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Title: Here's something you don't see every night
Post by: rodekyll on October 05, 2015, 07:55:50 AM: Misc photos from tonight.

(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd10/rodekyll1/misc/auroras/10-4-15-1-smoker-dumb_zps0euyvups.jpg) (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/rodekyll1/media/misc/auroras/10-4-15-1-smoker-dumb_zps0euyvups.jpg.html)

(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd10/rodekyll1/misc/auroras/10-4-15-1-4-dumb_zps76sjhv5a.jpg) (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/rodekyll1/media/misc/auroras/10-4-15-1-4-dumb_zps76sjhv5a.jpg.html)

(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd10/rodekyll1/10-4-15-2-moonrise1-dumb_zpsw3pxhego.jpg) (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/rodekyll1/media/10-4-15-2-moonrise1-dumb_zpsw3pxhego.jpg.html)
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Post by: John A on October 05, 2015, 08:01:00 AM: Beauty
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Post by: oldbike54 on October 05, 2015, 08:59:37 AM: WOW !

Dusty
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Post by: StuCorpe on October 05, 2015, 09:01:21 AM: Nice! :grin:
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Post by: Bill Hagan on October 05, 2015, 09:05:55 AM: Stunning.

Thanks.

Bill (and Kathi said to thank you, too :laugh:)
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Post by: rboe on October 05, 2015, 09:16:08 AM: You've got some serious skills there.
:bow:
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Post by: Nic in Western NYS on October 05, 2015, 09:22:18 AM: Fantastic aurora shots. Is that a airplane contrail in the top shot? Sometimes meteors leave burnout trails.
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Post by: GuzziKevin on October 05, 2015, 09:59:38 AM: Those are AWESOME! :bow:
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Post by: Guzzistajohn on October 05, 2015, 10:18:54 AM: Very nice! That's something I don't see ANY night!
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Post by: LowRyter on October 05, 2015, 10:19:45 AM: wow
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Post by: Chuck in Indiana on October 05, 2015, 10:35:03 AM: Quote from: rboe on October 05, 2015, 09:16:08 AM
You've got some serious skills there.
:bow:

<ATE/1> Naw.. all you have to do is point the camera in the general direction and start tripping the shutter. <ATE/0)>

I (and Dorcia) say awesome. :thumb:
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Post by: Sasquatch Jim on October 05, 2015, 10:41:30 AM: So you finally got that old microwave to attract the rory bory huh?
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Post by: Moto on October 05, 2015, 12:12:03 PM: Wow. You should sell prints. Do you?
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Post by: Matteo on October 05, 2015, 12:13:47 PM: Very nice Dave!
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Post by: Muzz on October 05, 2015, 12:49:58 PM: Seriously impressive. thanks RK. :thumb:
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Post by: John A on October 05, 2015, 01:00:41 PM: It's left everyone speechless!
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Post by: rodekyll on October 05, 2015, 03:06:02 PM: Quote from: Nic in Western NC on October 05, 2015, 09:22:18 AM
Fantastic aurora shots. Is that a airplane contrail in the top shot? Sometimes meteors leave burnout trails.
It's either a contrail or a genuine UFO in the process of a hard landing. :laugh:

The contrail became visible as the moon was rising behind the hill. I waited for the brightening effect of the moon on the vapor to reach the end of the trail and then took the frame. As the moon rose to clear the hill, the contrail moved into the path of the rising moon. They met at the tip of the hill in pic#3. So it's all just the trickery of light and glass.

