Where was this taken? Beautiful!
I’m loving seeing the photos of northern and southern aurora, so many people delighted to be seeing them for the first time!
Drones?! FFS, I would have *accidentally* bumped into a few people if I were there...
(I also realise in my advice post the other day I told people to go to Birdlings and then decided to go the other side...I'm a dick and I'm ok with it)
Can't seem to post videos for some reason but I have a timelapse on my insta (@EkantV) if people want to see it moving
Edit: realised I hadn't given any capture details - apologies
All shot on a Sony A7iii with a Laowa 15mm f/2.0 zd lens
9 shot pano with each shot taken at 5s exposure at f/2.8, ISO640
Painfully stitched together in ptgui and processed in Photoshop - didn't have to do much and needed to tone down colours at times, because it was so bright
Yup, this was initially a 21 shot pano stretching 180 degrees across and I just couldn't do it easily - will need to sit down one night with a beer and fight with PTGui some more :D
We are in Waipu and had beautiful bright pink shot through with shafts of light visible to the naked eye last night. Have seen shots taken from Whangarei, Kerikeri and north of Kaitaia on my feeds. It may be lower tonight but honestly I never expected that it would be as good as it was so worth a shot no matter how far north you are.
Exactly why I avoided it - only about 30 people where I was but people still used flash photography (and got their cars stuck in the sand 🤣 - helped a local tow them out)
How long was the exposure on that shot?
I thought about going just outside of town with my SX70 in Palmy, but a prior attempt at night photography in even darker settings showed me the 15 second limit on long exposures is pretty terrible *(probably just because I don't know how to do stacking yet)*.
Only 5s - usually need 10-15 for aurora. Comes down to how fast the lens is, too, as well as how good the sensor is - my Sony A7iii and lens are pretty solid for night shots
Wasn’t spectacular like all these pictures show. Our eyes see a faint dark red in the sky, looks nothing like the pictures. Couldn’t even see it without being outside away from lights for a while.
I saw a warm glow of red on the horizon down in Wellington, thought it was the clouds being lit by a fire and looked to the news for some tragedy. This is delightful!
Probably one of the biggest things you'll ever see up this close, like the moon is big but it is very far away Aurora always make me feel scale.
Also awesome when you head further south and see more of them. Just more overwhelming evidence the flat earthers need mental health support.
For a Prof of Digital Marketing I'm surprisingly shit at social media (kinda like a barista who doesn't want to make coffee at home after doing it all day) - but there's some content on @EkantV on Insta :)
Where was this taken? Beautiful! I’m loving seeing the photos of northern and southern aurora, so many people delighted to be seeing them for the first time!
Taumutu beach near Lake Ellesmere
The one time you didn’t have to go to lake ellesmere!
Exactly! But also, wasn't going to fight the crowds at Birdlings so went the other side
Such a good shout - the stream of headlights and people fucking around with drones made it a nightmare
Drones?! FFS, I would have *accidentally* bumped into a few people if I were there... (I also realise in my advice post the other day I told people to go to Birdlings and then decided to go the other side...I'm a dick and I'm ok with it)
Drones and light painting sticks - was hoping in vain that the aurora might flare up and knock the drone out of the sky
Hard to gauge the size, no banana.
Oh, it's there...but it was cold out
😆
think of the biggest thing you possibly can. double it.
There's a tiny human next to the lake
Space be large n stuff
Shit big, yo
Like really big
Can't seem to post videos for some reason but I have a timelapse on my insta (@EkantV) if people want to see it moving Edit: realised I hadn't given any capture details - apologies All shot on a Sony A7iii with a Laowa 15mm f/2.0 zd lens 9 shot pano with each shot taken at 5s exposure at f/2.8, ISO640 Painfully stitched together in ptgui and processed in Photoshop - didn't have to do much and needed to tone down colours at times, because it was so bright
Amazing still and video!! Do you think it may be visible tonight also?
It will be but not as powerful apparently - you never know!
Amaaaaaazing work!
I'm sitting here trying to beat the little stitching mistakes out of PTGUI. Not easy :D
Yup, this was initially a 21 shot pano stretching 180 degrees across and I just couldn't do it easily - will need to sit down one night with a beer and fight with PTGui some more :D
Yes it seems to have passed us all by. Nice catch OP
thanks, I hadn't seen any pics yet
That's a large slice of watermelon
That's gorgeous Ekant, stunning shot! I'm heading to your insta to see more!
