Northern Lights, a photo from Quebec, Central

Photographer's Note

This is shot of Northern Lights (Aurore Boréal). It's quality isn't perfect, but considering that in the 3 years that I lived above the 54th parralel, it took me many, many rolls of film before I could get one good picture of this phenomene, I like it...
The colors of this picture are original. They appear in many colors but I haven't seen many with so much red. They are usually greenish and are more frequent on very cold nights. On this perticular night, the thermometre registered minus 41 celcuis. Not a great night to handle a metal tripod with bear hands...

Jeppe, hispic, ngythanh, Traveller, plimrn, bebep, rajhema oznaczył to zdjęcie jeko użyteczne

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steeve (1497) 2003-08-08 15:50

Nice shot dude.

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Didi (61569) 2003-08-08 15:52

C'est tellement rare de voir ces les aurores boréales en photo. Ici en France nous n'avons pas la chance de pouvoir les observer.
J'aimerai bien connaître le temps de pause pour f/2.8.
Le fait de voir la constellation en superposition sur le phénomčne augmente la beauté de l'image. J'éspčre en voir d'autres.

TheUnknown (277) 2003-08-08 16:35

Nice shot but there seems to be quite a large amount of noise. Perhaps you should try running it through Neat Image?

RobBrown (1797) 2003-08-08 17:17

Well I just love this image the colours are superb, the gaininess I think is part of the picture considering the conditions it was taken under.
it would be nice to know what speed/ F no. and ASA you used for this one?

ninadev (5377) 2003-08-08 17:26

Impressive northern lights, I've seen one some years ago, lasted about 45 minutes but never that red. I like that we see the top of the trees in your shot, it really makes it a picture of something that touches the earth.

nmess (2301) 2003-08-08 18:01

This is a great image of the norther lights. I like the framing that includes the trees. The graininess of the picture doesn't detract much, but given the circumstance, I doubt many could do better. Nice job.

momshu (505) 2003-08-08 23:36

Great timing for this wonderful shot of the northern lights.With hot days & cool nights there are reports of lights across the country. Well done!

kentokyo (559) 2003-08-09 19:57

Big smiley for your effort! I heard that it's very difficult to get these kinds of photos!
This is one subject that I would love to take in the future!
p.s. I guess you have enough justification on getting a carbon tripod!!

technogran (1339) 2003-08-09 23:41

This is a wonderful shot of the Northern Lights, I would like to actually see them some day. The colours are great and it is nice composition given the circumstances under which it was taken. I tried to tidy it up a bit (take out the spots) and posted a Workshop.

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MarcusM (168) 2003-08-23 21:08

Really nice shot. The red/purple lights are very beautiful. The pine trees at the bottom of the picture act like a good reference object and allow us to understand the phenomena amplitude. Very good.

padam (186) 2003-10-01 6:44

The picture is not perfect technically, but you managed to give a fantastic atmosphere in this picture, quite surrealist. I imagine how difficult it should be to take such a picture, but you succeeded. Very well done.
As others pointed out before, it would be interesting to know the speed you used.

avigur_11 (22535) 2003-10-01 6:57

Paul, It's a great atmosphre, I dont know how I missed it until now.
Technicaly, it's not perfect, but this is the reason IT IS perfect (hope u understant what I mean).

Excellent shot.
(I'll try to WS later)

AlainB (78) 2003-10-09 0:04

C'est trop beau, félicitation.

Porteplume (3996) 2003-11-07 14:21

Maybe the quality isn't perfect indeed... But thank you for having photographed it though, and letting us dream of those silky pink nights...

Very well done Paul!

Isabeau (105) 2004-01-18 12:20

J'en ai le souffle coupé!
M A G N I F I Q U E ! ! ! !
Les couleurs sont splendides, je ne savais pas qu'une aurore boréale pouvait avoir une autre couleur que le vert.
Merci pour la petite note.
Félicitations!

Jeppe (18654) 2004-05-04 12:31

Oh wonderful sight - I have seen Northern Light in Denmark a couple of times - but never as beautiful as this - and never red. Thanks for sharing this great sight Paul - too bad it cost you cold fingers.

ngythanh (8458) 2004-11-19 10:43

I wish there is more room for the ground to give us the idea of dimension and size.

sayzey (2358) 2005-07-22 6:51

Wow I am always in awe of Northern lights photos! I love the colours. I cant wait to see this phenomenon one day! Well done for braving the cold!

Traveller (672) 2006-01-20 16:36 [Comment]

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furja (127) 2006-09-11 11:49 [Comment]

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cobraphil8 (84) 2006-10-18 3:14

Bonjour Paul,
męme si la qualité n'était pas au sommet (bien amélioré dans le WS), quel moment incroyable...
Les aurores boréales sont vraiment un spectacle fabuleux, on se croirait devant un ballet totalement improvisé.
Bonne journée
Philippe

mateosite (610) 2007-01-14 19:27

nice photo but too bright

rajhema (1873) 2007-05-20 10:00

Spectacular colors Paul. Although grainy, its beautiful. I too remember seeing green lights only. this red is mesmerising.
TFS
Rajesh

Photo Information

Copyright: Paul Leduc (PLD_images) (7149)
Genre: Miejsca
Medium: Kolorowe
Date Taken: 2002-02-18
Categories: Natura
Camera: Minolta X700, 28-70mm f 2.8
Details: Tripod: Yes
Wersja zdjęcia: Oryginalna wersja, Workshop
Temat(y): Lightning / Atmospheric Phenomena, Natural Phenomena [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2003-08-08 15:33