Out playing in the dark :): Drove out to the country to try a shot of the Northern lights tonight. No luck tho. Almost got stuck in the field tho.:) Came home and played in the yard.:)...

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Drove out to the country to try a shot of the Northern lights tonight. No luck tho. Almost got stuck in the field tho.:) Came home and played in the yard.:)

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SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Looks like fun to me Erv.
My skies are socked in tonight, and rain predicted for tomorrow.
Sigh... :?
So I brought my back yard observatory :roll: indoors and playing inside tonight.

I like your tree foregrounds.
And you got some star trails, too.

:-D

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Thanks Sonny! I sat out in the field for about 2 hours. But didn't see any lights.:( I did have fun trying to get out of the field tho. Have to hit the car wash in the morning. My green truck is now brown.:):)

SonnyE wrote:

Looks like fun to me Erv.
My skies are socked in tonight, and rain predicted for tomorrow.
Sigh... :?
So I brought my back yard observatory :roll: indoors and playing inside tonight.

I like your tree foregrounds.
And you got some star trails, too.

:-D

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

I went scouting two weeks ago Friday.
Wanted to look at some clear sky up the canyon from me. Tried to dodge the mud holes, but my blue truck is still sporting some fling from the expedition.
Found two promising looking spots though. Now if I can get up the gumshon and some clear skies...

It's not dirty...
That's Natural Camouflage. :wink:

northcoast42 Loc: Puget Sound, Washington

Erv wrote:

Drove out to the country to try a shot of the Northern lights tonight. No luck tho. Almost got stuck in the field tho.:) Came home and played in the yard.:)

Nice images Erv. The last with the tree in the foreground and Orion is the sky is very cool! Thanks for sharing.

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Janny wasn't to impressed.:) She thought we were sleeping in the truck for the night.:):) I love to play in the mud. But it sure makes some work getting it clean.:) I took the 78 Ford out last night. It has never been stuck.:) But I am sure my friend will not like the rutts I made in his field.:)

SonnyE wrote:

I went scouting two weeks ago Friday.
Wanted to look at some clear sky up the canyon from me. Tried to dodge the mud holes, but my blue truck is still sporting some fling from the expedition.
Found two promising looking spots though. Now if I can get up the gumshon and some clear skies...

It's not dirty...
That's Natural Camouflage. :wink:

Oknoder Loc: Western North Dakota

How is it you knew beforehand to try shooting the northern lights? I have about four hours of images but since I was attempting to get a good shot of the recent nova in Sagittarius I ended up with quite a few colorful frames but not worthy of posting since there was composition or framing other than a starfield. Thanks and I am glad to hear you didnt get stuck.

Thanks,
Matthew

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Thank you John! It was very clear out and fun to just look at the stars. Was hoping to see the lights, but I guess from the shots I see on TV this morning they were low and not very bright. Orion is my favorite. Went it goes below the horizon I know it is going to get warm.:):)

northcoast42 wrote:

Nice images Erv. The last with the tree in the foreground and Orion is the sky is very cool! Thanks for sharing.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Erv wrote:

Drove out to the country to try a shot of the Northern lights tonight. No luck tho. Almost got stuck in the field tho.:) Came home and played in the yard.:)

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: show off like these alot Erv

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Hi Matthew. We have a very good weather man on the news here and he always talks about the sky shots we can get on different things. And I have a few that take night shots with the big guns.:) That and I am outside a lot looking up.:)

Oknoder wrote:

How is it you knew beforehand to try shooting the northern lights? I have about four hours of images but since I was attempting to get a good shot of the recent nova in Sagittarius I ended up with quite a few colorful frames but not worthy of posting since there was composition or framing other than a starfield. Thanks and I am glad to hear you didnt get stuck.

Thanks,
Matthew

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Thanks Jack! Do you clean trucks? :):) My red and white kind of looks brown and clumpy.:):)

J-SPEIGHT wrote:

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: show off like these alot Erv

dlmorris Loc: Loma Linda, Ca

Not bad shots at all! It's a good learning experience even if you don't get what you went out after! Just wondering about the brown skies, and wonder if you could PP them to get a more natural looking gray or blue?

dlmorris Loc: Loma Linda, Ca

Hi Erv,
Somehow my original post didn't make it, so I'll try again. I liked your shots, and it is good practice even if you don't achieve your original goal. I was wondering, though, about your brown sky, so decided to do a little simple PP on one of them. Hope that is ok. What do you think?

Adjusted color temperature a bit

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Erv wrote:

Thanks Jack! Do you clean trucks? :):) My red and white kind of looks brown and clumpy.:):)

Your truck is green

Camshy Loc: Erie Michigan

Erv wrote:

Drove out to the country to try a shot of the Northern lights tonight. No luck tho. Almost got stuck in the field tho.:) Came home and played in the yard.:)

Nice, it was too cold here to just stand outside waiting to see the Northern Lights! It was in the 20's