Re: [APML] Ghostly Greens & Lavender Mist

["Stuart Heggie" <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>]

Me too! I have my eye on Iceland though. Take the kids, volcanoes, hot springs, wow!
Stuart
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Cook" <ccook@cape.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] Ghostly Greens & Lavender Mist 


> Thanks Stuart!
> I'd love to be able to capture that classic northern look of a moonlit snow
> covered ground with those very slender pines you always see in shots from
> AK.  Some snow covered peaks would help too.  Man I gotta get up north soon!
> 
> Chris
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stuart Heggie" <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>
> To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 7:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [APML] Ghostly Greens & Lavender Mist
> 
> 
> > Chris, beautiful shots. I don't think a great aurora shot has to be over
> the top with colour - the
> > composition of your shots is always excellent and you frequently manage
> foregrounds that really
> > accent the aurora.
> > Stuart
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chris Cook" <ccook@cape.com>
> > To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 6:44 PM
> > Subject: [APML] Ghostly Greens & Lavender Mist
> >
> >
> > > Hey all -
> > >
> > > I've posted my pics of last night's aurora.  As others have noted, this
> > > display was not a spectacular as Sunday's but still extremely beautiful.
> I
> > > used Fujicolor Superia 800 per Dom.... :-)  Thanks Dom.  This film kicks
> > > butt on the greens!
> > >
> > > I had a period of about 5 minutes where the pillars reached up to
> Polaris
> > > but that was it. These can be seen in the "Lavender Pillars" image.  I
> then
> > > went down to the beach again to crank off some more frames.  By the time
> I
> > > got down there, the display was already visually on the decline.
> However,
> > > the film saw it quite differently.  I love the green I recorded....I've
> > > never picked up an aurora that was that green.
> > >
> > > Btw, the dark cloud bank in the beach shots arrived about an hour later
> and
> > > dusted the ground with 1/4" of snow. :-o
> > >
> > > Enough rambling, links below:
> > >
> > > http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/aurora110904-12.html
> > >
> > > http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/aurora110904-13.html
> > >
> > > http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/aurora110904-4.html
> > >
> > > http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/aurora110904-5.html
> > >
> > >
> > > Enjoy the view!  Thanks again Dom for the film info!
> > >
> > > Chris
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