Fire In The Sky...
So it turns out, northern lights are really hard to photograph. At least with my combination of camera and lenses. (A Canon Rebel T2I and a couple of hunks of el' cheapo low-end Canon glass).
I currently own one lens with any chance in heck of taking decent photos of these mystical lights.
An EF 50mm f/1.8 II, a lens that it turns out is really damn hard to focus in the inky blackness of night.
Oh, and before you say, but my little $200 point-and-shoot... or my iPhone looks better than that. I already know. It turns out having a 'fancier' DSLR camera makes some things harder, unless you can afford to spend big dollars on lenses or a few grand on a 'much fancier' camera.
So this is my third try, and it although they turned out far better than the last couple of times...they still suck.
I decided to post them here anyways, so that when I do nail it, you have a reference point.
So enjoy, in blurry Jeff-O-Vision.
If you stick to the thumbnails, they look pretty nice!
If you want to see some much sharper ones check out Danielle's blog, she snapped them at the same time on her Nikon. Excuse me, I have to go wipe the tears off my Canon T2I now.
Oh, here's the link:
http://espritdenord.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/in-celebration-of-the-municipal-election/
I currently own one lens with any chance in heck of taking decent photos of these mystical lights.
An EF 50mm f/1.8 II, a lens that it turns out is really damn hard to focus in the inky blackness of night.
Oh, and before you say, but my little $200 point-and-shoot... or my iPhone looks better than that. I already know. It turns out having a 'fancier' DSLR camera makes some things harder, unless you can afford to spend big dollars on lenses or a few grand on a 'much fancier' camera.
So this is my third try, and it although they turned out far better than the last couple of times...they still suck.
I decided to post them here anyways, so that when I do nail it, you have a reference point.
So enjoy, in blurry Jeff-O-Vision.
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| So green, so very, very green! |
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| Super-heated plasma at it's finest! |
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| They started to get really bright here. |
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| I assure you, these were jaw-dropping in real-life-o-vision. |
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| I lied, I made all these with a can of beans and a lighter! |
If you stick to the thumbnails, they look pretty nice!
If you want to see some much sharper ones check out Danielle's blog, she snapped them at the same time on her Nikon. Excuse me, I have to go wipe the tears off my Canon T2I now.
Oh, here's the link:
http://espritdenord.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/in-celebration-of-the-municipal-election/
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