! Well done!!!
SteveOttwa
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Those are really excellent photos...congratulations!
Peter M Smith
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Awesome photos I like them all. Getting to grips with live composite myself for an upcoming trip. Interested in how you determined the exposure.
Wallybipster
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Lovely! You make me miss the 11-22 I used to have, that lens was always superb with those kinds of shots. And now I'm even more bummed to miss out on an Iceland trip this winter.
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Martin.au
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These are stunning.
phazelag
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Very nice, I am envious of your opportunity!
Parasin
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Thank you all for your beautiful comments, I'm really glad you like them.
Here are three more images from the same night:
This one is slightly un-sharp due to wind moving the tripod, but I liked the view...
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Nature produces the most beautiful Art.
Here are three more images from the same night:
This one is slightly un-sharp due to wind moving the tripod, but I liked the view...
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Nature produces the most beautiful Art.
Parasin
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Hi Peter, First I set the aperture to f/3.5 and the exposure time to 15s. Then I let the camera measure the light and lastly, I adjusted the ISO setting accordingly. I hope this helps and thanks for a nice comment! Nikolas -- Nature produces the most beautiful Art.
Christophotog
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I'm a bit confused. Are you saying you are using a M (manual) exposure setting with the shutter set to 15sec or 20 sec (plus manual aperture) as a single time lapse exposure.
Or, are you using the Live Composite shutter setting (shutter set to livecomp) and then adjusting the the composite setting via the MENU button. As far as I know this takes multiple exposures and combines a composite of the exposures into a single frame.
I've not used livecomp much and did some storm / lightning last night for the first time so I'm interested to know more about livecomp usage.
Cheers,
CJ
Parasin
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Chris, when you're in M mode and increase the exposure time to the point of entering LiveComp "mode", if you then press the menu button it will direct you to the exposure time setting for it (ranging from 1/2s to 60s). Initially I set the exposure to 15s because I didn't want too much of blur since the northern lights can move/change relatively fast.
Then I just followed the camera's instructions, pressing the shutter button once so the camera runs 1 exposure while saying "preparing for live composite" or something similar. After that the camera says it's ready while showing whether the exposure would be correct or not in + & - stops. If it was 1 or 2 stops too dark, I'd increase the ISO setting accordingly and vice versa if it was too bright.
I hope this makes more sense.
Nikolas
Then I just followed the camera's instructions, pressing the shutter button once so the camera runs 1 exposure while saying "preparing for live composite" or something similar. After that the camera says it's ready while showing whether the exposure would be correct or not in + & - stops. If it was 1 or 2 stops too dark, I'd increase the ISO setting accordingly and vice versa if it was too bright.
I hope this makes more sense.
Nikolas
Peter M Smith
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Thanks Steve really appreciate your response. In other words just a normal time exposure but in live composite. Gotcha
regards
regards
SirSeth
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Thanks for posting these. I've not seen Northern lights for a long time and never this bright. Love it!
Best,
Seth
Best,
Seth
Christophotog
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Hi Nikolas,
thanks for the clarification, and yes that makes sense.
BTW, they are very nice photos. I envy your easy access to that phenomenom.. not sure I would like to be as cold as it gets in winter though.
Chris
Thank you for posting these! Aside from them being great shots, I'd been wondering whether live comp would work for Aurora shots ever since I encountered the Aurora for the first time this year in northern Norway and having had to deal with rather much noise when long-exposed traditionally.
kiwigirl
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These are wonderful shots. It's a phenomenon I have never seen - hopefully one day! Well done.
Jim Salvas
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Congratulations on some excellent images.
I am a big fan of LiveComp, which I think will be used for unique, creative photos. You're proving it, with aurora results like no others I've seen.
I am a big fan of LiveComp, which I think will be used for unique, creative photos. You're proving it, with aurora results like no others I've seen.
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