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Showing posts with label Hundvag. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hundvag. Show all posts
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May Milkyway from Hundvag
The first place we headed out to after moving to Hundvag was Lundenesset, a small park with sheep pasture facing the fjords looking out towards Tau/Jorpeland to the East and Amoy to the North. Over several years while living in Hundvag this spot has been a favorite of mine for taking pictures of birds, seascapes and the nightsky. It's fairly quiet on most days except on sunny summer weekends. Flying drones here is also rather safe without having to contend with other people especially early Saturday or weekday mornings and before sunset.
I headed over to Lundenesset for some early morning Spring Milkyway on one clear sky night this week. Though now it is fairly well lit (jogging path all around) I didn't see anybody else except for your's truly. Perhaps the time being rather late and the wind rather crummy and cold explained the situation a little bit.
The night chosen wasn't exactly ideal other than the fact that it was a fairly clear sky night. The temperatures went to as low as 4 deg C and to make it worst the wind was practically howling the whole time I was there!
With difficulty I managed to shoot with the light duty Panasonic LX100 as well as the night time tool Sony A7S paired with a recently purchased (used) Voightlander 35/1,2 for a few shots. The 6xcarbon Gitzo truly couldn't manage to tame the winds, I had to press down the tripod legs with both hands to keep it steady for each shot. Even then only a few shots survived the shakes.
Some of these shots are shown here.
I headed over to Lundenesset for some early morning Spring Milkyway on one clear sky night this week. Though now it is fairly well lit (jogging path all around) I didn't see anybody else except for your's truly. Perhaps the time being rather late and the wind rather crummy and cold explained the situation a little bit.
The night chosen wasn't exactly ideal other than the fact that it was a fairly clear sky night. The temperatures went to as low as 4 deg C and to make it worst the wind was practically howling the whole time I was there!
With difficulty I managed to shoot with the light duty Panasonic LX100 as well as the night time tool Sony A7S paired with a recently purchased (used) Voightlander 35/1,2 for a few shots. The 6xcarbon Gitzo truly couldn't manage to tame the winds, I had to press down the tripod legs with both hands to keep it steady for each shot. Even then only a few shots survived the shakes.
Some of these shots are shown here.
Sunday, March 20, 2016
A year on chasing aurora in Hundvag, behind the house
This is the most recent video made on the Sony A7S (EF50/1.2), a recording made at a nature park locally known as Trolleskogen (or Troll's Woods) behind the house 16th Mar 2016.
Meanwhile this video below was recorded in front of the house also on Sony A7S, 15th of Dec 2015.
And this was recorded on timelapse almost a year ago on Canon 6D (EF24/1.4), 17th Apr 2015. It was recorded circa 2am on a rocky outcrop just 300m north of Trolleskogen, a stone's throw away from residential spaces and a small marina.
I think it's been a super year for aurora in Stavanger, Norway. Frequent CME outbreaks, more clear nights and more people chasing after the wonderous events throughout the different locations in and around the city.
What started out as an accidental find while out on cold dark nights chasing Milkyway on Sele Beach sometime back in October 2014 has grown to 1100+ loosely grouped enthusiasts from all levels on FB group, Stavanger Aurora Chasers set up by Marisol Vaca.
Actually the first posting I saw about the possibility of aurora this far south is from a blurry mobile phone posting from one of the expats on the FB group, Stavanger Expats suggesting that it was indeed possible to see them here. It's come a long way since then, there are now appreciable number of people looking out for aurora whenever the group raises alerts of the possibility of sightings following a CME on good, clear nights in Stavanger. There will be quite a number of folks at numerous locations enjoying the spectacle whenever it's visible here.
Personally as well, I changed from shooting aurora timelapse with Canon 40D or 7D with Samyang 8/3.5 lens to shooting videos and stills on full frame cameras Sony A7S and/or Canon 6D with a couple of fast lenses. It's a steep learning curve, but it's been a happy one. Next stage will be involving star tracking, pan and tilt and maybe even sliding motion.
