The strongest part of the show that night occured just after midnight. This shot was from Glendevon in Perthshire, Scotland after significant low cloud slowly cleared. It was interesting because it made the main constellations glow along the horizontal of this picture. This image was the strongest I got, with a nice little foreground boat. For this image I used a D810 and a 14/1.8. There is absolutely no substitute for aperture when it comes to aurora and I have long since appreciated using fast primes in these circumstances.
I passed this tree on the way home as an afterthought, it's a subject which I have shot so many times before but it always draws me back. Again with the 14/1.8 and D810, this is a much more subtle display, however I am a big believer in the overall image first before aurora. (aurora appearing in the wrong part of the image can unbalance a composition after all). The trick with this shot as you can imagine; is to ensure that no branches intersect the ground on the right. No easy task when you are perched at the scene which has a large embankment just behind this point. I took a long exposure frame without the glow of my headtorch in the foreground, however I ended up liking the mood here much more so I left it in.
Edited by primeshooter, 22 April 2025 - 02:17 PM.
