Photographers Amy and Matt under the Northern Lights in Churchill, Manitoba, January 25, 2017 as a display develops about 10 pm. The Big DIpper and Polaris are at centre in this view looking north. Arcturus is down low amid the aurora to the northeast. Vega is circumpolar to the left of centre low above the boreal forest trees. This is a single exposure, 20 seconds at f/2.8 with the Rokinon 12mm full-frame fish-eye lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.
A 300° panorama of the winter evening sky, January 12, 2017, with the Full “Wolf” Moon of mid-winter rising at left in the northeast, and Venus (brightest) and Mars (above) over in the southwest at right. Orion is rising in the east at centre, with Taurus above. The Big Dipper is at far left to the north. The remaining glow of twilight creates an arch of light in the southwest, while the rising Moon creates an arch of brighter sky at left. This was a very clear, transparent night but at -20° C. Note the glitter path on the snow from the Moon. I shot this from home in southern Alberta, using the Nikon D750 and 24mm Sigma Art lens. This is a stitch of 14 segments with generous overlap, stitched in Adobe Camera Raw.
The Northern Lights over the Athabasca River in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, on October 22/23 at about 1:30 am. I shot this from an access point to the Athabasca River by the bridge on Highway 93 on the Icefields Parkway. Pyramid Mountain is at left near the town of Jasper. Vega is the bright star at left; the Big Dipper is at right. The image is a stack of 10 exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise and to smooth the water, and one exposure for the sky and aurora. All 15 seconds at ISO 1600 at f2 with the Sigma 20mm lens and Nikon D750.
