Northern Minnesota Northern Lights

[JimFox]

This was from Sunday night. It's been a great fall color trip to Minnesota/Wisconsin/Michigan. In 10 days I had captured the Northern Lights 4 nights. Now none of them were the epic mind blowing displays that I have captured from here in the past. They were simply the I rarely see mind blowing displays. There were some pillars and dancing but nothing overhead. Again though, I was jazzed and all that.

Nikon D850
Sigma 14mm f1.8
ISO 3200
f1.8
10 seconds (Faster because the Aurora is bright)

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[AlanLichty]

The reflections and the silhouetted trees in front of the aurora take center stage here and the result is quite nice. Not having a nuclear aurora sometimes has its benefits.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Maybe not epic based on a comparison with your experience of the past. I would be very happy if I got this. I like the light and the reflection.

 

[JimFox]

The reflections and the silhouetted trees in front of the aurora take center stage here and the result is quite nice. Not having a nuclear aurora sometimes has its benefits.

Thanks so much Alan! The locals who I know who see all of the Auroras got bored with this one. But I don't get to see that many, so I was jazzed by this.

 

[JimFox]

Maybe not epic based on a comparison with your experience of the past. I would be very happy if I got this. I like the light and the reflection.

Thanks Jameel, that's what I felt. So while I recognize I have gotten better, i was so enjoying what I was getting I never had an ounce of regret.