Aurora

[FourRingCircus]

I tend to inhabit the bird forum here, but when conditions are right, I do a bit of aurora stuff. Just for a change, I'm keen to hear thoughts on my 'other' hobby:

24mm, F2.8, 4s, ISO1600

 

[Glyn Carnell]

Looks a cracker to me John

 

[FourRingCircus]

Thank-you Glyn. 'twas indeed a good night, but nothing like the best I've shot which was back in Feb 2014. The mast in the bottom right of the shot is 'Durris' south-west of Aberdeen. The glow beside it is actually the lights from Aberdeen. My vantage point is a hill-top at about 2000ft, far away from roads and towns in Glen Esk.

 

[FourRingCircus]

There was a thick blanket of fog/mist/cloud at ground level that night, so few people had the chance to witness the lights unless they had a decent vantage point. This was the view from the other direction and you can see the extent of the low cloud across the east coast of scotland:

Interesting to note the green tinge shown here was definitely not auroral as it was looking to the south-east. The strongest glow in the distance is the town of Montrose.

 

[Phil-D]

Thats quite an impressive shot of the Aurora John, but I really like that 2nd shot, the town lights showing up through the low mist looks very interesting

 

[Tunbridge]

The first shot is great but the second is really interesting, different to anything I've seen on here.

 

[FourRingCircus]

The first shot is great but the second is really interesting, different to anything I've seen on here.

Thanks! Well, I usually like to be different...... or should that be 'awkward'?....... ah well.

I'd normally have been facing the other way but the fog was such a feature all over the country that night, that it couldn't be ignored. So many people discounted going out to witness the Aurora that night because of it, that I just had to prove to them the hilltops were worth going for. I edited this shot with placenames added to the glows and that went down well in local circles: