Northern Lights in Norway (XT20).

deednets wrote:

edorf_71 wrote:

Andrew in Norway wrote:

Nice pictures, but a few words of advice:

I used to live in Mo i Rana, which is near the Arctic circle in Norway. There I took aurora pictures on film, using Fuji 400 negative film. It was never as green as in your pictures, as it was winter there was snow on the ground so any tint is instantly noticeable. Next time you take aurora pictures set the white balance manually at daylight (5600K) and RAW + JPEG, with the film simulation at Provia (normal). Take at least some pictures at these settings. Don't be afraid to use a high ISO. sometimes the aurora is not simply a green curtain or veil. I have seen (but not photographed) orange and red aurora, a correct white balance would be crucial then.

Thanks for your suggestions! Will play with different settings in LR.

You feel like providing a RAW file?? maybe one that you don't feel too precious about?? Would be a great opportunity for those who "saw" the image differently.

Deed

Here:

https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ai6T_F2m-OeotQY1hXlfWB9ppeIm

edorf_71 wrote:

deednets wrote:

edorf_71 wrote:

Andrew in Norway wrote:

Nice pictures, but a few words of advice:

I used to live in Mo i Rana, which is near the Arctic circle in Norway. There I took aurora pictures on film, using Fuji 400 negative film. It was never as green as in your pictures, as it was winter there was snow on the ground so any tint is instantly noticeable. Next time you take aurora pictures set the white balance manually at daylight (5600K) and RAW + JPEG, with the film simulation at Provia (normal). Take at least some pictures at these settings. Don't be afraid to use a high ISO. sometimes the aurora is not simply a green curtain or veil. I have seen (but not photographed) orange and red aurora, a correct white balance would be crucial then.

Thanks for your suggestions! Will play with different settings in LR.

You feel like providing a RAW file?? maybe one that you don't feel too precious about?? Would be a great opportunity for those who "saw" the image differently.

Deed

Here:

https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ai6T_F2m-OeotQY1hXlfWB9ppeIm

Thanks for that! You don't shoot RAW??

Deed

deednets wrote:

edorf_71 wrote:

deednets wrote:

edorf_71 wrote:

Andrew in Norway wrote:

Nice pictures, but a few words of advice:

I used to live in Mo i Rana, which is near the Arctic circle in Norway. There I took aurora pictures on film, using Fuji 400 negative film. It was never as green as in your pictures, as it was winter there was snow on the ground so any tint is instantly noticeable. Next time you take aurora pictures set the white balance manually at daylight (5600K) and RAW + JPEG, with the film simulation at Provia (normal). Take at least some pictures at these settings. Don't be afraid to use a high ISO. sometimes the aurora is not simply a green curtain or veil. I have seen (but not photographed) orange and red aurora, a correct white balance would be crucial then.

Thanks for your suggestions! Will play with different settings in LR.

You feel like providing a RAW file?? maybe one that you don't feel too precious about?? Would be a great opportunity for those who "saw" the image differently.

Deed

Here:

https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ai6T_F2m-OeotQY1hXlfWB9ppeIm

Thanks for that! You don't shoot RAW??

Deed

Yes I do.

edorf_71 wrote:

deednets wrote:

edorf_71 wrote:

deednets wrote:

edorf_71 wrote:

Andrew in Norway wrote:

Nice pictures, but a few words of advice:

I used to live in Mo i Rana, which is near the Arctic circle in Norway. There I took aurora pictures on film, using Fuji 400 negative film. It was never as green as in your pictures, as it was winter there was snow on the ground so any tint is instantly noticeable. Next time you take aurora pictures set the white balance manually at daylight (5600K) and RAW + JPEG, with the film simulation at Provia (normal). Take at least some pictures at these settings. Don't be afraid to use a high ISO. sometimes the aurora is not simply a green curtain or veil. I have seen (but not photographed) orange and red aurora, a correct white balance would be crucial then.

Thanks for your suggestions! Will play with different settings in LR.

You feel like providing a RAW file?? maybe one that you don't feel too precious about?? Would be a great opportunity for those who "saw" the image differently.

Deed

Here:

https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ai6T_F2m-OeotQY1hXlfWB9ppeIm

Thanks for that! You don't shoot RAW??

Deed

Yes I do.

Would have benen more interesting then the 136MB file you had saved ... but thanks for providing it anyway, lust doesn't seem to have the same headroom than the RAW

Deed

deednets wrote:

edorf_71 wrote:

deednets wrote:

edorf_71 wrote:

deednets wrote:

edorf_71 wrote:

Andrew in Norway wrote:

Nice pictures, but a few words of advice:

I used to live in Mo i Rana, which is near the Arctic circle in Norway. There I took aurora pictures on film, using Fuji 400 negative film. It was never as green as in your pictures, as it was winter there was snow on the ground so any tint is instantly noticeable. Next time you take aurora pictures set the white balance manually at daylight (5600K) and RAW + JPEG, with the film simulation at Provia (normal). Take at least some pictures at these settings. Don't be afraid to use a high ISO. sometimes the aurora is not simply a green curtain or veil. I have seen (but not photographed) orange and red aurora, a correct white balance would be crucial then.

