Beaver Island's Amazing Night Sky by taffy

Beaver Island's Amazing Night Sky

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.
This is amazing. I love that you have a 'usual' spot for such events too! Fabulous.
October 11th, 2024  
Looks amazing! it's good to see you had good conditions the same as us in the UK!
October 11th, 2024  
Wow! This is amazing to see… we’re so lucky to see it too. thank you for your incredible morning Wow…

The colours are so spectacular… truly awesomeness
October 11th, 2024  
This is amazing!
October 11th, 2024  
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!
October 11th, 2024  
How stunning. Had to laugh about your "usual spot for northern lights"!
October 11th, 2024  
Fabulous
October 11th, 2024  
Wow! Fav
October 11th, 2024  
Simply spectacular!
October 11th, 2024  
Fantastic
October 11th, 2024  
Wow ! amazing ! fav
October 11th, 2024  
Amazing! I wish I could be there one day.
October 11th, 2024  
Amazing. The sun must be really active these days as people have been getting shots of the aurora australis also.
October 11th, 2024  
Bravo!! What a spectacular capture...I'm in awe of your recent night sky shots!
October 11th, 2024  
@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!!
October 11th, 2024  
Oh my gosh. That is amazing.
October 11th, 2024  
@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.
October 11th, 2024  
fabulous
October 11th, 2024  
Wow wow wow - stunning
October 11th, 2024  
Wow, how gorgeous!
October 11th, 2024  
Gorgeous capture fav!
October 11th, 2024  
Wonderful capture. Fav 😊
October 11th, 2024  
Wow...Fabulous.
October 11th, 2024  
oh wow!
October 11th, 2024  
Wow so good! Seems to have been visible all over the world!
October 11th, 2024  
@casablanca I'm sure Affinity has the same sort of options!
October 11th, 2024  
@taffy Found a drop down list that included noise! I feel some experimentation coming on....!
October 11th, 2024  
How wonderful!
October 11th, 2024  
Fabulous.
October 11th, 2024  
Stunning capture.
October 11th, 2024  
Very unique colors!
October 11th, 2024  
Fantastic. Apparently we had the lights near us yesterday, but there was too much light pollution where we live
October 11th, 2024  
Wow amazing I am so envious of the aurora photos at the moment. Unfortunately, we can't see it from where I live.
October 11th, 2024  
Wonderful shot
October 11th, 2024  
This is exquisite.
October 11th, 2024  
Gorgeous pastels and shapes. We got to see and photograph it too. What a thrill that was
October 12th, 2024  
I find it fascinating the variety of colors people saw around the world
October 12th, 2024  
@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.
October 12th, 2024  
Totally amazing.
October 12th, 2024  
Beautiful!
October 12th, 2024  
Magical
October 12th, 2024  
very beautiful
October 12th, 2024  
Incredible sky capture
October 12th, 2024  
Stunning
October 13th, 2024  
Beautiful
October 13th, 2024  
Beautiful colours
October 16th, 2024  
Oh, Taffy! This is absolutely amazing and no surprise to see it on the TT.
October 18th, 2024  
Congratulations on TT. I must have missed this one - it's stunning :)
October 18th, 2024  
This photo is on Top 20 Chart. Congratulations!
October 18th, 2024  
Beautiful capture
October 19th, 2024  
Wowza! Congrats on TT!
October 19th, 2024  
No way! Wowy spot! Fav 🤩
October 22nd, 2024  
Absolutely beautiful
October 22nd, 2024  
Wow! Beautiful.
October 25th, 2024  
@mdaskin Maybe this winter in Tucson if we get lucky!
October 25th, 2024  
Just Wonderful! So amazing that you have a usual spot and see them regularly. I’m hoping to see the Northern Lights next Sept. on a trip to the Yukon.
October 27th, 2024  
Amazing indeed
October 31st, 2024  
Beautiful!
November 4th, 2024  
This shot demonstrates the phenomenal in the Northern Lights phenomenon!
November 13th, 2024  
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