I didn’t see this one, but when I saw it in Iceland (in a dark place with limited light pollution) , it was taking up basically the entire sky and was glorious. I actually thought it was MORE stunning than any photos I’d ever seen, especially because it’s a way different experience when it’s in motion and everywhere. It was actually the event that convinced me to get a nice camera, since my phone “long-exposure” shots were so shitty haha.
I wasn’t even in a super remote place or anything; just right on the outskirts of Reykjavík:
64.162710, -22.014917
Probably could have been even more insane if I had gone a bit more remote. But if you ever plan to travel to Iceland, I’d recommend to go during a time you can see it, and give it a shot! (I went in early October, seemed like a pretty good time for photography, since it seemed like it was golden hour lasted like half the day)
Unless you are in an area with low light pollution, it doesn’t look like it does in photos. You can’t exactly increase the exposure time of your eyeballs :D
You see like purple/orange streaks in the sky, still beautiful, but the cameras exaggerate it.
Okay, because I got an acceptable amount of aurora after adding the “enhance” filter on my Pixel, taken from my driveway, through light pollution of town. But I couldn’t see shit but faint streaks. I could tell it was dancin’…
I dont have a pixel, but if there’s like a “pro” mode in the camera app, you can play around with the shutter speed and expose for longer. After the event the sky looked normal, but I could still get the purple green with my phone camera!
On the Pixel I’d recommend the astrophotography mode which exposes for 4 to 5 minutes, it works very well.
You need to use the night mode in the camera and then put the phone on a tripod or lean it against something so it won’t move, after a few seconds the shutter button will turn into a stars symbol. Then press the shutter button and it will tell you how long you should leave the phone there.
Was it very visible to your naked eye here? Away from light pollution a bit?
Not trying to reveal specifics, just curious!
I took this last night, I think it’s pretty close to what it looked like to naked eye
Nice!
That’s insane as it is, super pretty. No need to enhance anything. 👌😊
I didn’t see this one, but when I saw it in Iceland (in a dark place with limited light pollution) , it was taking up basically the entire sky and was glorious. I actually thought it was MORE stunning than any photos I’d ever seen, especially because it’s a way different experience when it’s in motion and everywhere. It was actually the event that convinced me to get a nice camera, since my phone “long-exposure” shots were so shitty haha.
Thats the true dream!
I wasn’t even in a super remote place or anything; just right on the outskirts of Reykjavík: 64.162710, -22.014917
Probably could have been even more insane if I had gone a bit more remote. But if you ever plan to travel to Iceland, I’d recommend to go during a time you can see it, and give it a shot! (I went in early October, seemed like a pretty good time for photography, since it seemed like it was golden hour lasted like half the day)
Unless you are in an area with low light pollution, it doesn’t look like it does in photos. You can’t exactly increase the exposure time of your eyeballs :D
You see like purple/orange streaks in the sky, still beautiful, but the cameras exaggerate it.
Okay, because I got an acceptable amount of aurora after adding the “enhance” filter on my Pixel, taken from my driveway, through light pollution of town. But I couldn’t see shit but faint streaks. I could tell it was dancin’…
I dont have a pixel, but if there’s like a “pro” mode in the camera app, you can play around with the shutter speed and expose for longer. After the event the sky looked normal, but I could still get the purple green with my phone camera!
I’ll give that a try tonight, thank you for the tip!
On the Pixel I’d recommend the astrophotography mode which exposes for 4 to 5 minutes, it works very well.
You need to use the night mode in the camera and then put the phone on a tripod or lean it against something so it won’t move, after a few seconds the shutter button will turn into a stars symbol. Then press the shutter button and it will tell you how long you should leave the phone there.
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I could tell it was dancin’…
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Driving 40 minutes east of Bend brought us down to zero light pollution.