Aurora at Porteau Cove by abirkill

Aurora at Porteau Cove

Another shot from Porteau Cove on Sunday, showing the second of two amazing peaks in aurora activity that happened around 1:30am.

This is a 5-shot panorama at 24mm, as my 16-35mm lens is still away with the Canon medics.

Worth viewing large, and be sure to check out yesterday's animation of the aurora as well!
Another fav. These colors are just incredible and the reflection on the lake is like icing on the cake.
July 17th, 2013  
wow love the colours
July 17th, 2013  
Wow...what vibrant colour!
July 17th, 2013  
A great Fav.
July 17th, 2013  
Gorgeous colors and shot! Just love this!
July 17th, 2013  
This is incredible. Something I've never seen, but would love too. Fav.
July 17th, 2013  
Just gorgeous, wonderful colours, an amazing capture and a fav from me.
July 17th, 2013  
This is absolutely beautiful.
July 17th, 2013  
Wow, beautiful colours
July 17th, 2013  
Ohh wow! Amazing amazing! Gorgeous vivid colours!
July 17th, 2013  
Ian
Wow, the colours are incredible, what an amazing scene
July 17th, 2013  
Great colours and such determination to stay up and get this! Well done Alexis!
July 17th, 2013  
That is awesome :)
July 17th, 2013  
Oh wow! this is stunning!
July 17th, 2013  
Absolutely amazing!
July 17th, 2013  
What a gorgeous shot. Wow!
July 17th, 2013  
Caz
Absolutely gorgeous !
July 17th, 2013  
Amazing!
July 17th, 2013  
Wonderful shot.
July 17th, 2013  
I like the composition here with other points of interest and light. Beautiful colors of course
July 17th, 2013  
Tim
Beautiful image. Great shot Alexis.
July 17th, 2013  
just WOW and FAV
July 17th, 2013  
Awesome and a fav from me....the aurora is on our bucket list. Do you use photoshop to edit. Hope you get your lens back soon
July 17th, 2013  
@pixiemac Thanks! I used three pieces of software to create this photo:

1. Hugin, which took the five individual photos from the camera and stitched them to form one panoramic photograph.

2. Adobe Camera Raw (a RAW processor effectively the same as Lightroom) to perform colour correction, noise reduction, sharpening, and other simple adjustments to the panoramic photo.

3. Adobe Photoshop, to perform some minor cloning work to remove 'seams' visible in the water due to the stitching. Although the stitching of a simple shot like this was pretty much perfect, the movement of waves between the individual shots means that some correction is often necessary in these areas.
July 17th, 2013  
Just beautiful
July 17th, 2013  
@abirkill thanks for the info :)
July 17th, 2013  
You are so lucky to see this and to photograph it! Lovely.
July 17th, 2013  
These two (this and the animation) are the first shots I have gone back to view large over and over again - and I know I still haven't seen enough - I am awed by the natural beauty you have captured as well as the skills you have utilised to present each "shot". Thank you. Fav.
July 17th, 2013  
This is so beautiful and amazing! I can't stop saying "wow!" I saw the aurora once many years ago, but not in such spectacular color. However I never forgot how wonderful seeing it is. Thank you so much for the fav on my butterfly shot! I am honored you felt it worthy as I've admired your knowledge on so many discussions and your artistry with the camera.
July 18th, 2013  
stunning Alex, really a sight worth sharing :)
July 18th, 2013  
This and the previous ones... just stunning!! Fav'd them both lol.
July 19th, 2013  
Beautiful! Have always wanted to see this!! Spectacular. Thank you for the FAV's!!!
July 19th, 2013  
Awesome shot Mate!
July 19th, 2013  
Fabulous colours, how lucky are you to be able to catch this!!
July 20th, 2013  
YESssssssss !!:)
July 20th, 2013  
Always wanted to see this in real life! how beautiful
July 24th, 2013  
i really love this one! fav!
August 3rd, 2013  
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