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I've been waiting for an opportunity for a year and a half, and finally things worked out with a aurora strength KP 7.3 or so.

Part of the reason I bought the Samyang 24/1.4 was for auroras, so I put it to good use.

Taken at 740m by Akaroa NZ.


24mm f1.4 4s

This pano has a strange WB, to please some viewers.



The time lapse is 53s long, with the correct WB (Daylight).




Enjoy!

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Gunn
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Stunning captures! Good to know that one can view the aurora in New Zealand too.

Joey
 
These are some solid images, great job!
 
chris gunn said:
I've been waiting for an opportunity for a year and a half, and finally things worked out with a aurora strength KP 7.3 or so.

Part of the reason I bought the Samyang 24/1.4 was for auroras, so I put it to good use.

Taken at 740m by Akaroa NZ.


24mm f1.4 4s

This pano has a strange WB, to please some viewers.



The time lapse is 53s long, with the correct WB (Daylight).


Enjoy!
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Wow! Congratulations on great shots!
 
Chris,

Heartfelt thanks for sharing!

Wow, I am surprised how the boat only "travels a little faster" than the stars across the screen...

How long did the time lapse take to accomplish? Did you use the SLR?

Kind regards and in appreciation,

MBC
 
Dear Chris, very beautiful shots, I like.

Thanks & regards, Valeriu
 
Stunning..

From which planet did you take these pictures ?
 
MBC3 said:
Chris,

Heartfelt thanks for sharing!

Wow, I am surprised how the boat only "travels a little faster" than the stars across the screen...
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Interesting observation. looks like it's seen for 33s, so about an hour and a half. Maybe fishing?
MBC3 said:
How long did the time lapse take to accomplish? Did you use the SLR?

Kind regards and in appreciation,

MBC
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This is all with the K5 taking raw pics.

The first pic is a frame from the time lapse, though I lowered the exposure in PP as it blew out a bit in the vid PP.

My TL settings were 4s exposures (the first 6-7 seconds at 6s) with a 3s delay => 7s interval. The vid is 53s long at 24fps, so that's ~ 53 x 24 x 7s = 8904s = 148min = 2.5hrs

To be exact I used 1290 frames. Then for the pano another 55 shots for the pano, with 1 min exposures (Astrotracer), 2s delay, say 7s of changing adjustments. Over an hour.

You are the first to mention the video. I'm glad someone liked it!
 
LightBug said:
Stunning captures! Good to know that one can view the aurora in New Zealand too.

Joey
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Well, if the aurora is strong enough, I guess you can get pics as high as 36 deg latitude or so. I've seen some sad pics from Auckland. You are at 33.7 deg.

I'm at 43.8 deg. At the bottom of the Sth Island is the town Bluff, at 46.6 deg.

Tekapo is a popular spot for auroras, and it's just 44 deg. The altitude (710m+), dry air and dark zone help a lot! So I was at a similar latitude, altitude and darkness. The wind was from the north which help with dryness.

Iceland is at 65 deg, so they have a lot more opportunities.
 
Loved both the pano and video in particular! Thanks so much for explanation!!
 
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Wow great captures Chris.

Dale

chris gunn said:
I've been waiting for an opportunity for a year and a half, and finally things worked out with a aurora strength KP 7.3 or so.

Part of the reason I bought the Samyang 24/1.4 was for auroras, so I put it to good use.

Taken at 740m by Akaroa NZ.


24mm f1.4 4s

This pano has a strange WB, to please some viewers.



The time lapse is 53s long, with the correct WB (Daylight).


Enjoy!

--
cheers!
Gunn
-- Get a big lens and get closer™.
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