Aurora Borealis vertically overhead

one of many shots from a 2 hour auroral display in the Abisko national park in Sweden. 180 shots at -20 and the K5 never missed a beat, handling the conditions considerably better than it's owner

Uploaded09/02/2013 - 10:43

CategoryLandscape / Travel

BodyPENTAX K-5

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Date Taken	08/02/2013 - 21:02
Make	PENTAX
Model	PENTAX K-5
Program Mode	Manual
Metering Mode	Multi-segment
Shutter Speed	1/0
Aperture	f/2.8
ISO	1600
Focal Length	15mm
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bjolester bjolester

981 posts
16 years
Trondheim,
Norway

Posted 09/02/2013 - 10:58 Link

Lovely shot! I am glad that the elusive aurora made an appearance and that you had clear skies. Minus 20 is really cold Hope to see more of your shots!

Best regards
Bjørn

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Northgrain Northgrain

1057 posts
15 years
Glossop,
UK

Posted 09/02/2013 - 11:21 Link

Paul, that's spectacular.

Delighted you've obviously had such a good display on your trip. Looking forward to seeing more

Tim

Some of my vaguely better stuff

SteveEveritt SteveEveritt

1714 posts
16 years
Somewhere warm and sunny

Posted 09/02/2013 - 11:21 Link

That is without doubt one of the best aurora shots I've ever seen!

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BAJ BAJ

20 posts
17 years
Farnborough

Posted 09/02/2013 - 11:39 Link

Excellent image Paul, I had the pleasure of experiencing the Northern Lights, I shot them with my K20D, and it also performed fantastically well ...better than a lot of other cameras on my tour. I now have a K5 and I believe the noise would have been reduced in my pics.
Thanks for sharing your work.

BAJ
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Bobbinalorry Bobbinalorry

205 posts
17 years
Ware,Hertfordshire

Posted 09/02/2013 - 16:36 Link

Northgrain wrote:
Paul, that's spectacular.

Delighted you've obviously had such a good display on your trip. Looking forward to seeing more

X2...

Best Regards, Larry.

All the gear & no idea.

PaulEvans PaulEvans

210 posts
16 years
Manchester UK

Posted 10/02/2013 - 15:05 Link

Thanks for the feedback guys, much appreciated. Will upload another one for you. It was so cold last night that when I breathed out, the moisture condensed in my eyelashes and froze my eyes shut

Paul

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pauljay pauljay

46 posts
18 years
The Dutch Alps!

Posted 11/02/2013 - 17:01 Link

Pretty impressive!

Paul.

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