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Lee Petersen
Lee Petersen
@leepetersen@alaskan.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Bright moonlight changes how you photograph the aurora.

With a snow-covered foreground, exposure becomes a balancing act. Too long and the snow blows out. Too short and the auroral structure is lost.

Aurora ribbons over Fairbanks, photographed under a bright moon.

I wrote more about camera settings for aurora photography here:
https://www.lwpetersen.com/learn/camera-settings-aurora-photography/

#alaska #auroraborealis #northernlights

Vertical nighttime photograph of bright green aurora ribbons sweeping diagonally across a star-filled sky above a snow-covered spruce forest in Fairbanks, Alaska. The aurora forms long, curved bands with layered strands and soft gradations of green, with faint hints of purple along the edges. The sky behind the aurora is dark blue and dotted with numerous visible stars.

Below, a dense stand of spruce trees fills the lower portion of the image. Their branches are heavily coated in thick white snow, illuminated by moonlight, giving the forest a soft, glowing appearance. The trees vary in height, with pointed tops reaching upward toward the aurora-filled sky.
Vertical nighttime photograph of bright green aurora ribbons sweeping diagonally across a star-filled sky above a snow-covered spruce forest in Fairbanks, Alaska. The aurora forms long, curved bands with layered strands and soft gradations of green, with faint hints of purple along the edges. The sky behind the aurora is dark blue and dotted with numerous visible stars. Below, a dense stand of spruce trees fills the lower portion of the image. Their branches are heavily coated in thick white snow, illuminated by moonlight, giving the forest a soft, glowing appearance. The trees vary in height, with pointed tops reaching upward toward the aurora-filled sky.
Vertical nighttime photograph of bright green aurora ribbons sweeping diagonally across a star-filled sky above a snow-covered spruce forest in Fairbanks, Alaska. The aurora forms long, curved bands with layered strands and soft gradations of green, with faint hints of purple along the edges. The sky behind the aurora is dark blue and dotted with numerous visible stars. Below, a dense stand of spruce trees fills the lower portion of the image. Their branches are heavily coated in thick white snow, illuminated by moonlight, giving the forest a soft, glowing appearance. The trees vary in height, with pointed tops reaching upward toward the aurora-filled sky.
Lee Petersen

Camera Settings For Aurora Photography – How to Take Great Northern Lights Photos

What are the right aperture, shutter speed, ISO camera settings for aurora photography? How to photograph the northern lights with examples. Article 1: settings
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