I tried CachyOS because read good things about it. But wifi only worked during installation. After installation it was a hassle to get WiFi running again.
When I came home I saw my neighbour and asked him what he thought about the aurora.
Nb: What aurora?
That one over there.
Nb: Oh. I guess it's too bright to see it, I guess..
No, that's the aurora! 😂
Then I held up my camera and showed him the viewfinder.
That was in October 2024 in southern Ireland (South of Cork). I only brought my 28-200 f2.8... lens to go whale watching. We didn't expect to get an alert from the aurora app during dinner. After a pint we couldn't drive out of town so we walked to the harbour.
That's a photo of my camera, made with the phone in regular auto mode, freehand. It was that bright.
(I wanted to get the message out to friends quickly.)
As a beginner I had only one lens (tamron 28-200) and a a7c so it was compact enough to fit in a hip bag from a motorcycle gear shop. Pretty comfy.
Now that I have multiple lenses I just tried a messenger bag and quickly get the neck pain.
So I'm also thinking about a backpack and keeping the hip bag depending on the journey.
Nikolaus comes December 6th, Weihnachtsmann comes December 24th in Germany. Two different figures (That are admittedly based on the same historic figure, as far as I know. Some Greek guy?).
Not sure about the Dutch, but didn't Santa come from the Dutch Sinter Claas or something?
Is this one more to your liking?
Single spot focus is what I use. For this one, sadly, I couldn't get both in focus. (f/32 is all my lens got)
I guess that calls for focus stacking but I haven't looked into that yet.
Edit
Oof, I over sharpened the bottom part. 😅 Shouldn't edit stuff on the tablet in the car.
I only remember this stuff.