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This was an extremely simple capture to make...I walked out my back door into my backyard, set up my camera and tripod, focused,adjusted my camera and exposed t...
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This was an extremely simple capture to make...I walked out my back door into my backyard, set up my camera and tripod, focused,adjusted my camera and exposed the frame. During a period of vivid aurora shows in 2015. An extremely memorable night of brilliant lights. Exposure of 8 seconds with ISO 3200 and f2.8. We get some aurora shows every year in southern Manitoba but rarely anything this bright.
Sometimes you just get to be in the right place ,at the right time without having to travel into the far north.
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Sometimes you just get to be in the right place ,at the right time without having to travel into the far north.
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Location
The photo was taken in southern Manitoba,Canada. One night I took a stroll outside and found that we were experiencing a terrific aurora storm. Low level aurora storms are actually quite common here but this was an exceptional one.Time
I believe this was around midnight to 1:00 AM.Lighting
Recently I have taken to adding in some foreground lighting to add some extra interest in aurora shots. There are several ways to do it. Flask,a flashlight to do some light painting, almost any light source is usable...all you need is imagination and experimentation.Equipment
This was shot on a Sony A99 with a 16-35 Zeiss lens. Tripod mounted of course for the long exposure. I used an exposure trigger to fire the camera with no shake. Manual focus ,set to infinity.Inspiration
I loved the patterning and curves showing up in the lights.Editing
Not a lot of pest processing done, Just a bit of white balance correction and a bit of slider adjustment in Lightroom.In my camera bag
Usually 4-5 5 lenses an extra camera body, some polarizer filters, spare batteries and charger. Trigger cable and these days' flash trigger for my Strobepro flash system. I keep it all fairly simple with mostly prime lenses and 2 zooms. I like to be able to react fast when there is an opportunity to shoot. My gear needs to be durable, reasonably compact and able to withstand the rigours of travel in a semi over some very harsh terrain while providing me with pro quality results that I can depend on.In all kinds of weather. My "day job" is driving truck on the winter roads in northern Canada.Feedback
The biggest thing you need in shooting northern lights is patience. The will arrive or not,at their own convenience, especially in the more southerly latitudes of Canada.Its a skillset all its own. Tripod,cable release, camera set on manual focus, anti shake shut off. you'll be shooting with higher ISO and slow shutter speed. Adjusting on the run and taking whatever comes to you. Happy hunting!