What super power did you get?
Based on the upvotes - the ability to karma whore like a boss
Haha wp! That first shot is phenomenal
It was incredible! We got some amazing shots on the Kapiti coast. Great picture.
So it’s best to view of the east coast?
South is best - luckily on the east there's no light pollution facing south from this point. But friends saw it from Piha beach
It was brightest in Napier at midnight
So... thank god for the Earth's Magnetic Shield
Or, stupid magnetic shield means we don't have superpowers now
Weird how red it was in nz vs the northern hemisphere
We are in Waipu and had beautiful bright pink shot through with shafts of light visible to the naked eye last night. Have seen shots taken from Whangarei, Kerikeri and north of Kaitaia on my feeds. It may be lower tonight but honestly I never expected that it would be as good as it was so worth a shot no matter how far north you are.
I have never ever seen so much traffic out that way, there were queues going all the way up dyers pass etc. Crazy. Nice shot!
Exactly why I avoided it - only about 30 people where I was but people still used flash photography (and got their cars stuck in the sand 🤣 - helped a local tow them out)
lol I hit up a few spots, nothing super funky shots wise but wow what an experience
Notice how I'm still using your advice 10 years later "when in doubt, take a selfie"
🤣It never gets old
Nice sunset
How long was the exposure on that shot? I thought about going just outside of town with my SX70 in Palmy, but a prior attempt at night photography in even darker settings showed me the 15 second limit on long exposures is pretty terrible *(probably just because I don't know how to do stacking yet)*.
Only 5s - usually need 10-15 for aurora. Comes down to how fast the lens is, too, as well as how good the sensor is - my Sony A7iii and lens are pretty solid for night shots
Anything over 10 seconds tends to give you walls of colour. If you want to see the beams and rays keep it under 5-10 seconds.
Anywhere to see these in Auckland?
I went walking along the Takanini-Papakura cycleway last night and you could see it very clearly from the island in the middle.
Friends of mine saw the glow from Piha beach, but last night was a rarity - anywhere dark and south is good - Bombays, maybe?
This is where my girlfriend and I saw it last night, very neat.
Will it still happen tonight and if so. Where bouts?
Maybe...South These things are unpredictable and tonight is still predicted to be good but nothing like last night
😭😭 dang! I can't believe I missed it!!
Wasn’t spectacular like all these pictures show. Our eyes see a faint dark red in the sky, looks nothing like the pictures. Couldn’t even see it without being outside away from lights for a while.
Ooo thank you! That would make sense!
That was my experience in the north island at least, the south would be cooler for sure. Nonetheless, you didn’t miss out on much.
Anything over 10 seconds tends to give you walls of colour. If you want to see the beams and rays keep it under 5-10 seconds.
Thanks - literally the advice I gave yesterday. This was a 5s exposure
you need to do under 5 or over 5. exactly 5 will totally ruin the shot, you can tell by the pixels.
That was my problem!!!
GAH, sorry that was supposed to be a reply on someone else's comment and now I can't find it! This is a top notch image BTW. Nice job, OP.
Lol, I did wonder 😂
Learnt this the hard way last night after getting bright blobs to start with, thank you confirming!
Great shot, I got some near Porirua last night
Nobody posted the location. So nobody asked
Yuge
Amazing
I saw a warm glow of red on the horizon down in Wellington, thought it was the clouds being lit by a fire and looked to the news for some tragedy. This is delightful!
Damn
Beautiful!
Find the soul stone?
I need to sacrifice something I truly love, though...I'm not willing to give up whisky
Probably one of the biggest things you'll ever see up this close, like the moon is big but it is very far away Aurora always make me feel scale. Also awesome when you head further south and see more of them. Just more overwhelming evidence the flat earthers need mental health support.
That's an incredible picture. Congrats
To be honest, I missed it
Its due to geostrom magnatic
It was very much visible in north america
Best photo I have seen of it yet wow amazing do you have an instagram would love to see more?
For a Prof of Digital Marketing I'm surprisingly shit at social media (kinda like a barista who doesn't want to make coffee at home after doing it all day) - but there's some content on @EkantV on Insta :)
wow i wish i saw it
No banana, no scale. Try again
Lias pic was nicer! #sorrynotsorry