Northern Lights
Pink, Purple, and Green Corona
This is the overhead shot I managed to capture as the pink, purple, and green corona passed overhead. I only wished that I had more time to shoot this unique color combo before it disappeared. On this image I had to once again had to adjust the Exposure, highlights, and Saturation way down. I also had to do my normal adjustments of Lens correction, white balance, sharpness. Desides those adjustments nothing else was done to this image.
The end of a great night of auroras in the Portage, Alaska area. shot on 3/20/2021
The auroras are erupting from the mountain along 20 Mile River, Portage, Alaska
Auroras and STEVE glowing over the mountains near Girdwood, Alaska
Denali Overlook in Talkeetna, Alaska
Shooting star crosses in front of a cloudy northern lights filled sky.
The beginning of another season of aurora hunting in South Central Alaska. The beginning of the aurora season has been pretty cloudy. I guess that means there are going to be more roadtrips hunting for the northern lights.
Beautiful sky over the tundra of Alaska
Something a little differnt than the typical landscape northern lights shot. My dream shot would be to get a Alaska railroad locomotive under the auroras. This image was shot at the AK railroad train depot at Portage, Alaska. Taken on the night of 3/19.
Full Sky Aurora - Shot on the night of November 3rd-4th. Near Tolsona , Alaska.
The sky was filled with greens, reds, pinks and purples. The lights were so bright. It was so bright that a person could easily read a book without a light. Shortly after this photo was taken a pack of wolves or coyotes started howling nearby! That's when it dawned on me. I'm standing out in the middle of nowhere , in the open, with wild predators nearby. That's when I decided to change locations.
Nice solid aurora band cuts across the skies of Portage, Alaska.
Auroras captured over 20 Mile River, AK on March 20th, 2021
The end of a long night of aurora hunting along the Seward Highway. The northern lights were starting to die down over Alyeska Ski Resort in Girdwood, Alaska
A very bright half moon had a little competition. The auroras put on a little show in Hatcher Pass. Taken on the night of 9/27-28/2021. Hatcher Pass, Alaska
Love the view of the northern lights from the bridge. I hate that the power lines are in the way
The moon takes center stage on this night.
I had no trouble filling the frame while capturing the amazing northern lights display we had on the night of the 3/19/2021.
The lights were really dancing over Portage Valley, Alaska
This was the big surprise of the night. Where I was at in Tolsona was the perfect spot. The sky suddenly erupted in very fast moving auroras directly overhead. Then suddenly a huge streak of pink and purple racesd across the sky. I was able to get this shot as well as a directly overhead shot of the corona. As soon as the purple raced across the sky it became VERY bright. Almost as if someone turned on a very big lamp with a pink bulb. Everything around me had a pinkish glow to it. Its taken me a a couple of days to figure out how to proccess this image so that it didn't look so oversaturated, unrealistic. I had to desaturate this image down A LOT. I also had to reduce the exposure and highlights down quite a bit as well.
Auroras as I came out of the woods
Auroras as I came out of the woods, during the great show we had on 11/3-4. This was shot along the Glenn Highway in Tolsona, AK.
The auroras have a cool pattern over a frozen lake in Portage, Alaska
Auroras captured over 20 Mile River, AK on March 20th, 2021
The beginning of a surprise Aurora storm over Potter Marsh, Alaska.
Alaska PhotoTreks
A lone angler is late night fishing at the junction of Knik River and Eklutna Tailrace. In the background the northern lights are just barely visible as nautical sunset comes to an end just before 11pm.
This is how I started off my night of aurora hunting. Fully overhead northern lights.
Tonight everything came together perfectly. We had a northern lights display that reached a Kp6. There wasn't a single cloud in the sky. There was a crescent moon that was lighting up the foreground with just the right amount of light. Perfection.
I was sitting on the side of a small frozen lake in Tolsona, Alaska. The auroras were filling the sky from horizon to horizon. The spruce trees behind me made the perfect foreground element to compliment the auroras.
Normally the human eye can not see the red auroras. Last night was the exception. The red was easily visible to the naked eye. Later in the evening the band formed into a red glob that just hung in the sky, just below the milky way . This was shot on the night of 11/3-4.
Taken at the Portage Train Depot in Portage, Alaska. In the distance you can see the orange glow of Anchorage, Alaska peeking from behind the Chugach mountains.
Start of the night auroras at Eklutna Tailrace, Ak
The beginning of a surprise Aurora storm over Potter Marsh, Alaska.
Just a couple of years ago using your phone to capture the northern lights would have been impossible.
Dipper and Auroras over the Great one
The big dipper over the northern lights over Denali. This was taken in Talkeetna, Alaska on August 27, 2021
The moon put up a good fight, but the auroras easily won on this night. This was shot in Portage Valley, AK on the night of 3/19/2021
One of the more interesting formations of the nights of 11/3. I was sitting on the side of a small lake in Tolsona, AK. The lights were starting to become more active after dying down a for a bit. Then suddenly the formation in this image appeared. The first thing I thought was, "That looks just like a broken stained glass window".
I ended up in Tolsona, AK last night.. It was an amazing first time shooting there. The auroras threw everything it had at us last night. I think I saw every type of aurora formation. I also got to see colors that Ihave never seen before. Red being one of those colors.
It was a great night, last March 20th, In Portage, Alaska
Start of the night auroras at Eklutna Tailrace, Ak
The beginning of a surprise Aurora storm over Potter Marsh, Alaska.
Spent a night of driving around trying to see the auroras, but those darn clouds kept getting in the way. Old Glenn Bridge, Butte, Alaska. 9/18/2021
The lights of a passing car along the Parks Highway. The northern lights and the moon are in a battle for the night sky.
The northern lights were there, but no where near as exciting as the previous night. There was a half moon over my left shoulder and the temperature was around -20F. This was shot near Cantwell, AK on 3/21/2021.