Captured during a strong G4 geomagnetic storm in a unusual spot in Iceland
Two exposures blended:
• Sky: 15s | ISO 1600 | f/2
• Foreground: 5s | ISO 3200 | f/2
Canon EOS R
One of the most intense auroras I’ve ever seen in Iceland.
Sony A7V, 14mm, f/1.8, 6s, ISO 2500
Single shot with Astro modified camera. 15 seconds iso 800 20 mm sigma art lens canon 80 d modified
Taken with Sony A7RIII & Sony 16mm 1.8 G lens. 13sec exsposure at 1800ISO
a7RV, tamron 20-40 2.8 at 20mm, tracked 150 second exposure, ISO 320
Forgot to charge the tracker, thus I had to go back to some oldschool stacking of untracked Exposures:
Nikon Z7a with Viltrox 16 1.8.
Sky: 30 x 20s @ ISO 6400 f2.2.
Foreground: 118 s @ ISO 1600
Nikon Z8
20mm 1.8 @1.8, .8s, iso2500
Adobe noise correction
I loved shooting aurora, but I missed having the visual impact of stars that a fog filter provides. I had Claude create a program that would identify stars in a photo, then add a fog effect based on actual star brightness. I'm still trying to gauge how aesthetically beneficial it is, and how much it registers on the cheatometer. Unfogged photo included for comparison.
On the way home had time to pull off the highway and find the last remaining part of a gas station. Shot on a Sony A7ii with a Samyang 24mm f/1.8 @f/1.8 15sec exposure ISO 800.
This abandoned train station in the middle of the Namib Desert could easily be just another forgotten building. But Garub has a lot of history behind it.
Built in 1906, the station became an important water stop on the railway connecting the interior of Namibia with Lüderitz, the diamond mining town on the Atlantic coast.
It also played a role during World War I, when South African and German forces confronted each other in this remote part of the desert.
I’m usually not a big fan of light painting, but this was one of those places that felt like it needed to be brought back to life, even if only for a few seconds.
The station has been abandoned for more than 70 years, surrounded by nothing but desert, silence, and an incredibly dark sky.
And the best part is that the Milky Way aligns almost perfectly with the old station.
Sky: panorama of 4 images at 20 mm. X2 stacked frames at 80 sec. f/2, ISO 1600
Foreground: Panorama of 3 images at 14 mm. 30 sec. f/2.2, ISO 6400. Several images for bracketing lights.
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The sky was perfectly clear when I arrived, but as soon as we set up our equipment, the fog began to roll in.
We spent hours photographing here and there, swallowed by the mist andsurrounded by horses we could barelysee only their presence and the sound of their bells gave them away.
Finally, after midnight, the fog began to change direction. Watching it slowly move through the valleys was a spectacle in itself, revealing and hiding the mountains beneath the stars.
Canon 6D (astromodified) · Canon R · Canon 50mm
Sky: 7 × 120s · ISO 80 · f/2
Hα: 10 × 120s · ISO 3200 · f/2.2
Foreground: 120s · ISO 1600 · f/2
21 Shots composited
Nikon z50 Rokinon 14mm f2.8
ISO 3200
20 sec