It's been a lot of joy for quite a few people especially those who saw it for the first time, and what makes it extra special is the occasions to see them this far south of the 69.
A year on sine the first sighting on Sele, here's to more CME outbreaks!
Meanwhile this video below was recorded in front of the house also on Sony A7S, 15th of Dec 2015.
And this was recorded on timelapse almost a year ago on Canon 6D (EF24/1.4), 17th Apr 2015. It was recorded circa 2am on a rocky outcrop just 300m north of Trolleskogen, a stone's throw away from residential spaces and a small marina.
I think it's been a super year for aurora in Stavanger, Norway. Frequent CME outbreaks, more clear nights and more people chasing after the wonderous events throughout the different locations in and around the city.
What started out as an accidental find while out on cold dark nights chasing Milkyway on Sele Beach sometime back in October 2014 has grown to 1100+ loosely grouped enthusiasts from all levels on FB group, Stavanger Aurora Chasers set up by Marisol Vaca.
An aurora event captured at Sele Beach, 17th Oct 2014 while out chasing Milkyway, while the image on the bottom was from Lundenesset, Hundvag the following night (surely if you can see it in Sele, you can see it from Hundvag).
Actually the first posting I saw about the possibility of aurora this far south is from a blurry mobile phone posting from one of the expats on the FB group, Stavanger Expats suggesting that it was indeed possible to see them here. It's come a long way since then, there are now appreciable number of people looking out for aurora whenever the group raises alerts of the possibility of sightings following a CME on good, clear nights in Stavanger. There will be quite a number of folks at numerous locations enjoying the spectacle whenever it's visible here.
Personally as well, I changed from shooting aurora timelapse with Canon 40D or 7D with Samyang 8/3.5 lens to shooting videos and stills on full frame cameras Sony A7S and/or Canon 6D with a couple of fast lenses. It's a steep learning curve, but it's been a happy one. Next stage will be involving star tracking, pan and tilt and maybe even sliding motion.
It's been a lot of joy for quite a few people especially those who saw it for the first time, and what makes it extra special is the occasions to see them this far south of the 69.
A year on sine the first sighting on Sele, here's to more CME outbreaks!
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
A blast with Aurora in the backyard
The past few nights (March 14th -March 16th) has been a blast where the aurora was concerned. Predicted CMEs came as predicted, the nights has been awesome starting early on the 14th and peaking probably the morning of 16th.
This time around I decided to skip the usual beach location down in Sele, as well the Skien site which gets brighter every night with the tunnel work. Just on a whim on the first night, I decided to pop by Trolleskogen, a wooded recreation park near the house. During the day it's popular with family picnickers, joggers and dogwalkers, however at night it was practically empty. On these winter nights you can be sure that it's even less used.
My hunch was rewarded, the sighting spot is slightly elevated and slopes down to the rocky coast. so the fisrt two nights I spent recording from Trolleskogen, 2 m from where the car was parked. On the thrid night I ventured further down the rocky coast and found a gem of a place ... complete with swans, pine trees and rocks. It spot is along a walking trail, but who's walking in the dead of a cold winter's night anyways. I had the spot all to myself ...
Watch the recorded aurora video on youtube.
This time around I decided to skip the usual beach location down in Sele, as well the Skien site which gets brighter every night with the tunnel work. Just on a whim on the first night, I decided to pop by Trolleskogen, a wooded recreation park near the house. During the day it's popular with family picnickers, joggers and dogwalkers, however at night it was practically empty. On these winter nights you can be sure that it's even less used.
My hunch was rewarded, the sighting spot is slightly elevated and slopes down to the rocky coast. so the fisrt two nights I spent recording from Trolleskogen, 2 m from where the car was parked. On the thrid night I ventured further down the rocky coast and found a gem of a place ... complete with swans, pine trees and rocks. It spot is along a walking trail, but who's walking in the dead of a cold winter's night anyways. I had the spot all to myself ...
March 14th
March 14th
March 15th
March 15th
March 15th
March 16th
March 16th
March 16th
March 15th
March 15th
March 16th
Watch the recorded aurora video on youtube.
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