Here's one from two nights ago:

(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd10/rodekyll1/10-3-15-1-dumb_zpswuwgghnk.jpg) (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/rodekyll1/media/10-3-15-1-dumb_zpswuwgghnk.jpg.html)
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Post by: Bill N on October 05, 2015, 03:41:43 PM: The spear of death thrown directly into poor Orion's heart . Great picture probably the best aurora picture I've seen.
Thanks, Bill
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Post by: Nic in Western NYS on October 05, 2015, 04:12:37 PM: Quote from: Bill N on October 05, 2015, 03:41:43 PM
The spear of death thrown directly into poor Orion's heart . Great picture probably the best aurora picture I've seen.
Thanks, Bill
Rock on with the Spear of Death! Sweet! If you trace it back, it came from near Ursa Major (Great Bear doing one on the Hunter.)
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Post by: lucian on October 05, 2015, 06:22:00 PM: I always wondered if he was from another planet. :grin: Beautiful shots wherever there from. :thumb:
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Post by: lucydad on October 05, 2015, 07:20:17 PM: Amazing...been years...well done!
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Post by: jackson on October 05, 2015, 07:27:32 PM: Fantastic! :thumb: :thumb:
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Post by: mgfan on October 05, 2015, 10:54:28 PM: Very nice, but I still don't want to live there. :boozing:
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Post by: guzziboy66 on October 06, 2015, 07:19:08 AM: WOW. Thanks for sharing.

Eric
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Post by: oldbike54 on October 06, 2015, 07:29:50 AM: Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on October 05, 2015, 10:35:03 AM
<ATE/1> Naw.. all you have to do is point the camera in the general direction and start tripping the shutter. <ATE/0)>

I (and Dorcia) say awesome. :thumb:

:evil: :laugh: :evil: :laugh: :evil: :laugh:

Dusty
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Post by: charlie b on October 06, 2015, 07:47:25 AM: Quote from: Moto on October 05, 2015, 12:12:03 PM
Wow. You should sell prints. Do you?

I agree. Those (and some of the others on your bucket page) are simply stunning.

I'd like to have or make prints of a few of them.
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Post by: Guzzistajohn on October 06, 2015, 11:28:57 AM: Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on October 05, 2015, 10:35:03 AM
<ATE/1> Naw.. all you have to do is point the camera in the general direction and start tripping the shutter. <ATE/0)>

I remember that comment, that ATE, he was quite a guy. :thumb: Missed?................... .....not.

I (and Dorcia) say awesome. :thumb:
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Post by: Zoom Zoom on October 06, 2015, 07:24:00 PM: Awe inspiring indeed! Thanks RK.

John Henry
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Post by: rodekyll on October 06, 2015, 07:32:30 PM: Quote from: charlie b on October 06, 2015, 07:47:25 AM
I agree. Those (and some of the others on your bucket page) are simply stunning.

I'd like to have or make prints of a few of them.

I do sell prints, although my business for that (Media Rare) has gone a bit feral since my partner quit. I used to do a calendar every year and also wall art and note cards. I did all the production and she was supposed to do the selling. I've kept up my end, but somehow I can't get past the part where the marketing was her job. :cry: At some point I'll have to start 'mining' my Alaskana photowork to finance my retirement. I'll come to terms with it then.

I don't want to make luap's forum my active storefront. But since you asked, if someone is interested in these or any others (tiny set of samples here http://s226.photobucket.com/user/rodekyll1/library/misc/auroras?sort=3&page=1 but I have literally thousands of photos) PM me. Please don't copy or 'buy' from the photobucket website. It works out well for everyone but me. :)
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Post by: Yukonica on October 06, 2015, 11:53:57 PM: Nice image, #1. Well timed.
congratulations on a unique view.
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Post by: Tom on October 07, 2015, 03:07:54 AM: Great photos. Thanks. We only have boring stuff out here....like just stars.
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Post by: rodekyll on October 07, 2015, 03:55:20 AM: Yeah, the stars can be boring.

(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd10/rodekyll1/misc/auroras/10-3-15-4-dumb_zpsxqy3ejkd.jpg) (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/rodekyll1/media/misc/auroras/10-3-15-4-dumb_zpsxqy3ejkd.jpg.html)

or not.

