Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights and Aurorais the name for a natural light display in the sky caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere. Especially seen towards the north and south pole of the planet.
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What post processing should be done to my photographs of the aurora borealis to improve colours and impact?
I have included links to 2 RAW images ( I've also put the JPEG images up) that I took in Iceland last month where I was very fortunate to see the northern lights on two different nights. The ...
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Why did my northern lights pictures turn out totally black? [duplicate]
Trying to shoot northern lights, able to see images in my view finder eye piece, dark on live view and the pics turned out totally black. I used ISO 800-1000, 8 sec, F3.5 manual mode.
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What sort of adjustments should be applied to bring out the colors in this photograph of the aurora?
I recently had the opportunity to photograph the Aurora Borealis and while a limited number of my photographs where quite striking with almost no adjustments, a lot of them look like the following:
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Can a consumer-grade camera take good aurora pictures?
It's generally hard to take clear pictures of auroras because they are fairly dim and move around. To get enough light for a good picture, you need a long exposure. But then your picture will be ...
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Is the Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM on a 40d wide enough for aurora borealis photography?
Is the 28mm lens sufficiently wide enough on the 40D to capture reasonable aurora borealis photographs? Given the 1.6 crop factor it seems like it might not be (which would probably mean that I look ...
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What settings should I use to photograph aurora borealis with a wide angle f/4 lens?
I've tried my first night photography of the stars last week. Most articles I've seen were recommending a fast lens, fully opened, @ ISO 800 and about 20 - 30s exposure, etc. Unfortunately, my only ...
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Is it possible to shoot an Aurora Borealis with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35
I'm planning to go to Alaska to see Aurora Borealis and I have a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35.
Is it possible to get decent pictures of Auroras using this camera?
Here are the specs of this camera: ...
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What tips and advice do you have for photographing the Aurora Borealis?
A friend has been kind enough to lend me a DSLR for a few months. It's my first foray into DSLR photography, or indeed any kind of photography beyond simply aiming my Canon IXUS at something and ...
