Its been quite on the blog here as I enjoyed a little vacation and have been completing my first E-Book, which I’m hoping to have ready before December 20. In the next few weeks I’ll be releasing the title and other details.
This is one of the images from that book, that I took in October during a magical aurora display in Alaska’s arctic. The distinctive shape is accentuated because the auroral curtain is directly overhead, in this viewing position it is referred to as a corona. Standing on the ground, one looks directly up at the undulating aurora curtain and the movement is often dramatic. The aurora brightness was very high in this moment and it required only a two second exposure, which helped isolate and further define the shapes. I’ve photographed coronas before but not like this one! What a fun night that was. The purple/violet and green colors are the most commonly observed in my experience.
Aurora corona. Canon 5D Mark III, Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8, 2 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 1250
Aurora corona. Canon 5D Mark III, Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8, 2 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 1250
Georgia O’Keeffe would have had a field day! YOU were the only one who really really got those and you were actually on the run. Patrick, you are the bomb diggity!
Sue has it right. I was just watching in amazement and by the time I got the camera ready to shoot straight overhead, the display ended. Obviously, you, as a “veteran” of aurora photography, were less “frozen in their tracks” watching the display and regained your senses in time to actually photograph it. 🙂 What a night indeed!
Mark and Sue, that night will do down in history. Fun to share it with you. And you are so right, those corona displays move fast!
Dave just sent me the link to this latest set of pictures. Absolutely mind-blowing – well done! Can’t wait till next Fall.