It took a lot of tries, saving up, facing unexpected bills and health setbacks., but my brand new Tammy is heading towards me. I sold a lens and unneeded flash to Adorama and they made me a Don Corleone offer. I could not refuse for one minute. Thank you to the folks at Adorama.
Bought this lens to do astro photography and brought it with me to Norway. One moment (maybe 5 Minutes long, see below) and I can say that paying 1 grand for this lens was worth it..
Beginning of our journey, on board the Hurtigruten MS Nordnorge southbound during the first night of the trip, from Kirkenes to Svolvaer:
Feisol Tripod, VC on lens left on (for obvious reasons, on a ship) Hurtigruten by Mischa, on Flickr
And this one I took in Andenes. It was raining the entire day, so I covered the camera with the raincover from my retrospective 10.
The KP index was 2!!! so we didn't expect much, but we didn't want to miss anything, so we went out in the rain.
As soon as the clouds parted, I went at it and started taking pictures.
It began "casually", some green drapes forming in the sky. Nothing special, after a week of huntin Aurorae.
But, all of a sudden, this "hurricane" started forming and I found myself in a situation, where I had trouble breathing, a big fat knot in my throat and I literally couldn't believe my eyes. The lights moved so fast, even down to 2.5" I couldn't capture them without blurring. Andenes by Mischa, on Flickr
Processed in Lightroom, but only small adjustments have been made. It was LITERALLY that intense. Once in a lifetime experience, I'm sure.
Besides, the aperture was accidentally set to f/3.2, I didn't notice until it was over. But in such a situation, you don't give a fuck about your camera settings, believe me.
Wish they were mine!!!! Beautiful captures.
