Northern Lights

Look north! One of the most amazing displays I've seen. The lights shimmering and dancing. Pics to come soon.

Here are some pics of the lights <<Here>>

Living in Northumberland, there are some beautiful photos on various F/book sites in this area. Beautiful colours, at some glorious venues.

Here are some pics of the lights <<Here>>

Lovely pictures, thank you for sharing.

Thanks for sharing your pictures. I looked out several times but just a very faint glow which might have been just town lights! 

Missed the alerts and your thread   Thanks for sharing your lovely photos.  Did you use a slow shutter speed???  I'm no photographer and have one of those intellegent point and shoot jobs; I found the night setting requires a tripod as it takes sooo long to take and have generally found acceptable results without using it.  Please don't get technical if you explain things

 Bakers2, A good starting point is 20 sec exposure, apature wide open, iso 800. Turn off auto focus and set manually to infinity. colour balance 5400K or bright day. Turn off any shake reduction features. And yes, it does need a sturdy tripod. Everything else is tweaking, fiddling and getting cold. Hoping not to be too technical. But just ask if you need too.

Here are some pics of the lights <<Here>>

Thank you once again John, I really look forward to your photo gallary. More please!!!....

Thanks JohnHD, yes I think I understand that.  I'll try with a clear night sky when we next get one . 

I got super shots of an eclipse of the moon when we were last in NZ, a couple of years ago, using normal settings.  I had to buy new camera day before we set off to welcome our first grandchild over there, as previous one refused to work and really haven't done much other than point and shoot.  I do now, after yearsssssssss of snaps remember to take table shots before all the plates are empty and I have lost my trademark of a cup or glass in the photo regardless of the subject

Here are some cracking photos taken just a few days ago on the 20th December just up the coast from us. Apparently Whitby is a good place to see them when they show as when looking out to sea it faces almost due North.

http://www.whitby-photography.com/product-category/the-northern-lights-at-whitby/