Sometimes you just gotta get your feet wet- Aurora Borealis

jsecordphoto · Jun 24, 2015

Taken around 2am early Monday morning. We were in and out of clouds all night, but during those breaks....oh man. I've photographed the aurora a handful of times in New England now, but never this strong. It hit Kp8 for a while and you could clearly see pulsing green waves in the sky, something I thought I'd never see around here. I decided I just had to ditch the shoes, roll up the pant legs, and wade out for a self portrait. ISO2500, f3.5, 10 seconds

BrickHouse · Jun 24, 2015

I think this is one of the best AB shots I've ever seen. Having a subject makes a beautiful shot even more interesting to look at. Print this on aluminum and sell it!

jsecordphoto · Jun 24, 2015

BrickHouse said:
I think this is one of the best AB shots I've ever seen. Having a subject makes a beautiful shot even more interesting to look at. Print this on aluminum and sell it!

Thanks! I don't know if anybody would want to buy a print of me, but the companies I work with were pretty psyched! May see this end up in an advertisement somewhere. I have another shot from about an hour earlier before the clouds moved in that I'm really psyched on that I'll hopefully sell some prints of, just gotta finish processing

JustJazzie · Jun 24, 2015

Incredible! I can "feel" the awe you must be experiencing as you gaze into the heavens.
Absolutely stunning.

jsecordphoto · Jun 24, 2015

JustJazzie said:
Incredible! I can "feel" the awe you must be experiencing as you gaze into the heavens.
Absolutely stunning.

Thanks Jazzie, it really was just such an incredible night...certainly one I'll never forget. Can't wait to share my other photo here

Jasii · Jun 25, 2015

Lovely shot! Was the water cold?
Would love to see one with the arms heavenwards

Eagerly waiting in anticipation for the next shot.......

Raj_55555 · Jun 25, 2015

*Sigh*

I'd nominate this, but I've used up all three of my coupons! Stunning work as usual!

jsecordphoto · Jun 25, 2015

Jasii said:
Lovely shot! Was the water cold?
Would love to see one with the arms heavenwards
Eagerly waiting in anticipation for the next shot.......

Actually, the water was really warm! I ended up staying in the water for a while letting the camera fire off a bunch of frames because it felt so nice standing in the lake

waday · Jun 25, 2015

Gorgeous!

tirediron · Jun 25, 2015

Brilliant! Agree, one of the best AB shots I've seen in a LONG time. If you get the chance for a do-over, get a couple in the water, kissing.

jsecordphoto · Jun 25, 2015

tirediron said:
Brilliant! Agree, one of the best AB shots I've seen in a LONG time. If you get the chance for a do-over, get a couple in the water, kissing.

Thanks! The couple kissing shot is something I've wanted to do for a while now, either with aurora or Milky Way. It's on the list for this summer

W.Y.Photo · Jun 25, 2015

Nominated for POTM

jsecordphoto · Jun 25, 2015

W.Y.Photo said:
Nominated for POTM

Much appreciated!

FITBMX · Jun 25, 2015

jsecordphoto said:
Thanks! I don't know if anybody would want to buy a print of me, but the companies I work with were pretty psyched! May see this end up in an advertisement somewhere. I have another shot from about an hour earlier before the clouds moved in that I'm really psyched on that I'll hopefully sell some prints of, just gotta finish processing

Hurry up and finish that editing, I have to see the next one!!! :aufsmaul:

It is a spectacular photo! :Hail.sml:

jsecordphoto · Jun 25, 2015

FITBMX said:
Hurry up and finish that editing, I have to see the next one!!!

It is a spectacular photo!

hah, trying to finish that one up tonight. The last few weeks have been amazing and I've never had such a backlog of photos to get around to processing. I'm also thinking of writing up a brief tutorial for shooting the aurora, so I'll need that photo to use in the article...should give me some motivation