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Aurora In Oregon (lemmy.dormedas.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Shot on Sony a7iii, quickly edited in Affinity Photo

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Unless you are in an area with low light pollution, it doesn't look like it does in photos. You can't exactly increase the exposure time of your eyeballs :D

You see like purple/orange streaks in the sky, still beautiful, but the cameras exaggerate it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Okay, because I got an acceptable amount of aurora after adding the "enhance" filter on my Pixel, taken from my driveway, through light pollution of town. But I couldn't see shit but faint streaks. I could tell it was dancin'..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I dont have a pixel, but if there's like a "pro" mode in the camera app, you can play around with the shutter speed and expose for longer. After the event the sky looked normal, but I could still get the purple green with my phone camera!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'll give that a try tonight, thank you for the tip!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

On the Pixel I'd recommend the astrophotography mode which exposes for 4 to 5 minutes, it works very well.

You need to use the night mode in the camera and then put the phone on a tripod or lean it against something so it won't move, after a few seconds the shutter button will turn into a stars symbol. Then press the shutter button and it will tell you how long you should leave the phone there.

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