I’m a little jealous that you got to see and capture the auroras. I was in Oulu when my mom called from central Finland to tell me there are northern lights, but it was too cloudy in here to see any.
In all my years of photography I’ve yet to capture auroras, definitely on the bucket list. Might take more effort than walking outside and shooting handheld 😅
I thought you'd see them a fair bit where you normally are. But for sure, not a handheld thing to do, tripod or in a pinch, leaning against a tree or something. These exposures are around 8 - 15 seconds. It was so effin dark that I couldn't focus properly though. Have you found some gloves to wear that are still practical to shoot with?
Well I should but haven’t managed to see any. Might have to start putting some effort into it, look at the aurora weather and cloud coverage and drive somewhere with less light pollution.
Fingers freezing in the winter while operating a camera will be a forever struggle. I usually just wear my regular mittens.