I show people pictures like this one and they ask "What are all the bits of crud from?" :rolleyes:
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Post by: Yukonica on October 07, 2015, 08:25:49 AM: What software are you using for post? I was on Aperture until i upgraded the OS to Yosemite and Apple graciously migrated all my albums to their POS Photos without so much as a 'please, may I'. I'm not going into the Cloud to pay monthly for software so I've been running Aperture through Terminal.
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Post by: rodekyll on October 07, 2015, 04:23:18 PM: I am using photoshop LE on my W7 computer for this. The mac won't run my film scanners, so this is my photo production machine.

It has been a phenomenal week for the lights, even though Sitka has not been the best venue. They were out again last night. I went up the hill early (9:PM) and was socked in, although I could see lights behind the clouds. I finally hiked back down after midnight with no serious shooting done (although I had fun lighting up foregrounds with a flashlight). Come 3:30 AM the cloud cover lifted, so I went to different parts of the road system until dawn, shooting from the roadside. Here are a few cloud-ridden pics.

(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd10/rodekyll1/misc/auroras/10-6-15-1_zpsdfje1n7f.jpg) (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/rodekyll1/media/misc/auroras/10-6-15-1_zpsdfje1n7f.jpg.html)

(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd10/rodekyll1/misc/auroras/10-6-15-3-dumb_zpsodlqs2la.jpg) (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/rodekyll1/media/misc/auroras/10-6-15-3-dumb_zpsodlqs2la.jpg.html)

(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd10/rodekyll1/misc/auroras/10-6-15-2-dumb_zpsax96ntia.jpg) (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/rodekyll1/media/misc/auroras/10-6-15-2-dumb_zpsax96ntia.jpg.html)

(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd10/rodekyll1/misc/auroras/10-6-15-4-dumb_zpso27zihgh.jpg) (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/rodekyll1/media/misc/auroras/10-6-15-4-dumb_zpso27zihgh.jpg.html)
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Post by: radguzzi on October 07, 2015, 06:08:27 PM: Beautiful images rodekyll. :thumb:
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Post by: LowRyter on October 07, 2015, 07:54:19 PM: RK's a little modest.

He puts together calendars with his photographs. True.
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Post by: rodekyll on October 07, 2015, 07:58:56 PM: True, indeed. But if you look at it from the point of view (haha) that all I have to do is point a lens in the general direction of up and randomly work the shutter, there's not a lot to brag about.
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Post by: Yukonica on October 08, 2015, 01:14:30 AM: Quote from: rodekyll on October 07, 2015, 07:58:56 PM
True, indeed. But if you look at it from the point of view (haha) that all I have to do is point a lens in the general direction of up and randomly work the shutter, there's not a lot to brag about.
There is a certain truth to your humility but the other side is: if you don't make the effort nothing is made.
This has been a good week for aurora for sure. I'm enjoying looking at it as I write. For whatever reason, I haven't been in the frame of mind to go out and create an image. Thank you for sharing your vision of the energy above us.
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Post by: rodekyll on October 08, 2015, 03:57:38 AM: It's stormy here tonight. Zero visibility.
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Post by: Chuck in Indiana on October 08, 2015, 05:44:33 AM: Quote from: rodekyll on October 07, 2015, 07:58:56 PM
True, indeed. But if you look at it from the point of view (haha) that all I have to do is point a lens in the general direction of up and randomly work the shutter, there's not a lot to brag about.

True.. true.. :cool: :smiley:
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Post by: Clancy on October 08, 2015, 05:56:29 AM: Thanks for the reminder of how awesome this planet is!

We've had some great pics of Aurora Australis coming out of Tasmania this week, so there's definitely something in the air.
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Post by: Tom on October 08, 2015, 10:41:20 PM: Quote from: rodekyll on October 07, 2015, 03:55:20 AM
Yeah, the stars can be boring.

(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd10/rodekyll1/misc/auroras/10-3-15-4-dumb_zpsxqy3ejkd.jpg) (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/rodekyll1/media/misc/auroras/10-3-15-4-dumb_zpsxqy3ejkd.jpg.html)

or not.

I show people pictures like this one and they ask "What are all the bits of crud from?" :rolleyes:

We only get B/W.