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Wayland

Hárbarðr
Great pictures and read. :)
Cant wait for the rest.

Do you have any tips on photographing the Aurora? I have tried here in the last couple of weeks as there were reports of it being sighted. I did get something very very faint on the camera one time.

Stick the camera on manual, iso. 800, 15 seconds @ f4 worked for me.

If you have a faster lens it might be worth opening up a bit more but longer exposures tended to lose some of the "texture" of the lights as they moved around.
 
I take it for down here in NE. Scotland a longer exposure would be better?
When I saw them out the back garden last year it was a very faint white moving light to the north which turned green using the camera over a 30sec exposure. Even then it came out pretty poor.

Since you were using the SLR, are there special batteries that work well in the cold or would a standard official canon battery be fine?
 

addo

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Feb 8, 2006
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Derbyshire
Thanks for posting this up Wayland, brings back some good memories of being there. Looking forward to the other parts.
 

wildrover

Nomad
Sep 1, 2005
365
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Scotland
Fantastic stuff as always Gary!
From the daily weather conditions and temperature, through to your, as always,magnificentphotographs.
Very interested in the performance of the various items of gear in the different conditions.

Can't wait for the the further episodes...

Oh, and as some one has already said, you are certainly selling the dream of Artic adventure.goodjob


ATB
Chris
 

Ivanhoe

Forager
Aug 28, 2011
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Sweden
Best tread ever! :)



Waiting for the next part...
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The military presence you saw was because of the bi-annual Cold Response
exercise. More on that here, if you're interested:
http://mil.no/excercises/coldresponse2012/Pages/default.aspx


I've tought about being outdoors in northern Norway during earlier
years exercises, but I've always been afraid off getting overrun by a
65 ton Leopard 2 tank. :p If I'd been in your snow castle I would
have marked it thoroughly with chem lights, reflectors and stripes.


Anyway, your report is exactly what I find most interesting about
beeing outdoors; snow, cold, alone, gear and philosophy... :rolleyes:


Thank You so much for your splendid report.


PS: That closed camp and it's web page really made me mad! :cussing:

That would never happen here in Sweden! :eek:


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A mate and I out during a winter about five years ago...
 
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Imagedude

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Feb 24, 2011
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Gwynedd
Top stuff mate, as a 'live news' person I was getting a wee bit impatient waiting for part 2 but fair play, it was worth the wait.
 

Teepee

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Jan 15, 2010
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Northamptonshire
Great stuff Wayland. The pics of the course were a bit thin on the ground til now.

Roll on part 3, the unspoilt magic of the mountains :)
 

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