Following the great display of 10/11 May 2024, I wasn't really
prepared for more aurora, so early in the season when it was
still getting dark so late. Hence I missed the notable display
the previous night, 11 August. However, having seen the photos
from that night, I was more prepared for some activity the
following night, although I wasn't expecting a great deal given
I was now back in southern England.
So shortly after
dark, I setup the camera in the garden, which has a quite
obstructed view north (as shown above). To start with there was
some colour but it was quite weak and in a small area. Given
this, I didn't feel motivated to set off into the countryside
but I did leave the camera on, taking 10 sec exposures with my
Canon R5 and RF 16mm f2.8 lens at ISO 1600. I also set the
interval timer to 12 sec, so I was getting 5 frames a minute.
As you can see from the time-lapse
there was then a quite
notable brightening of the aurora with several pillars but it
was quite short lived, starting abruptly at 23:30. By the time I
called it a night at 23:50 it had largely subsided,
All
processing was done with Photoshop apart from the initial noise
reduction for which I used DxO PureRaw 3.
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