It is ages since I did any proper photography. After visiting the snakes last week I went across to the harbour at Seahouses. Nearly high tide, bright sunshine and a gentle breeze were all ideal although I could have done with a few more boats in the water. Here is what I made of it.
It wasn't dramatic to the naked eye but I could see green and red lights in the sky to the north. This is roughly what it looked like to me (with a plane flying across).
And this is how the camera saw it.
As I watched the colour spread to the west.
And the red developed on the western side.
I was using a 24-70mm lens at 24mm but ideally I would have had a wider angle. As the red intensified I tried a series of photos for a vertical panorama but the vignetting and the lack of reference points mean Adobe Lightroom can't stitch a panorama. So here are the upper and lower photos I would have used.
Things changed quite quickly and the red began to fade.
By the time I left the sky looked like this (to the camera).
It looks from the activity plot as though the aurora was brighter again after 2am but I was fast asleep by then. I have a few ideas how I might improve next time, perhaps using portrait aspect to make a horizontal panorama. Otherwise I'll need a wide-angle lens.
We don't get much snow these days but there was plenty at the weekend. Yesterday was just below freezing and was cloudy and still after further overnight snow so I took a walk through Gosforth Nature Reserve. Every twig, leaf and branch was covered in white, every footstep crunched in a magical winter wonderland.
Perhaps my favourite image from the night shoot in York. The Shambles is normally thronged with tourists but. perhaps not surprisingly, was deserted at midnight on a wet Monday in March. Click on the photo for a full view.
