Crop Circles in my Northern Lights? WHAT?

WachelWachel Registered Users Posts: 448 Major grins
edited September 28, 2011 in Landscapes
I took some photos of the northern lights last night and the 30 second exposures all had these crazy circles in the middle of the photo.

ISO, aperture didn't make a difference. The only thing I can think of is maybe the UV filter on the lens?

It was taken with a 7D and the 17-55 2.8 IS (IS turned off). Very odd. :scratch

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Michael

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  • lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2011
    Nice photo ! I was thinking the strange circle is maybe a distance planet .

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  • WachelWachel Registered Users Posts: 448 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2011
    lensmole wrote: »
    Nice photo ! I was thinking the strange circle is maybe a distance planet .

    Thanks. I have never shot the northern lights before so I am happy with my first effort.

    I was looking through all my long exposures and the circles are much bigger when I was zoomed in and smaller when zoomed out. So it has to be either my lens or my filter. I will have to experiment some more.
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