The norther lights were out again tonight -- feeling very very very fortunate! This was taken from my 'usual' spot (I love having a 'usual spot for nothern lights'!). Tonight's sky had loads of pastels.
Any tips on how to take these well welcomed! Take a look at mine today. Saw them for the first time ever last night in my highly light polluted town centre.
This is a stunner, I love it. "Usual spot" made me laugh!
@casablanca I left a message on your thread with your images (terrific compositions, great color, just needs more light). My settings (seen in EXIF) were:
Exposure: 13 sec (13/1)
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO Speed: 1250
Focal Length: 15 mm
To reduce the noise, I processed first in LR under 'Details' clicking 'denoise' I could also have increased luminence in that section but doing so would not have been as good given the amount of noise. Then, because I shoot in RAW, I had to do the normal adjustments for color balance, hues, etc the same as in any photo because in RAW, the camera makes no adjustments as it does when shooting .jpg. I then exported to Topaz DeNoise for a last 'de-noising' as I shot at ISO of 1250. I learned in one workshop that you shoot so the histogram is to the right if possible (but use common sense if that will totally blow it out), and then you can lower exposure in processing. If you go too dark and raise exposure, you'll bring in more noise. I hope this helps!!
@taffy That is really helpful, thank you. I don't have LR or PS. I have Affinity, which I think is similar but have never really used it as I don't understand it LOL! But the principles of what you are saying here make sense. Thanks a million for taking the time to respond.
@jgpittenger And the variety of color from one minute to the next. I took multiple images usually, 15 seconds apart, same image, but often completely different color tones and looks.
The colours are so spectacular… truly awesomeness
This is a stunner, I love it. "Usual spot" made me laugh!
Exposure: 13 sec (13/1)
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO Speed: 1250
Focal Length: 15 mm
To reduce the noise, I processed first in LR under 'Details' clicking 'denoise' I could also have increased luminence in that section but doing so would not have been as good given the amount of noise. Then, because I shoot in RAW, I had to do the normal adjustments for color balance, hues, etc the same as in any photo because in RAW, the camera makes no adjustments as it does when shooting .jpg. I then exported to Topaz DeNoise for a last 'de-noising' as I shot at ISO of 1250. I learned in one workshop that you shoot so the histogram is to the right if possible (but use common sense if that will totally blow it out), and then you can lower exposure in processing. If you go too dark and raise exposure, you'll bring in more noise. I hope this helps!!