It was the best screeching group of teenagers I’ve ever been with. I will never forget that night. Thank you, Brendan, for the experience of a lifetime.
I always find it interesting that images one person loves ,another will be overly taken with ...the joy of photography 😊 I much preferred your 1st image on the beach with the motion in the water & the curve of the rocks 👌 As for the Northern Lights....I don't think I'll ever tire of seeing images of them ,you got some fabulous scenes there Brendan & an awesome display 👌👌
Looks like a fun trip! One of these days I'll get to Norway. March and April this year were great for northern lights. We always talk/yell back to the aurora when it's going off, nature's fireworks. About lens choices; If you are just doing 1-2 aurora shoots in a lifetime then a 14-24mm f2.8 would be fine and cost effective. If you are going to get serious about shooting them, skip the cheaper f2.8s and go straight to the 14mm f1.4/f1.8s (or 20mm f1.8) if you can afford them. You never regret buying a great lens but you may regret buying a "good enough" one. :-) Noise also becomes a non-issue with the faster lenses since during a good show you can shoot at ISOs under 1000. If you ever decide to come to Alaska to chase, let us know! We have a very active aurora chasing community between Anchorage and Fairbanks.
May be a silly question, but I always wondered: where do you put your focus when it's really dark? There likely isn't enough light to use auto focus, so I assume it's done manually? Lovely pictures!
Yeah, there are a number of ways. Probably deserves a video. - I focus on something at infinity (a long ways away) in the day time. Then I check on my lens (or my camera if it's mirrorless) to see where the focus reads. Then, I manually go to that spot to get focus on the stars. - If I'm trying to focus stack something into my frame, I'll use a flashlight to get enough light on it to get focus. If the object is too far away, I'll walk out and set my flashlight somewhere to light it, and then go back to my camera to get focus. Those are the ways I find most effective.
Great job Brendan , I had also great results using the new PS denoise. It was a very special day/night. “The day you stop getting excited about the lights is the day you become officially old.”😂
It was the best screeching group of teenagers I’ve ever been with. I will never forget that night. Thank you, Brendan, for the experience of a lifetime.
It was a fun one!!
damn those northern light shots are lit!
I always find it interesting that images one person loves ,another will be overly taken with ...the joy of photography 😊
I much preferred your 1st image on the beach with the motion in the water & the curve of the rocks 👌
As for the Northern Lights....I don't think I'll ever tire of seeing images of them ,you got some fabulous scenes there Brendan & an awesome display 👌👌
..i agree...image at 5:14 one of my favs
Looks like a fun trip! One of these days I'll get to Norway. March and April this year were great for northern lights.
We always talk/yell back to the aurora when it's going off, nature's fireworks.
About lens choices; If you are just doing 1-2 aurora shoots in a lifetime then a 14-24mm f2.8 would be fine and cost effective. If you are going to get serious about shooting them, skip the cheaper f2.8s and go straight to the 14mm f1.4/f1.8s (or 20mm f1.8) if you can afford them.
You never regret buying a great lens but you may regret buying a "good enough" one. :-) Noise also becomes a non-issue with the faster lenses since during a good show you can shoot at ISOs under 1000. If you ever decide to come to Alaska to chase, let us know! We have a very active aurora chasing community between Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Awesome stuff BVS 🤙
Wonderful images.
Thank you!
What an absolute wonderland for photos. I cannot wait to visit Norway soon.
Amazing stuff as usual, Brendan!
Thanks!!
Blackpink lol never imagined you as a K-pop fan, especially considering you named your scooter Anne Murray 🤣🤣🤣 Great northern light images😎👍
Hahaha. I'm not. Jodie loves it though. lol
May be a silly question, but I always wondered: where do you put your focus when it's really dark? There likely isn't enough light to use auto focus, so I assume it's done manually? Lovely pictures!
Yeah, there are a number of ways. Probably deserves a video.
- I focus on something at infinity (a long ways away) in the day time. Then I check on my lens (or my camera if it's mirrorless) to see where the focus reads. Then, I manually go to that spot to get focus on the stars.
- If I'm trying to focus stack something into my frame, I'll use a flashlight to get enough light on it to get focus. If the object is too far away, I'll walk out and set my flashlight somewhere to light it, and then go back to my camera to get focus.
Those are the ways I find most effective.
@@BrendanvanSon that is really helpful, thank you for your time!
What date did you see the lights Brendan?
Uhmmm, this was mid-March.
@@BrendanvanSon march 14th?
What time of year was this?
March
Great job Brendan , I had also great results using the new PS denoise. It was a very special day/night. “The day you stop getting excited about the lights is the day you become officially old.”😂
It's nice the Denoise, isn't it! I was impressed.
@@BrendanvanSon it sure is 👍