Northern Lights
The aurora was really putting on a show. Shot the night of 11-28-2022, near Knik River
Mountain Topper
When the aurora has to compete with a nearly full moon, the aurora usually suffers by way of color fade. Even though this was a very strong aurora it could not match the moon's intensity. I call this Moon Fade.
I had to get down into the marsh for this shot. Luckily I have waterproof boots.
6 am on my street.10/21-22/2022
Aurora storm 2
Just another sky full of auroras
Following old animal tracks on our hunt for northern lights. In our hunt we captured a shooting star.
Corona of the northern lights storm from March 30th.
Snowdrifts and trees
Fill the skly
Surprise auroras last night/this morning at 3ish am. I grabbed my winter gear and dashed out the door at around 2:45am. It took me about 10 minutes to get to this spot, but just as I did the lights begin to become more active. With the almost full moon shining bright, the auroras really had to try hard to be seen. I think they did okay. Added bonus in the foreground was finding this windswept patterns in the snow to compliment the background
Potter Marsh looking towards Anchorage
Potter Marsh looking towards Anchorage. 10/21-22/2022
This was the view of the sky on my street this morning just after 6am. I was just getting home from an Aurora tour. As you can tell the guest on my tour had a really good show. 10/21-22/2022
Soomeone burning a little steel wool underr the northern lights
The full moon is great at lighting the landscape. I especially like the way that it creates interesting shadows and light on the snow. Its not so great when you are trying to see the auroras.My son looking back at the way we hiked.
My son Marley seeing the northern lights for the first time.
From the banks
A beautiful flowing aurora to match the flowing creek. It was a very cold night. Temperatures averaged -8 F. Seeing the auroras took our minds off of the cold
This was taken bak when we had warmer tiimes here in Alaska. I really liked how the still puddle perfectly reflected the sky above. This shot was taken along the Glenn Highway near Matanuska Glacier on the night of October 4, 2022
Looking up. 10/21-22/2022. Seward highway near Potter Marsh, Anchorage
This was the view of the sky on my street this morning just after 6am. I was just getting home from an Aurora tour. As you can tell the guest on my tour had a really good show.
I thought I'd do something a little different on this image. Instead of spending a ton of time processing the image, I wanted to do something more natural. I literally spent more time fighting the urge to make more adjustment than adjusting. I only made 3 adjustments on this image, nothing else. I darkened the exposure. I raised the shadows up on the mountains and gravel bar. I leveled the picture. That's it. Nothing else. What do you think Should I have done more?
Even with the full moon we got to see a pretty impressive northern lights show. Night of 4/14/2022. Near Tolsona, Alaska
My son Marley seeing the northern lights for the first time.
Alaska Lights
Middle of the creek
Just before the clouds moved the auroras gave us one last burst over the mountains. The ring slowly moved across the sky, from left to right. I wanted the center part of the ring to be above the mountain, but this was the best I could get.
Northern lights with a little assist to help the street lights out.
Potter Marsh, Anchorage 10/21-22/2022
Aurora storm 1
Using the glass like water, I can make one aurora show into two aurora shows. I prefer shooting the northern lights when there is a little cloud cover. It feel that they add another layer of depth. Shot along the Knik River, Butte, Alaska. 08/29/2022
Single stream of aurora intersecting with the moon. 4/14/2022. Tolsona, Alaska
The transition form night to day. The Auroras were still very active as even as the Sun was rising. Shot was taken on Apruil 14th looking bake at Eureka, Alaska
River Fog and auroras
The city lights of Anchorage are glowing brightly behind a patch of cattails. While the auroras dance overhead. I focused my camera on the cattails and the long shadows created by the moon off to my left. Intentionally putting the background slightly out of focus.
Potter Marsh, Anchorage 10/21-22/2022
Aurora storm 2
The full moon sits atop a spruce tree. Even though a full moon can make it hard to see the northern lights, in this case the intensity of the solar storm made it possible to be seen during a full moon.
Matanuska Glacier and the Auroras
The beginning of a special Aurora hunting night. My son has always wanted to go with me on one of my aurora trips. So off we went. Our first stop was the scenic Matanuska overlook. I stopped here because the 97% full moon was the perfect amount of light to light the glacier and surrounding landscape. Added bonus is the auroras sneaking around the mountains, to the left. My son finally got to see the northern lights.
