Wonderful images, Elisemkii, quite remarkable in fact. It's now apparent why Cosina placed this gem inside the Vintage lens designs, rather than conventional lens bodies. They bring a deep sense of tradition to the imagery, something so rare that its users will be self-selected cognoscente.
theopwildebeest wrote:
Nothing special; each image requires a specific approach.
Personally, for landscape/street images I use the monochrome setting of the Zf,
so in LR usually I
increase the contrast (+43),
slightly open the shadows (+20),
increase the blacks (+43) and
clarity (+43)
Scott,
Looks like you were maybe a bit earlier in the night!
We were in Coryell County at a drive in theater and I realized the sky was glowing pink over the intensity of the projector (and the nearby prison complexes). A few minutes later as the movie ended we managed to get back to a darker area of sky and I was glad I had brought my tripod. This is pretty close/accurate to the color/luminance for the naked eye. I didn't quite have time to get a few miles further to a place I'm aware of that has a nice old beat up wooden barn and aeromotor windmill. I hope someone made it to St. Olaf Kirke just a bit north in Bosque County. That would have made a stunning compositional element for the aurora and somewhere I may just plan to go if we have another G4/G5 event that works out like this.
I’m an old man that didn’t feel like staying out late!
It was naked eye visible here in the same way that the Milky Way is very early in the spring, you absolutely cannot look straight at it. It ended up being a huge arc like a rainbow, never did see any pillars, even in long exposures.
huddy wrote:
Scott,
Looks like you were maybe a bit earlier in the night!
We were in Coryell County at a drive in theater and I realized the sky was glowing pink over the intensity of the projector (and the nearby prison complexes). A few minutes later as the movie ended we managed to get back to a darker area of sky and I was glad I had brought my tripod. This is pretty close/accurate to the color/luminance for the naked eye. I didn't quite have time to get a few miles further to a place I'm aware of that has a nice old beat up wooden barn and aeromotor windmill. I hope someone made it to St. Olaf Kirke just a bit north in Bosque County. That would have made a stunning compositional element for the aurora and somewhere I may just plan to go if we have another G4/G5 event that works out like this.
I wasn't lucky enough to get the northern lights but found this shot kind of funny. I had not done any long exposures before and didn't anticipate that the moonlight could cause flaring. A few other shots had neat light trails from airplanes going across so I'll have to try better compositions next time.
