Re: [APML] Aurora Colors

[Sean Walker <vze2c3z8@mail.verizon.net>]

Whoops- Disregard my mis-informaton. I had something completely confused
with them. My sincere apologies.

Sean Walker

> From: Glenn Shaw <gshaw@alaska.net>
> Reply-To: astro-photo@seds.org
> Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 21:59:40 -0900
> To: astro-photo@seds.org
> Subject: Re: [APML] Aurora Colors
> 
> I don't think the below is completely accurate as my friend Jan Curtis has had
> things published in national geographic. He had no connections with the
> magazine
> whatsoever.
> 
> glenn shaw
> 
> Sean Walker wrote:
> 
>> National Geographic will most likely never publish any of our pictures,
>> because
>> they have some policy of having thier photographers as employees, and NG owns
>> the negatives and images right from the getgo. Also, they do this to
>> "guarantee"
>> no doctored (or in our case) Digitally enhanced images get printed- somewhat
>> anal retentive, and they really loose out IMO. Specifically, they will NEVER
>> print un-solicited material.
>> 
>> Sean Walker
>> 
>> Jon Kolb wrote:
>> 
>>> Tony,
>>> 
>>>> The latest National Geographic has an in depth and excellent article all
>>> about auroras... > perfect timing!
>>> 
>>> It's a great article, but it's too bad some of the really great aurora
>>> phototgraphers like Arne and Stan didn't get in it (not that NG has any idea
>>> who they are, but it would be nice if they did).  I think some of the "real
>>> world" beauty of this phenomena is missed when most of the images come from
>>> a small set of far north locations or from high-dollar government gizmos.  I
>>> think there would have been an equal or greater appeal to NG's advertised
>>> audience if more of the images were from ground-based photographers in more
>>> diverse, pedestrian locations.  Nevertheless, it's a pretty darn cool
>>> feature.
>>> 
>>> Some of the diagrams seemed to explain why Glenn in Fairbanks doesn't see
>>> squat when us mere lowlats are getting the big show.
>>> 
>>> The hippo article was pretty cool, too.
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Jon Kolb
>>> Adventures in Astrophotography
>>> http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/
>>> jkolb@mindport.com
>>> 
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