aurora

[george013]

A picture of the aurora in north Norway last week.



I did lighten the mountains a bit, using local adjustments in dxo. It is possible!
A lot of stars. I wonder if Astro will call this light pollution too. Just kidding.

George

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[Astro]

George... excellent... definitely an image that is not affected by light pollution! makes me jealous ... I must make time to go to Norway!

looks like you might also have caught a meteor? (to the left of the leftmost peak?)

[george013]

I saw it. I found another one. A little higher on the other side and less vissible. Couldn't that have been a satellite?

George

[Astro]

I checked your exposure 15s? which does make me think it could be a satellite rather than a meteor. I also think you captured the Pleiades star cluster further left on the edge of your image, I can't think of another close group of stars that are that bright in the northern hemisphere.

If you are into your mythology the nine stars in the cluster are named after seven sisters and their parents Atlas and Pleione.

I could almost believe you planned the image as a lesson in Greek Mythology.....

The juxtaposition of the Aurora, (the goddess of the dawn), over mountains, symbolic of Atlas, a Titan condemned to hold up the celestial heavens for eternity, and the star cluster of the Pleiades (Atlas' family), hovering at the edge....

Inspired imaging

[pschlute]

Lovely shot.

[dje]

Good shot George, well done.

A lot of shots of the aurora I've seen are, well, a bit boring. But not this one. The mountains add so much.
Dave

[george013]

I checked your exposure 15s? which does make me think it could be a satellite rather than a meteor. I also think you captured the Pleiades star cluster further left on the edge of your image, I can't think of another close group of stars that are that bright in the northern hemisphere.

If you are into your mythology the nine stars in the cluster are named after seven sisters and their parents Atlas and Pleione.

I could almost believe you planned the image as a lesson in Greek Mythology.....

The juxtaposition of the Aurora, (the goddess of the dawn), over mountains, symbolic of Atlas, a Titan condemned to hold up the celestial heavens for eternity, and the star cluster of the Pleiades (Atlas' family), hovering at the edge....

Inspired imaging

I'll study this picture and your post more. I always liked the Greek Mythology. Atlas holding up the heaven but in art he's always holding up the earth. After they discovered it was round.

George

[george013]

Good shot George, well done.

A lot of shots of the aurora I've seen are, well, a bit boring. But not this one. The mountains add so much.
Dave

I know what you mean.
You can't do much as a photographer. We where in a middle sized bus and the leader was only seeking for a place without clouds. And she succeeded as you see. Then it's just waiting for things to come in that environment and shoot. The most difficult is focussing in that darkness.

The day before I fell and was brought to hospital to check my hip. I couldn't walk on that hip. Here I had to use a crutch , a lamp on my head where I'd trouble to find the switch, gloves with that temperature.
When I fell I had the camera/lens on my neck. I thought they survived. But when I turned on the VR next day I couldn't use the zoom anymore. So the lens was damaged, for the second time. The insurance will not be glad with me.

George

[1claire]

I love the color, it is simply amazing.

[tbob]

A very good shot of the aurora, speaking as one who shoots as many as I can. The only suggestion i can make is to amend the mountains by desaturating the colour and increasing the contrast a very slight amount. Makes them a bit more "realistic". I would play with them until you get what you want. I did a quick and dirty version that i could post if you want, however the concept is fairly obvious

[Tri Danimal]

The juxtaposition of the Aurora, (the goddess of the dawn), over mountains, symbolic of Atlas, a Titan condemned to hold up the celestial heavens for eternity, and the star cluster of the Pleiades (Atlas' family), hovering at the edge....

Did you also know the Pleiades cluster is the same star cluster found on the Subaru automobile logo!!

[rpcrowe]

I agree that the mountains might be toned down just a bit however, this is a breathtaking image...

How did you determine the color balance for this image?

Hope your hip is doing well!

[george013]

I agree that the mountains might be toned down just a bit however, this is a breathtaking image...

How did you determine the color balance for this image?

Hope your hip is doing well!

I don't think there's a color balance. Cooling down to get some of the white snow causes blue stars. So I just made a selection of the mountains in DxO using U-points and played with it. I don't want to touch the sky.

George