Northern Lights

Caddyshack22

New member
I will be visiting Iceland for 10 days in September and spending time in remote areas in northern Iceland. I would appreciate recommendations on what settings I should use on my Nikon P900 to photograph the Northern Lights. Auto settings or manual and which settings? I will be using a tripod and remote shutter release. Thank you.
 

canuck257

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I recently returned from a trip to the Canadian Arctic photographing the Aurora. Conditions were ideal except for a very bright full moon which affected my exposure settings. I used my D810 on a tripod with a Nikkor 24-85 lens and a wireless remote. ISO was 100, aperture was wide open and shutter speeds varied around 10-15 seconds. I took a series of shots adjusting shutter speed as necessary to get an acceptable exposure. Remember, if you use too long a shutter speed you will get star trails. I focused the lens to infinity on a distant object in daylight then taped the focus ring so that it would not move and set the camera focus to manual. This is one of the shots taken.

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