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| Posted: Mon Dec 21st, 2015 04:43 |
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Judith
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There's a Facebook page called AUK - Aurora UK which has lots of good photos on it. Quite a few people managed to get nice shots last night but it was cloudy and raining beside me and when it cleared a bit later on p, the moon was like a floodlight so no chance where I am.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21st, 2015 11:07 |
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jk
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My friend Alan who is another Nikon user will hopefully drop by and post a few images from his aurora shots last night.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21st, 2015 13:14 |
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jk
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Here is a link to his FB page. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=671183496351728&set=a.116833585120058.19379.100003802501867&type=3&theater
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31st, 2015 20:14 |
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Robert
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Well, I gone and done it! I got an alert on my 'phone this evening from Lancaster University Aurora Alert system, I checked the weather and clear skies were forecast, so after our Haggis we loaded up the pony and set sail for our favourite viewing location at the top of Gawthwaite, near Kirkby Moor. Amid bonfires and fireworks, we enjoyed a wonderful hour long show of the Aroroa Borealis. Either our eyes became tired or the show faded but about a quarter past midnight we called it off and came back to process the images. I have enough images to make a short time lapse movie so I will knock that up tomorrow and post that as well. This is probably the best... 10 second exposures, at 20 second intervals. Nikon D300s, Nikkor 50mm f1.4 @ f4, ISO 1600, delayed shutter and 'normal' long exposure Noise Reduction. A bit of PP in Lightroom to lift the contrast and pull back the blown blacks. 
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| Posted: Fri Jan 1st, 2016 10:07 |
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Judith
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Well done Robert! Last night was the best display I've seen to date. I took in the bells glued to my camera hehe.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 1st, 2016 10:13 |
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Judith
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This is my New Year photo taken at 2 seconds after midnight. Got loads more but not had time to have a look yet. Attachment: image.jpg (Downloaded 22 times)
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| Posted: Fri Jan 1st, 2016 10:42 |
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Robert
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Judith wrote:Well done Robert! Last night was the best display I've seen to date. I took in the bells glued to my camera hehe. Thanks Judith, the Aurora started very gently and grew, in both intensity and activity over the hour or so I was photographing it. I've been fitting kitchen cabinets all day and not got round to looking at the images properly. Looking at your pic I realise I need to adjust the WB, I had it on manual 'Sunny' but it needs adjusting to get the blue sky. 3am probably isn't the best time to make delicate adjustments to images.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 1st, 2016 11:02 |
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Judith
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It's really hard to get the brown/orange out of the sky. I just faffed about with levels and colour balance till it looked better. My skies are pretty orange from the streetlight pollution. Apparently, the night sky is actually brownish but our perception is that it's black.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 1st, 2016 13:17 |
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jk
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Judith wrote:It's really hard to get the brown/orange out of the sky. I just faffed about with levels and colour balance till it looked better. My skies are pretty orange from the streetlight pollution. Apparently, the night sky is actually brownish but our perception is that it's black. You need to try and set the WB before exposure even with RAW this helps get rid of the orange sodium lamp colour cast. I havent shot extensively under sodium lamps but I know that the yellow is very difficult to remove. What compass direction are you shooting towards? Is the light from Inverness, Elgin or Buckie. I cant work out which direction you are shooting. Take a look at your PMs, sent you one.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 1st, 2016 15:12 |
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Robert
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Judith is looking North West I think, across the harbour and the estuary? Well here is my best effort, adjusted WB, it's a fine line, try whacking the saturation and luminance right up, adjust the WB then reset the saturation and luminance back to tasteful levels. It helps to find the critical point on the WB, or it seems to, for me anyway.  Edit to amend the Compass direction.
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