Last night as I was headed to bed at 1 am after editing photos, I noticed a faint glow in the southern sky. I waited for my eyes to adjust to the darkness, then it happened. Barely perceptible beams crawling across the sky.
If you haven’t seen an Aurora before, below is my attempt at showing you what one looks like to the naked eye, though even this is still too bright.
The camera’s image sensor picks up way more colour detail than the human eye. Shooting and editing is subjective for Aurora colour, particularly white balance and saturation.
The images below are in time order as the Aurora moved and dissipated. I’ve applied a moderate amount of saturation without sacrificing any detail and varied the white balance to bring out the features I desired.
These photos were taken using OM Digital (Olympus) OM-1 with Laowa 7.5mm f2.0 lens. Manual focus, 20.0 sec; f/11; ISO 3200, shutter time delay of 4 seconds.
RAW file edited in DxO Photolab 6, then final level adjustments and cropping in Adobe CS6 (last non-subscription).
I ended up going to bed at 2am. Thanks for visiting, good night 😀
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What a wonderful unexpected treat! Weren’t you thrilled you were still awake and thought to look out?
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Wonderful captures of the aurora ! Here in Belgium it was also visible for people whe live in area’s where there is not much artifical light. In cities like where I live, it’s hopeless…. So I enjoy your blog 🙂
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Well done 👏👏👏. Supports my feelings about the system. After years with Canon I still need to convince myself once in a while, I only sold 1 Canon body and no lens yet 😂😂😂. But it’s in the closet.
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Spectacular! How lucky was that to see it just in time?!
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I’ve seen that as a child when we lived farther north. But that was a very long time ago. These photos are beautiful. Those long rays looked like green and purple ghosts walking across the sky.
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I never go to bed late (meaning after midnight) … but for this sight I will stay up all night! Wow, beautiful photos!
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Thank you 😀 If I didn’t stay up late I wouldn’t have a blog with pretty pictures 😜
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Wonderful!
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Stunning photographs! Glad you were there to capture these.
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Thanks Denise, pure luck and good timing! I think I just caught the tail end of it.
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Wow, how wonderful is that. I am yet to experience one. Lynn
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I think I was very lucky with the timing of heading off to bed! They can be hard to see with the naked eye, I look out for a lighter looking southern sky and try a few test shots with the phone to see if there is any colour showing in the images 😀
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