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Northern Lights[Next Page - Maritimes Cruise]
October 11, 2024
[Photos]

After two nights of getting the Northern Lights, it was cloudy at sunset last night so I didn't put out the cameras. During the 10:00 weather, they said the lights were making an appearance, so I went outside to see what I could see.

There were still a few clouds, but I could see huge columns of white light reaching up into the sky. I have figured out that even though I can't see much of the color, the camera can. So I put out the 5D with the 14mm for almost six hours, and for good measure I also put out the 6D with the zoom on 24mm for 2.5 hours. Because it was dark when I was setting up, I caught a corner of the house in both setups, which has been cropped out in all the images. I shot 30 seconds on the 5D and 15 seconds on the 6D. The images are in focus but the exposures were long enough to get some motion blur in the clouds.

As I'm discovering with astronomical images, color balance is often a matter of opinion. I think most of these look best with a color balance of about 3,500K. Since I shoot RAW, I can set it whatever I want, but it's hard to say what is correct since when I'm looking up at the sky I can't see the color.


10:21 pm, 5D very bright

10:46 pm, 6D

1:01 am, 5D

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