The northern lights, otherwise known as aurora borealis, are the winter-time spectacle that sees northern skies filled with incredible dancing lights. Caused by the interaction of photons exciting the gas molecules in Earth’s atmosphere, they can appear as green, pink, or blue.
Photographing them is near the top of almost all photographers’ wish lists, but […]. petapixel.com
Dave Morrow shares his expert tips on photographing the Northern Lights, from planning to post-processing. The post Northern Lights Photography | The Essential Guide for Beginners appeared first on 500px. iso.500px.com »
2019-11-13 16:51
The grandeur of the Northern Lights is high up on the bucket list of travel and landscape photographers, so we're not surprised if it's already on your plans for the winter. Of course, you'll want to bring home with you some stunning photos as keepsakes of the spectacular experience. thephoblographer.com »
2019-11-12 11:00
The latest crop of smartphones all feature incredible low-light photography modes that can capture things that were unthinkable just one year ago. Case in point: Zach Honig, Editor-at-Large of The Points Guy, recently captured the Northern Lights in Coldfoot, AK using just an iPhone 11 Pro Max… handheld! Honig shared his experience on his popular […] petapixel.com »
2019-10-18 19:03
Photographer Pierre T. Lambert got very lucky on a flight from Chicago to Seoul, South Korea recently. While flying near the arctic circle, he decided to just… try taking a photo out of his airplane window. petapixel.com »
2019-10-11 19:56
Dave Morrow shares his expert tips on photographing the Northern Lights, from planning to post-processing. The post Everything You Need to Know About Photographing The Northern Lights appeared first on 500px Blog. iso.500px.com »
2019-10-05 15:51
In December 2014, I decided that I wanted to practice shooting the night sky in order to expand my photography skills. Of course, I made every possible mistake. My compositions were completely off, I severely underexposed or blew out the sky and the images were not sharp. At the end of that month, I headed […] petapixel.com »
2019-05-13 21:18
I just got this mail from Bryan: My name is Bryan Chan, representing a group of aerospace researchers and engineers called Night Crew Labs. I’m writing to share a story and video about sending a Sony a7S to near-space to film the aurora borealis (northern lights) from the stratosphere, for the first time ever! The […] The post Sending a Sony a7S to the stratosphere to film the Northern Lights appeared first on sonyalpharumors. sonyalpharumors.com »
2017-05-09 14:38
Dale, 34, has been carrying the idea of proposing to Karlie, 29, under the Aurora Borealis for five years. "I hadn't heard or seen anyone do it before, and I wanted to do something different from everybody else," he said. boredpanda.com »
2017-03-09 18:25
On New Year’s Eve, you might think the people in Times Square were treated to the best light show… but you’d be wrong. Photographer Aryeh Nirenberg, enjoying a full row of seats on his flight from JFK to Reykjavik, Iceland, was treated to a more spectacular show. New Year’s Eve might be the only night […] petapixel.com »
2017-01-18 01:02
Capturing the Northern Lights in real time only recently became doable, with beautiful videos like this one popping up to show the potential of cameras that can handle high-ISO with low noise. But the folks at OZZO Photography took this idea to new heights… literally. They strapped a Sony a7S II to a drone and […] petapixel.com »
2016-08-26 18:28
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