KTJohnson Loc: Northern Michigan

I got a tip there might be some activity last night, so I got stuff ready and waited. And waited. And waited. Nothing by 01:30 am so I went to bed.

Woke up a bit after six this morning, Dec. 1st & looked out to the north & saw just a touch of red in the sky. So I started taking a few shots. Took about 35 in all, some out of focus & some just not much happening. Playing with exposure, f-stops, ISO & focus, & direction.

First two are from last night, then starting at 06:27 am the rest are about a minute apart & it was changing fast. All over by 06:37 am.

Numbers 6-8 I used Lightroom's Denoise - it works pretty good. In download you can see a big difference.

#1. Last night, almost a full moon on snow-cover made it very bright

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#2. Best from last night, Big Dipper straight North, handle all the way down

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#3. This one at 06:27 am

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#4. O6:29 am 10 sec, f / 4.5, ISO 400, 16mm

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#5. 06:29 am, 6 seconds

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#6. 06:30, 15 seconds

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#7. 06:32, 20 seconds

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#8. 06:34, 20 seconds

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#9. 06:35, 15 seconds, still at f / 4.5, 400 ISO, 16mm

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kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Very nice.

nervous2 Loc: Provo, Utah

Well worth missing a bit of sleep. Very nice.

2buckskin Loc: Wyoming

Worth the effort for sure, and really nice shots. I was prepared for the last 2 nights but was cloudy here in SE Wyoming. There was a brief window around 5:00am 12/1/23 and I'm an early riser but didn't go check missing my chance this time.

badapple Loc: Twin Lake, Michigan

Great shots.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

Very pretty! And love that unique color! Definitely different from the green white and pink that we saw in Coldfoot, AK.

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

Nice captures. It looks cold!

KTJohnson Loc: Northern Michigan

It was in the 20s F.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Astonishingly beautiful 💜🩵💜🩵💜

rlovaglio Loc: Augusta, Maine

It's always easier to comment on the other guy's work. But #7 is the sweetspot, at least my opinion. And truth in packaging, I've never been able to catch the aurora yet. Nice job, congratulations!