A panorama of the Northern Lights, aurora borealis, taken July 13/14, 2013, from the Reesor Ranch in southwest Saskatchewan, in the Cypress Hills. This is a 6-section panorama, each segment a 30-second exposure with the 24mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Stitched with Photoshop Photomerge command. The glow at left on the horizon is Medicine Hat, Alberta.
A 12-section panorama of the night sky at the Reesor Lake picnic area, in the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, taken July 13/14, 2013. A display of Northern Lights illuminates the northern sky above the hills. The lake is covered with a mist, as a foreground to the Milky Way in the south. Each segment was a 30-second untracked exposure at f/2 with the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 3200. Dark frames subtracted.
The Milky Way with Sagittarius and Scutum star clouds, over misty Reesor Lake in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, July 13/14, 2013. This is a single 30-second untracked exposure (not a composite) with the 24mm lens at f/2 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 3200. I painted the foreground mist with a white LED flashlight.
