My first Aurora Australis from home and only my second ever capture (first was not worth writing home about either). The alerts were kicking in early evening and with new moon and surprisingly clear skies I couldn't not setup a camera!
Could see a red glow on camera when I was setting up but went back inside - I wouldn't have had to wait long as activity picked up quick but I was blissfully ignorant until this morning.
I'm pretty happy with how strong it came up. What's surprising is how strong and sharp the rays are in one image and yet how much difference there is between two successive 10 second frames. Clearly the rays appeared briefly and strongly in one place and didn't move left/right much.
Excellent shot, Phil.
When I was living in "balmy" Winnipeg years ago, we would get so annoyed because the aurora was flashing so brightly in the window next to the TV we would draw the curtains to block it out so we could watch Roseanne in peace. You don't know what you got till it's gone....
Yeah the rays come and go and so the best thing is to just keep clicking the shutter until the memory card is full :-)
I've bookmarked this page on my phone for when i am out. It updates every minute. If you wait until the Bz indicator goes (-)negative, then you should be in with a shot. The further into the neg. the better, and the higher the density and faster the speed all helps. http://www.aurora-service.net/aurora-forecast/
. I'm sure you enjoyed driving round like a madman in Tassie!
