Twas foggy morning (but not much) and cold
Shots from couple weeks ago
May 11, 2024
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With light like this the thing to do is to shoot Raw. At least with my Z7, you can expose for the highlights and bring out a lot of detail from the shadows. This I believe is the big advantage of larger sensors.
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It's impressive to see how well it could be picked up in areas with light pollution, like your daughters picture, I'm quite surprised by that. Could she actually see it at the time?
I very nearly didn't go out myself, having just got back from an exhausting (but enjoyable) day in The Lakes, but I saw the reading on Aurorawatch which was dramatically higher than I've ever seen it and figured it might be a once in a lifetime opportunity to see this elusive phenomena this far South, so I dragged myself out of the house and I'm glad I did, not just for the photos, but to have seen it with my own eyes, it was an amazing thing to see.
It was difficult to photograph, with the main effects being very high in the sky, so including some foreground element to contrast against it was a bit of a challenge. Surprisingly, we had White Coppice and the moors pretty much all to ourselves, it seems most other local photographers headed for more significant and recognisable landmarks such as Rivington Pike and Anglezarke.
Obligatory selfie
Just to prove I was actually there, although there is a bit of fakery with this one, I was wearing this ridiculous looking bright orange top, which stood out a bit too much here, so I've colour replaced it with something more conservative. The rest is real though (albeit tweaked in the usual way).
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Enjoyed these high key shots, well done.
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Ha! Couldn't have you overshadowing the lights. And yes, she saw it with the naked eye.
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Evening in Prizren
My Balkan tour continues with a night stopover in Prizren, cultural heart of Kosovo. Looks like they could use a good electrician.
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Spectacular! You were lucky to have had clear skies too.
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I really like the tranquillity and pastel shades of this set.
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I was trying to avoid comments such as "annoying distractions at the edge of the frame leading the eye away from the main subject" ;-p
Anyway, here's a before and after, showing the amount of tweaking in that image, but also with the colour replacement layer turned off...
The untweaked side is quite representative of how it looked live.
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Indeed, particularly considering the weather we get up here in northern England, the chances of clear skies coinciding with an event like this are very unlikely.
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They all look beautiful but this is my pick. I like seeing into the foreground water.
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I'm only viewing on my phone while travelling but this looks really good, atmospheric.
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Astounding. I'm so jealous! I picked up the alert, but I doubt it was visible as far south as Montenegro 😔
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Very nice, really love the horizon with gold and blue colours. The only thin, I am not sure if the foreground adds much.
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Very nice, peaceful...
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I love Tuscany. I am surprised to see that there is still snow on the top of the mountains.
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Very dramatic shots, the last ones my favourite.
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No definitely not, there are second hand Q3s with full of accessories asking less than £5K but I don't think that I will get Q3. I am really waiting for a Panasonic fixed lens camera.
