Aurora photos

[dlove]

I love the challenge of getting these. It's a lot easier with digital, not as much guessing as when I was using film. The 20D worked fine at -45 f, but the remote release cable froze solid after about five minutes, as did my butt. I’ve got a bunch more at www.theloves.smugmug.com (http://www.theloves.smugmug.com/)

[neil_r]

These and the others on your site are awsome, how often do you get to see sights like these?

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[GyRob]

GREAT shots you have got them sorted out .
Rob.

[jaypie77]

And where do you live?

[cfcRebel]

Oh man, that's beautiful!Do u live near where Santa lives?
Awesome shots! Do you mind sharing the How-To?

[Titus213]

Minus 45 huh? I'm glad there are brave souls like you who will go out and take these pictures for folks like me....:lol:

The photos here and in the gallery are beautiful. Would you be able/willing to share some exif data on these?

[Littlenose]

lovely pics of the aurora ! I spent 10 years in Scotland, and never managed to et to see anything near as spectacular :D

[dlove]

I use the attached chart as a starting point for exposure, weather I am using film or digital. A tripod is a must. The majority of the pics on the smugmug site were taken with film, and scanned in. The film was either Kodak 400/800 or Fuji 400. The exposures ran from 5 to 30 seconds, depending on the lens used. For the 20D pics I used a Sigma 28 1.8 (for the speed)

I live in North Pole Alaska, just south of Fairbanks, and yes there is a Santa Clause House. It gets pretty cold here, with about 3 hours of sun, and a couple of hours of dusk/dawn during the middle of December

The best times seem to be during the solstices, and it’s usually not as cold as the middle of winter. The coldest I’ve seen/felt it was -68 f. The only thing you can wear that keeps you warm is a house.

[cfcRebel]

OMG! :shock: Phenomena that we don't see everyday.

[Ifonlly...]

Those are great, they dont even look real it's amazing.

[Alan B]

Lovely shots :cool:

I love the look of the tree's.Christmas card look about them.

[Mills]

Good God those are Amazing!

[sparker1]

Fantastic shots. Visited North Pole last year, neat place. Used photos from the Santa shop on my Christmas card. I'm very impressed by your photos.