Colorful aurora

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 19, 2014247 views5 comments

A photo from the aurora form last week. Pretty amazing stuff to witness in real life!

ISO 1600, f/4, 15 s, 14 mm.

C&C welcome, larger version included.

Roel

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 19, 2014 at 2:30 PM

Those are some great colors and it's neat to have the bit of reflection in the water at the bottom. Having all the stars showing nicely in the larger version adds a lot. It feels like the land on the right is a bit bright, but having never seen an aurora, I could easily be wrong about that.

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on April 19, 2014 at 5:54 PM

I might clone out a few of the highlights on the land, but terrific colors, I hope to see one in person one day.

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on April 20, 2014 at 2:49 AM

Thanks for the comments! Mark, the reason the land is bright on the right is that it is because the moon was almost full, and it was to the left of me. So it's the moon which is illuminating the land, not the aurora.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 21, 2014 at 1:36 PM

Pretty awesome. The composition works well too, and good detail in the shadows.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 21, 2014 at 8:49 PM

Don't get to see this in Arizona. Very dramatic image.

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