Waiting, Wishing

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Hi all,

Star trail image from a failed aurora chase a few night ago. Almost full moon- bad for faint aurora, good for lighting up the landscape.

Mt Buffalo National Park, Australia

240 x 30 seconds exposures.


Slightly larger version can be viewed here http://greg-gibbs.deviantart.com/art...hing-330620659

Cheers
Greg

[iceman (Mike)]

Beautiful result, Greg! Love it!

Is that with the Samyang?

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Thanks Mike There are some great foreground opportunities up on Mt Buffalo which I will explore another night, but because I was hoping for a glimpse of an aurora I just setup the camera at the highest vantage point I could find with a reasonably clear view to the south. And yes this was the Pro Optic (Samyang) on the 5DmkII

[ourkind (Carlos)]

The elusive aurora, you'll catch it one day meanwhile terrific photo!

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Very nice, this is certainly a nice consolation prize waiting for the aurora

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

Nice one Greg. Also being tormented by the aurora mate . I spent a few days down Esperance way last new moon and missed a KP 5 aurora because it went off during the day. Had one camera pointing south shooting all night for 5 nights and got nothing.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

That is superb, Greg!

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Originally Posted by ourkind

The elusive aurora, you'll catch it one day meanwhile terrific photo!

I hope so Carlos Thanks

Originally Posted by lacad01

Very nice, this is certainly a nice consolation prize waiting for the aurora

Thank you very much Adam I have a few more from the same night which I might post at some stage.

Originally Posted by colinmlegg

Nice one Greg. Also being tormented by the aurora mate . I spent a few days down Esperance way last new moon and missed a KP 5 aurora because it went off during the day. Had one camera pointing south shooting all night for 5 nights and got nothing.

Thanks Colin This one was KP 7 during the day, but was all gone by the time it got dark enough. One night we will get it.......

Originally Posted by Larryp

That is superb, Greg!

Thank you very much Laurie

[rogerg (Roger)]

Nice colours and smooth decent length trails

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Originally Posted by rogerg

Nice colours and smooth decent length trails

Thank you very much Roger