The Aurora Borealis

Uploaded: February 22, 2003 11:15:07

Description

The northern lights in Alaska

Comments

Murry Grigsby February 22, 2003

Amazing shot, Janet. Is this straight or did you add the moon? No matter, very well done. #23769

JAVIER NICOLAS May 26, 2019

Just magical image Janet.
Javier N. #57759

Lem Metro May 26, 2019

Bingo! Fabulous shot, Janet! #57764

Kathleen Clemons May 26, 2019

This is indeed magical! #57771

Ken Ke-Wei Pan May 26, 2019

Beautiful and dreaming !
I wanna go there \(^_^)/
Can you tell me the exposure? Thank you ~ #57837

Bernard B. Travers May 26, 2019

Really nice photography, Janet. Really nice. #57860

Janet L. Davis May 26, 2019

First of all, let me say thanks to you all for the wonderful comments. This was an experiment for me, so it's nice to hear the results are good. Living in Alaska, I see a lot of aurora photos with the moon, and they look really fake because the moon is placed front & center, as if it's the subject, so the size doesn't match everything else in the picture.
Murry - yes, I added the moon in PS7. The aurora shot was taken in Fairbanks in November and the moon shot is one of my "stock" photos.
Ken - the expsosure was f/3.5 for 20 secs. @ ISO 400. Now, that's still a little underexposed, but the lights were pretty strong that night. There's no way to get the moon & aurora together, as the moon would look like the sun in a shot like this. If only it were that easy! =)
Thanks again, everyone and happy shooting! Janet #57887

Gary H. Minish level-classic May 26, 2019

Beautiful, Janet! An incredible exposure on the aurora! One of the better I've seen in some time. The moon is an excellent touch and very well done. #57906

Barbara J. Beck May 26, 2019

Janet this takes my breath away!

Barb B. #62113

Murry Grigsby May 26, 2019

Congrats, Janet!! #62117

Bernard B. Travers May 26, 2019

Excellent job, Janet. Congratulations. #62175

Gary H. Minish level-classic May 26, 2019

Definitely deserved, Janet! Congratulations and good luck :-) #62897

Guy D. Biechele level-classic May 26, 2019

Wonderfully composed. Moon, trees, and sky make for a superb image. Indeed magical! Congrats, Janet.
+Guy #63467

J.D. McFarlan March 29, 2006

Very well done with PS. #2587141

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