Photographing The Northern Lights in the UK - a once in a lifetime aurora event!

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After a little bit of a tip off about a potential chance of seeing the northern lights I picked a location that might work for some shots in the Yorkshire Wolds and set off in the van for the 90 mile trip knowing that I should arrive just about when it was getting dark.
All I can say is wow! This really was a once in a lifetime experience in the UK and I'm so glad I took the chance! Never thought I'd be hand-holding 5 second exposures with the OM-1 as a cosmic dance was going on all around me!
So, enjoy this short slideshow of the images I grabbed on the night - I'm still in awe!
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11 сен 2024

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@cliveturner6702 4 месяца назад

Absolutely wonderful Leigh

@LeighWPhotos 4 месяца назад

Thanks Clive! A very memorable experience!

@TonyTony-gj8to 4 месяца назад

Superb work Leigh.

@LeighWPhotos 4 месяца назад

Thank you Tony 😊

@giannimoisson4000 4 месяца назад

MAGNIFICENT, congrats.

@LeighWPhotos 4 месяца назад

Thank you 😊

@JillBatchelor 4 месяца назад

Wasn’t it just a stunning thing to witness I’ve been lucky enough to see auroras several times now but nothing will ever top that I doubt because it was seen by so many from our homes :) fabulous location and compositions Leigh

@LeighWPhotos 4 месяца назад

Thank you! I'm just blown away how far and wide it was seen - such a glorious night and one I'm glad I took a 90 mile drive to get to a spot that might work! It definitely did!

@ThomasPBudil 4 месяца назад

Absolute impressively. Well done here!

@LeighWPhotos 4 месяца назад

Thank you Thomas!

@MJGOLDHEART 4 месяца назад

Wow beautiful photos, so sad that I missed this 😭 I would have loved to have seen it.

@LeighWPhotos 4 месяца назад

I'm so glad I'd heard about the alert and decided to get out for it - still absolutely buzzing from the experience!

@andrewowen-price4496 4 месяца назад

Great images! Well Done!!

@LeighWPhotos 4 месяца назад

Thank you Andrew!

@DavidTrowsdale 3 месяца назад

Wow, wonderful images! Well done!

@LeighWPhotos 3 месяца назад

Thank you David!

@jtbuilds1 4 месяца назад

Beautiful shots. I slept through the hole thing not knowing about it 😢. I'd for a display last night, but it was too cloudy. Keep up the good work 👍

@LeighWPhotos 4 месяца назад

Thank you Jonathan - it was definitely one of those moments where it all came together for a change!

@welshskies 4 месяца назад

It was a once in a lifetime aurora borealis for us here in Mid Wales. Rather than my OM-1ii I grabbed my full frame Pentax K1 with an Irix 15mm lens and shot 20 seconds, f/2.4 with iso 400 on my Slik tripod, it was a stunning night, almost like science fiction. The Pentax is not good for video but it is a superb tool for night shooting, landscapes and star-scapes. Looking at Leigh's wonderful images I wish I had used my OM-1 with my m.Zuiko 12-100 pro to do some time lapse well but I was just so taken up in the moment gazing at the sky!

@LeighWPhotos 4 месяца назад

The om-1 was perfect with that 9mm on - never thought I'd get away with hand holding the entire night! Who says micro four thirds can't do astro! 😂

@starman1969 4 месяца назад

Epic stuff pal. I spent about 15 minutes trying to capture them to the north before I turned around and saw them behind me!!!

@LeighWPhotos 4 месяца назад

Thanks mate! They were so amazing! The pano I shot was pointing south too - utterly stunning experience!

@roycejohnson929 4 месяца назад

Fantastic shots Leigh ! yes it was awe inspiring, it went off down here in New Zealand Saturday the 11th. But tonight , sunday is a bit drizzly and overcast but will look early in the morning as would like to do a timelapse. Cheers and happy Aurora hunting !

@LeighWPhotos 4 месяца назад

Thank you Royce! Last night just didn't happen here either but what an experience - one I'll remember for a very long time!

@brianlaunchbury4491 4 месяца назад

Lovely images. Second time in my life (70+) that I'vr seen them, first time with a useful camera! Went full headless chicken and left the iso on auto. Topaz ai is your friend.🤣 ps is that Sledmere?

@LeighWPhotos 4 месяца назад

@@brianlaunchbury4491 yep, spotted Sledmere on the maps before we set off and figured it would be a good one to try - turns out a lot of other people did too 😅 So glad I had an idea of the settings I wanted before getting going, but these are all jpg edits as we've not got home yet but just had to put something out as I'm still buzzing from the experience! My second time seeing it - the first time got me a day off school as my dad got the deckchairs out and we sat in the garden watching it until the early hours! Still never ever thought we'd get this sort of display though - absolutely amazing!

@tonykeltsflorida 3 месяца назад

Nice. I am only able to get some moon pictures here. Too many trees and lights in Florida to see anything in the night sky.

@LeighWPhotos 3 месяца назад

I saw a few shots taken from Florida that night but I'm so glad I took the 90 mile drive to get into somewhere properly dark for this display. Hopefully the next time it comes around you can get out somewhere dark too!

@wayneemery5709 3 месяца назад

Excellent shots I missed it as working 😞😞

@LeighWPhotos 3 месяца назад

Thank you Wayne! There's a chance they might pop up again at the beginning of June so keep your fingers crossed 🤞

@robertbester 4 месяца назад

Woderful photos Leigh. I have never ever seen them in my entire life. Entirely my fault for living where I do. Not allowed to go abroad. Sorry. 😭

@LeighWPhotos 4 месяца назад

First time I've seen them since the 80s - this was definitely an unusual occurrence to get able to see them so well from pretty much everywhere in the UK. No idea if it'll happen again in my lifetime but what an experience!

@michaelhall2709 4 месяца назад

“Did you see them yourself?” Here in Southern California it would take a supernova to see anything out of the ordinary. So, no. 😢 For you, though - wow! Even at 1000 iso and f1.7, it’s amazing to me that you were able to hand-hold those shots. What was your average shutter speed? Seriously, those were some of the best aurora shots I’ve seen, easily competing with those taken by professionals in places like Iceland where you can bet they had a lot more in the way of fancy gear (tripods, for one thing).

@LeighWPhotos 4 месяца назад

Thank you! I was averaging about 5 seconds per shot so easily within the realms of what the OM-1 can handle with it's handheld assist display on - that little graphic showing how much you're moving gets me some obscenely long exposures! I was blown away with the shots I managed to get though - definitely far exceeded my expectations and I still look at them and wonder if it was actually real!!