Night Lights...

[Dean]

Since this is a big week for events in the sky I thought these might be appropriate. Theses are all from an amazing night I had a few falls ago up in Yellowknife Canada . Some may have sen these posted in another forum a few years ago but for those who have not I hope you enjoy. These along with 8 others from the same trip were show at an exhibition of the same title in a gallery locally where we raised money for a local food bank all proceeds from the sales as well as a large metal print were actioned off. I think of it as photography for the good of humanity .
All comments are welcome and thanks for viewing regards, Dean

 

[MayD]

Wow! Great set. I hope you were able to raise enough funds with these photos. I commend you for your photos and your charitable work.

 

[Kyle Jones]

Those are just beautiful. Each time I try to pick a favorite I fail

 

[JimFox]

Hey Dean,

Such crazy cool shots here! The first and the last are my favorites. Especially the last one with what looks like a sunrise or sunset poking some light under the clouds on the right. That is a special shot.

While Iceland is still on my list of places to go, Yellowknife is a place where I have seen some great shots like this of the aurora. Almost all of the ones I have seen though have been in the winter with lots of snow. I actually like these better I think without the snow. When did you go and shoot these? Was it a planned trip, or were you watching the forecasts on the solar flares and just booked a last minute flight up there?

Jim

 

[Ute]

Wonderful aurora images. I can never get enough of them!

 

[Dean]

Thanks Everyone ! it was a fun night.

Jim,
This was a planned trip, actually my 3rd to the location. The first was in the winter with conditions of minus 40 special winter gear etc, etc. the results were cool (no pun intended) however not what I was really after. Yellowknife is one of the top 4 spots in the world to see the lights and very accessible. Since the lights show almost all the time there as long as it's dark , keep in mind its about 250 miles south of the arctic circle so mostly light in the summer but starts to get dark in Aug. I planned my second trip for September the following year in the peak of the fall color in case I did not get lights it would not be a total loss with much more favorable temp conditions. That trip was good and even had a major solar storm predicted however the lights were mild and still not what I wanted. Hence the 3rd trip (3 times a charm) the lakes are not frozen and they were planned as a strong compositional element to the shots IE reflection, something you don't get at minus 40 . I headed out at 9:30ish that night and they sky started lighting up with amazing Aurora . I had scouted these lakes on the previous trip and everything just fell into place.
If anybody who may read this is thinking about heading to this location let me know via PM and I will be happy to share more info for your planning with you.
Regards,
Dean

 

[AlanLichty]

Jaw dropping - if I had to choose amongst them the second one and the last keep floating to the top. The intensity of the light and the reflections in the second one jump out for my eyes and the atmospherics in the last one are a visual delight.

Seeing these lights are something on my bucket list so for now I will have to live vicariously through images like yours. Thanks for sharing them.

 

[Bob Israel]

Dean, Just Wow!

 

[Dan Moorehead]

Unbelievably good!

 

[Sue Gilbert]

Love the colors!

 

[JimFox]

Well Dean, You have me plotting out the drive to Yellowknife now... Flying would be too easy! I am seeing that when I am in Colorado shooting fall colors, it's only 1 day and 10 hours to drive to Yellowknife according to my iPhone... hmmm, maybe run up there the beginning of October after shooting the fall colors in Colorado? Hmmm....