Thanks for your suggestions! Will play with different settings in LR.

You feel like providing a RAW file?? maybe one that you don't feel too precious about?? Would be a great opportunity for those who "saw" the image differently.

Deed

Here:

https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ai6T_F2m-OeotQY1hXlfWB9ppeIm

Thanks for that! You don't shoot RAW??

Deed

Yes I do.

Would have benen more interesting then the 136MB file you had saved ... but thanks for providing it anyway, lust doesn't seem to have the same headroom than the RAW

Deed

Ok can put up the rawfile tomorrow. 👍

edorf_71 wrote:

deednets wrote:

edorf_71 wrote:

deednets wrote:

edorf_71 wrote:

deednets wrote:

edorf_71 wrote:

Andrew in Norway wrote:

Nice pictures, but a few words of advice:

I used to live in Mo i Rana, which is near the Arctic circle in Norway. There I took aurora pictures on film, using Fuji 400 negative film. It was never as green as in your pictures, as it was winter there was snow on the ground so any tint is instantly noticeable. Next time you take aurora pictures set the white balance manually at daylight (5600K) and RAW + JPEG, with the film simulation at Provia (normal). Take at least some pictures at these settings. Don't be afraid to use a high ISO. sometimes the aurora is not simply a green curtain or veil. I have seen (but not photographed) orange and red aurora, a correct white balance would be crucial then.

Thanks for your suggestions! Will play with different settings in LR.

You feel like providing a RAW file?? maybe one that you don't feel too precious about?? Would be a great opportunity for those who "saw" the image differently.

Deed

Here:

https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ai6T_F2m-OeotQY1hXlfWB9ppeIm

Thanks for that! You don't shoot RAW??

Deed

Yes I do.

Would have benen more interesting then the 136MB file you had saved ... but thanks for providing it anyway, lust doesn't seem to have the same headroom than the RAW

Deed

Ok can put up the rawfile tomorrow. 👍

Here you go Deed (DNG format):

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ai6T_F2m-OeotTziclQfnwDYyk_y

I don't have the raw's anymore as I use Iridient XTransformer to make dng's.

Norm S wrote:

cool!

might be going to (hopefully) see the lights in yellowknife in a few weeks. what settings and lens did you use? any tips and pointers?

Hi Norm! I used a little different settings on those shots. Tried different shutters and iso. Lens on all was the Fujinon 14mm f2.8

Examples: Just hold your mouse over the shot and exif info will show:)

edorf_71 wrote:

Here you go Deed (DNG format):

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ai6T_F2m-OeotTziclQfnwDYyk_y

I don't have the raw's anymore as I use Iridient XTransformer to make dng's.

Thanks for that! Difficult I found this to colour edit as I have no idea what I was aiming for

Deed

deednets wrote:

edorf_71 wrote:

Here you go Deed (DNG format):

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ai6T_F2m-OeotTziclQfnwDYyk_y

I don't have the raw's anymore as I use Iridient XTransformer to make dng's.

Thanks for that! Difficult I found this to colour edit as I have no idea what I was aiming for

Deed

Hm. That looked kindof strange? Not my style  👍

Thought I would give it a quick go.  Here's my version.  Seems similar to some of your initial posts.  Was fun to play with though.

michaeladawson wrote:

Thought I would give it a quick go. Here's my version. Seems similar to some of your initial posts. Was fun to play with though.

That looks good Mike😊

robert1955 wrote:

Can't upload to dpr [no Flash in my browser] and this is a first for me so I hope it works: onedrive

What I've done is based on the way I processed my own shots from Finland from March this year. There are two big differences:

- there was snow on the ground and some moonlight behind me [making WB easier]

- hardly any light pollution.

- no clouds [not that there was much to reflect on them anyway.]

I've used more or less similar Lr settings as in my own shots, with one big exception. I tried [not completely satisfactory] to reduce the effects of the streetlights, by reducing Orange saturation in the HSL tab. In that tab, I also changed the Hue for Purple to the left, which makes the dark parts of sky bluer.

I did not move the Exposure slider much. That worked for m in my own shots. It also makes the stars come out nicely. Notice though that they are starting to trail, because of the 30s shutter speed. I think this is a situation where [as long as you don't try to lighten the image too much in processing], there should no be a problem in using higher ISO (up to 6400 should be good with your camera) and shorter shutter speeds.

A final OT remark: even if you use IXT now, I'd still keep the RAF. The DNG from IXT is demosaicked and while you can do a lot of processing without damage, you cannot go back if a better demosaic comes along

Hi Robert! Thanks for tips and suggestions😊

I think your edit looks more how it really looked and very true to life👍