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I just returned from an amazing fews days up in Yellowknife Canada located in the northern part of the Northwest Territories I believe 62 degrees Lat. . These are some of the images from a span of 3 nights. We were out shooting between approx 10:00 pm and 2:00 am. Yellowknife is located in the Aurora belt and is one of the (4) best locations in the world for viewing the Aurora. As you know the whole thing is always hit and miss and in fact the 2nd night we did not see anything, the 3rd night we were socked in with clouds and had to move ahead of the front then by sheer luck the sky cleared and we had a window of approx 10 min when it was really showing. Since i did not have the luxury of knowing the area I created all these comps on the fly so you take what you can get. These are all shot with a 5D3 , the camera preformed remarkably well in the conditions very low noise with relatively high iso and freezing cold between 10-40 below zero, some luminance noise reduction was also applied in LR5. A terrific resource was a book I read by an Alaskan based photographer Patrick Enders called "How to Photograph the Northern Lights" . I have more to share and this is my first time shooting the Aurora so any and all comments are welcome and appreciated. They were shot with no moon so I have kept them dark to try and represent the actual light that was present, but am curious to know if you feel I need bring them up at all.
Thanks for viewing, Dean

#1
http://dc-photography.smugmug.com/Other/Aurora-Jan-2014-Yellowknife/i-pLh5V9J/0/XL/_19A2961-2-XL.jpg
#2
http://dc-photography.smugmug.com/Other/Aurora-Jan-2014-Yellowknife/i-VzCTLbG/0/XL/_19A2849-2-XL.jpg
#3
http://dc-photography.smugmug.com/Other/Aurora-Jan-2014-Yellowknife/i-29RPMvC/0/XL/_19A2959-2-XL.jpg
#4
http://dc-photography.smugmug.com/Other/Aurora-Jan-2014-Yellowknife/i-G6khDj9/0/XL/_19A2851-2-XL.jpg



Feb 04, 2014 at 09:01 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Aurora from way up North...


Dean,
Very nice stuff man. The 1st and last one for me. Awesome series. Looking forward to more of this trip.



Feb 04, 2014 at 09:11 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Aurora from way up North...


im digging number 3
annnnd #4
good stuff



Feb 04, 2014 at 09:31 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Aurora from way up North...


Hey Dean,

How amazing! I sure want to get up there some time and shoot the northern lights also. My favorites here are #2 and 4.

Jim



Feb 04, 2014 at 10:36 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Aurora from way up North...


These are terrific Dean. 1, 2 and 4 are my favorites.
Harsha



Feb 04, 2014 at 10:46 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Aurora from way up North...


Very cool, how long were the exposures?


Feb 04, 2014 at 11:57 PM
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So beautiful! Love 1, 2, 3, & 4. There's nothing like being in the wilderness. I sure know what -40 feels like, so hope you didn't suffer too much.


Feb 05, 2014 at 03:32 AM
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Excellent looking shots..pretty much all are spectacular.


Feb 05, 2014 at 03:29 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Aurora from way up North...


Really nice, Dean. Thanks for sharing the pictures and the story.


Feb 05, 2014 at 07:59 PM
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Really nice.


Feb 05, 2014 at 08:03 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Aurora from way up North...


Nice work Dean! Really like the fourth image. Very cool!



Feb 05, 2014 at 09:00 PM
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Awesome! Finding and shooting some Northern Lights like this is something that's on my bucket list. Great shots!



Feb 05, 2014 at 09:56 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Aurora from way up North...


these are beauties Dean


Feb 06, 2014 at 03:40 AM
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Thanks everybody for the comments and feedback it's greatly appreciated.

Gooutside: the exposures ranged from 4-25 sec .
#1 13 sec.
#2 25 sec
#3 20 sec
#4 4 sec

Regards,
Dean



Feb 06, 2014 at 07:01 PM
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#3 and #4 are my favorites. That must have been wonderful to see!


Feb 06, 2014 at 07:30 PM





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