Total Solar Eclipseon Friday 20 March 2015 as seen from at sea off Torshavn in the Faroe Islands.
The Northern Lights as seen on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th March 2015 whilst in Alta, Norway and then on the night of Wednesday 25th when sailing away from Alta. Our sightings were not of the common curtains of light that show large areas of sky lit up. As you will see our sightings were of swirls and curls. There may seem to be a lot of the same thing in the following photos, but if you use the right hand arrow and scroll through them quickly it should give you an idea of how the 'Lights' danced across the sky. The 'Lights' do not appear bright green to the naked eye. It is the sensitivity of the modern digital cameras that bring out the bright colours. The 'lights' appear as unusual light grey/pale green shaped clounds. If suspect something could be the lights take a photo and it will be confirmed by recording the bright green colour, as in my first picture. As a starting point for photographing the Northern Lights use a high ISO setting, typically ISO 3200 or higher. Use as wide an angle lens as possible, say 18mm with the largest aperture, say f2.8. Use manual focus just backed off of maximum infinity. If you are on firm ground and using a tripod a shutter speed of up to 10 seconds can be useful. Hand holding can be achieved up to 3 seconds, but all the above is subject to try and see. Finally, your pictures will be enhanced if a foreground is included.