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The sky’s awake, so I’m awake
« on: January 07, 2019, 01:46:52 am »

Went aurora chasing last night and was rewarded with a pretty good show around 1am!  Had to brave -35F, which made changing batteries no fun! Pentax KP, Sigma 10-20 f3.5 HSM

On the Elliott Highway near Fairbanks Alaska

aurora 010619 web-2639 by David Dawson, on Flickr

aurora 010619 web-2587 by David Dawson, on Flickr

aurora 010619 web-2600 by David Dawson, on Flickr

aurora 010619 web-2620 by David Dawson, on Flickr

aurora 010619 web-2631 by David Dawson, on Flickr
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Re: The sky’s awake, so I’m awake
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2019, 05:53:28 am »

Great set.

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Re: The sky’s awake, so I’m awake
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2019, 08:31:35 am »

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Re: The sky’s awake, so I’m awake
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2019, 04:42:58 am »

The light in unreal… Well done!
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Re: The sky’s awake, so I’m awake
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2019, 04:52:02 pm »

Nice dancing in the sky, nicely done!
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Re: The sky’s awake, so I’m awake
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2019, 04:58:09 pm »

Wonderful stuff!

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Re: The sky’s awake, so I’m awake
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2019, 05:15:50 pm »

Beautiful work.
Brave photographer !
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Re: The sky’s awake, so I’m awake
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2019, 05:20:46 pm »

I'm quite positive I never encountered a temperature so low in my entire life, the coldest was around-5F-0F with a pretty hefty windchill added (it so happened I was taking pictures too). You are a brave man!

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Re: The sky’s awake, so I’m awake
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2019, 12:30:19 pm »

Some beautiful captures here. Congratulations on your success at -35C. I know from experience how utterly difficult that is from near frozen fingers to camera movements that become “slower than molasses in a January”.

Have you considered adding a lens correction to help the trees regain their upright stature? It seems to be a thing now to emphasize the use of a super wide angle (as in ‘Gee, look what lens I have’), but to me, it seems unnecessarily ‘incorrect’ from a nature photography perspective.

However, if it is entirely intentional and you prefer the look, then ignore my conventional perspective.
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Re: The sky’s awake, so I’m awake
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2019, 03:38:46 pm »

Wonderful stuff!

-Dave-

Yes indeed!

Dave
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