scotland

[darkside]

hi all, heres a few photo i took in scotland a few weeks ago, the skys up there are amazing thanks for looking ady

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[tingting44]

WOW!! amazing pics!! 2nd and 3rd are my fave! and grats on catching the northern lights you must be wellll chuffed

[laser_jock99]

Nice set there. Scotland has some great, dark skies plus more auroras than the rest of the UK. The downside is no darkness at all in summer and the midges!

[sologuitarist61]

Fantastic images! Your lodging look to be a nit exposed though . Great stuff well done!

[davew]

Very impressed. Any more ?

Dave.

[darkside]

thanks for the kind comments guys   tingting, yes was very lucky and my first photo of the northern lights though could really see anything other than a slight white glow on the horizon...davew, yes mate ive got some more will post them up

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and a pic of my mate in the cairngorms 

[cussine]

Nice pics

[tingting44]

amazing, you reallly made the most of your trip!  what lens and camera were you using mate?

[darkside]

tingting, they were all taken with a canon 6d and a 14mm samyang lens.... thanks again for all your comments

[tingting44]

nice oh by the way the shot with the tent in is epic lol

[Uplooker]

Hi Darkside,

Those are very impressive images. i would be very interested, and i am sure others would be, in knowing some more information on the exposures, mount / tripod etc.

Congratulations again, those really are some good images

Ian

[Space Ranger]

Fab pics Darkside. Delighted you managed to see some aurora as well as dark star filled skies during your trip.

I was lucky enough to see a good auroral display from Cairngorm mountain during a visit there in August (http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/192144-colourful-aurora-from-cairngorm/). It was during a particularly pleasant warm spell meaning that even at 2am I could view the display in shorts and T-shirt. It doesn't look like it was quite so warm for your visit

[davew]

I suspected there would be more

Cheers,

Dave.

[darkside]

thanks everyone... the aurora photos where taken in durness on the north west coast "beautaful place" all exposures where about 15 to 30 secs and on a fixed tripod, i did take my astro trac but even though we had good clear skys clouds where coming and going most of the nights so didnt bother useing it...iso i used on all the images where set at 10000 on my new 6d mainly just to see how good it was at hight iso, on reflection i probally over did it, but it was so tempting not to :/  thanks again ady

[JonH]

Looks like you and your mate had a great trip. Cracking set of pics, like 'em all.

[Psychobilly]

Superb set and a fine examples of the low light high ISO capabilities of the latest Canon full frame sensors in a really beautiful and by the looks of it "chilly" part of the country... 

The Samyang 14/2.8 is a popular lens for these type of shots I have one myself for my 5D Mk III but haven't had much chance to use it yet The lens that is not the camera....

Peter....

[symesie04]

Great shots. Was the tent not a little chilly with snow on the ground? Whereabouts in Scotland were these taken?