A little Aurora, not much Borealis.....

Posted by Mark Picard on Fri Mar 20, 2015 11:21 am

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Went out last night in the hopes of catching some color above Mt. Katahdin in Northern Maine. Well it wasn't as spectactular as I had hoped for, but still worth the effort. Usually up here when there are alerts for good Borealis it's overcast or snowing! I'll keep trying for those fantastic Icelandic colors!

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D3S, 14-24mm, F2.8 @ 20 sec., ISO 3200

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by JessFindlay on Sat Mar 21, 2015 4:24 pm

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Nicely done, Mark! I would consider cooling down the white balance to get rid of the orange cast in the sky.

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by crw816 on Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:08 pm

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This is super cool Mark! What a unique twist on such an iconic Abol Bridge view of Katahdin. Was the road open or did you have to sled in?

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by John Labrenz on Sun Mar 22, 2015 1:30 am

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Awesome....love aurora images.
It's been a good week for displays....either too cold or too cloudy up here though...

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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:49 am

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Very nice shot. Would definitely experiment with some different whit balance settings to evoke different moods. For me the sky where there is no Aurora seems a bit on the yellow side so a slightly lower white balance setting might give it a more natural look.

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by Mark Picard on Sun Mar 22, 2015 5:54 pm

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E.J. Peiker wrote:Very nice shot. Would definitely experiment with some different whit balance settings to evoke different moods. For me the sky where there is no Aurora seems a bit on the yellow side so a slightly lower white balance setting might give it a more natural look.

Yeah, Being a relative novice at this sort of thing I don't have a clue what the WB setting should look like. I recall that this shot was at 5600K - I thought that might be best, but obviously it'll need some tweaking (no big deal for sure). It was impossible to guess what I was actually seeing for a light source!

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by Chris Kayler on Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:32 pm

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I think a much cooler white balance is needed here to get rid of the orange cast in the sky. That well help a lot! I still haven't seen the aurora. I'm jealous.

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