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aurora borealis in Oregon
« on: March 19, 2015, 07:55:04 AM »
My first attempt at capturing the aurora borealis. Have never seen them before, but this sure whets my appetite for more! Couldn't see much more than a faint glow to the north, but the long exposures brought out the shapes and colors.  East of Dufur, Oregon on Tygh Ridge at 2:32am 3-18-2015


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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2015, 07:59:04 AM »
Really cool image.
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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2015, 08:08:05 AM »
Very nice. Wish I had checked, but getting up at 0200 to check is problematic when you have to get up at 0430 for work. 

Spokane weather service facebook page posted some pics taken by a couple of reporters from KHQ.  They were out at Reardon taking pics.  KOMO had some nice pics taken by several different photographers around the Puget Sound region.
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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2015, 08:21:07 AM »
Nice.  :tup:
Did you get any shots with the old School house in them?

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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2015, 08:30:43 AM »
Cool pic. :tup:
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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2015, 08:53:36 AM »
Nice.  :tup:
Did you get any shots with the old School house in them?

I did, but I had to watch where I set up or all the red lights from the damn windmills were blasting the foreground.   :bash:

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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2015, 02:23:22 PM »
Wow man!! That last shot is awesome!

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« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2015, 02:30:45 PM »
Sweet!  :tup:

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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2015, 03:18:28 PM »
Not bad for a ol cutter... Very cool pics Ron, I've enjoyed your pics for years, keep it up!!! Later
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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2015, 05:37:39 PM »
Nice.  :tup:
Did you get any shots with the old School house in them?

I did, but I had to watch where I set up or all the red lights from the damn windmills were blasting the foreground.   :bash:




Wow,nice photo!   Frame worthy.
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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2015, 06:10:12 PM »
Not bad for a ol cutter... Very cool pics Ron, I've enjoyed your pics for years, keep it up!!! Later
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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2015, 06:18:33 PM »
Very Nice!  :tup:
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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2015, 08:32:55 PM »
Outstanding. Thanks for sharing.  :tup:

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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2015, 12:11:48 PM »
Thanks guys!  I've seen so many awesome pics from the northern latitudes this week...bout ready to book a flight to Finland!   :chuckle:

Not bad for a ol cutter... Very cool pics Ron, I've enjoyed your pics for years, keep it up!!! Later

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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2015, 10:15:16 AM »
Fantastic shot!!!!

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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #15 on: March 30, 2015, 11:43:41 AM »
Those are fantastic.  i think I need a better tripod.  I tried some images oh, probably a couple months ago (time flies) of the comet, and everything was too shaky.   NICE :tup:

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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #16 on: March 30, 2015, 12:17:36 PM »
Nice shots Ron. What settings did you use?

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« Reply #17 on: March 30, 2015, 12:20:23 PM »
 8) COOL PICS. :tup:
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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #18 on: March 30, 2015, 02:22:42 PM »
Love the pics! Traveling to Alaska to see this up close is on my bucket list.

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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #19 on: March 31, 2015, 06:28:43 AM »
Thanks folks!

Those are fantastic.  i think I need a better tripod.  I tried some images oh, probably a couple months ago (time flies) of the comet, and everything was too shaky.   NICE :tup:

I have a BIG Gitzo tripod I bought years ago for holding my heavy 400mm f3.5 manual lens.  Has a heavy duty FOBA ballhead on it.  Big and cumbersome, but IT IS sturdy!   :IBCOOL:
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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #20 on: March 31, 2015, 06:30:53 AM »
Love the pics! Traveling to Alaska to see this up close is on my bucket list.

I've seen so many great aurora pics lately, a trip up north is something I NEED to do at least once in this lifetime!   :tup:
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Re: aurora borealis in Oregon
« Reply #21 on: March 31, 2015, 07:31:22 AM »
My daughter had soccer training over in Seattle this weekend.  We stopped by glazers.  There were some awesome tripods there.  Next trip it's on my list.  I've been blessed by seeing some incredible aurora, but have yet to document any of them very well.

 


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