The big photos of beautiful things

I were out just a hour ago and took some pics Hope you guys like them







All pictures are taken approx. 50m from where my parents live.

I open this thread so we can share more nice photos you think are nice (which of the photos you have taken yourself of course)

damn, that's pretty amazing. Beautiful pics

holy moley those are AMAZING!!!! I would love to have seen that! WOW!! and look at those stars so clear. I didn't know it was so GREEN! EVEN THE GROUND IS TURNED GREEN! truly awesome.

But is it the proper shade of green?

Gorgeous pictures Huffy ! Thats my big desire, to go see the 'Lights'

halfwise wrote:But is it the proper shade of green?

greyish green

Amazing pictures! I swear you fjordlandians have got it made.

Indeed, that's beautiful!
Those look like long-exposure (at least 10-second long exposures anyway) photographs to me. Am I mistaken? I've never actually seen the Northern Lights so I don't know how much the light tends to move about; how quickly it undulates that is.

I can't imagine staying out in the cold too long though for those shots, so I assume they move pretty quickly!

Forest Shepherd wrote:Indeed, that's beautiful!
Those look like long-exposure (at least 10-second long exposures anyway) photographs to me. Am I mistaken? I've never actually seen the Northern Lights so I don't know how much the light tends to move about; how quickly it undulates that is.

I can't imagine staying out in the cold too long though for those shots, so I assume they move pretty quickly!

These are photos with fairly long exposure time, about 10-15s, with low iso. I have one with higher iso and only 2-3s exposure time.
This last one is taken over 6s w/iso 3200


Yesterday wasn't a good day for "the lights", so I will try and get some more photos over the holidays

I think I can see Asgard from there.

Wow.. Those are just stunning, Huff.

This though..

huffjuff wrote:Yesterday wasn't a good day for "the lights", so I will try and get some more photos over the holidays

Yesterday wasn't a good day.. Pfft.

We have nothing near as stunning down here, but i was at our cabin getting a Christmas tree over the weekend, and the mood turned pretty special earlier today.

Is that fog rolling in ? Looks mythical, can imagine a white ship for Grey Havens slowly appearing

I think it was receding, and the lake was reflecting it so you didn't know where the fog ended and the lake started creating quite an atmosphere. I don't know how well the pictures capture it though.

It's quite a nice lake.

Yes, it is indeed.

looks like the Isle of Avalon.

Very nice Photos

been doing some Pshopping

Very nice Figg. 1 and 4 are my favourites. (is 4 a Bleach bypass?)

er I dunno what bleach bypass is. I think its an effect called bloom.

I like no.2,

er I dunno what bleach bypass is. I think its an effect called bloom.- Figg

Its pretty much what it sounds like- you bleach the picture, burns out the whites more, makes it a bit glowy round the edges.
Bloom lighting does something not dissimilar in end effect but only really effects highlights- the brightest points in all the colours- unless it has a submenu of course where you can individually alter high mid and low ends of the spectrum too. Its also softer round the edges than the bleach one.

Nice pics figgs

cheers guys


Petty I only have PShop Elements so I don't think I have Bleach watsit, anyway couldn't find it, Elements doesn't have the full monty. I uploaded a 30 day free trial and I am making the most of it while it lasts.

Cool pics! What PS version are you using?