SkyeBaggie
Green veil.
This is an oldie that I have kept back until today. The day after I shot this the socials were awash with aurora shots. Some fantastic landscapes that were well composed with beautiful skies. There was also the plethora of novice shots from people who do not know how to set their ISO, shutter speed and white balance and gave us the Kermit in a blender shots. There are those who, to demonstrate their creativity, move all the sliders to the right. In a week when the Royal family are getting slagged off for having the temerity of publishing an edited family shot, I am not moralising. I have both got the settings wrong and oversaturated images in the past......present.......future!!!
I have cropped this image in post but have left a touch of the moon clipping the top edge above the stones. The point being this was a very bright night and thus the Northern Lights were not showing as a deep green. When friends tell me that they are heading north on holiday, to catch the Aurora, my first, tentative question, is where in its cycle is the moon going to be? So, if you are planning to go on holiday to catch the lights my top tip is to aim to go when the moon is at its smallest in the sky.You can never guarantee seeing the Aurora, but if they do show, you will have a better chance of catching a great show.But, I'm no expert.
Thinking I was being smart, I popped along to these standing stones to get a different foreground, to find a couple of well known local pro's had got there before me!
Green veil.
This is an oldie that I have kept back until today. The day after I shot this the socials were awash with aurora shots. Some fantastic landscapes that were well composed with beautiful skies. There was also the plethora of novice shots from people who do not know how to set their ISO, shutter speed and white balance and gave us the Kermit in a blender shots. There are those who, to demonstrate their creativity, move all the sliders to the right. In a week when the Royal family are getting slagged off for having the temerity of publishing an edited family shot, I am not moralising. I have both got the settings wrong and oversaturated images in the past......present.......future!!!
I have cropped this image in post but have left a touch of the moon clipping the top edge above the stones. The point being this was a very bright night and thus the Northern Lights were not showing as a deep green. When friends tell me that they are heading north on holiday, to catch the Aurora, my first, tentative question, is where in its cycle is the moon going to be? So, if you are planning to go on holiday to catch the lights my top tip is to aim to go when the moon is at its smallest in the sky.You can never guarantee seeing the Aurora, but if they do show, you will have a better chance of catching a great show.But, I'm no expert.
Thinking I was being smart, I popped along to these standing stones to get a different foreground, to find a couple of well known local pro's had got there before me!