With longer nights during winter, it does not mean I'll be sleeping that much longer each night. When the conditions are good I like to take advantage of it by going outside to take night pictures. It was a cold night, but it was clear and the wind was calm. I stayed out until it was too cold, come back with few good pictures.
Last week Wednesday night the bright Northern Lights covered much of the sky for a short period of time. As soon as I stepped outside, the lights were clearly visible in town, even with the Banff street lights. I decided that was the night I was going to take pictures of the Northern Light from town. Went to few location including next to the Bow River. The brightness from the town lights made it difficult getting the reflection on the water of the lightsbut I was able to for some of the stars, including the big dipper. It was a night losing some sleep over.
I got this picture as the full moon was rising over Tunnel Mountain yesterday evening. The sky was clear, it was just matter of waiting in the cold for the moon to reach top of the mountain before I could take few pictures, worth the wait.
Until next moment,
Amar
For several days we had a rare sight in Banff National Park, a Snow Goose. A not so shy juvenile Snow Goose that was spotted in the water near the shore and on land eating away. In most cases the snow geese fly south around the park, but for some reason this one decided to land in Banff and hang out. It was spotted with blood behind its head, no one is sure what the cause was. When I saw it one morning, it seem to be in good health, it was very busy eating on land. One night I arrived to its original location from where I heard it had moved on. From the lights of my car I could see no sign of any waterfowls or hear any. Thinking I was along, with light on my head I made my way next to the open water. I took several 30 second exposures, when I noticed on the rear screen of the camera some dark object in the water. After I zoomed in I realized the Snow Goose was back, resting safely in the water for the night. After confirming with my headlight, it was time for me to move on.
Until next moment,
Amar
I was out middle of the night to take pictures of Perseid Meteor Shower, I was able to see few bright outbursts, but I was not lucky enough to capture them with my camera. But I did not come back empty handed, I was able to create star trail pictures.
Until next moment,
Amar
Another Northern Light picture or should I saw pictures, five put together to form a panorama image. The green colour was present most of the night but the other colours were visible to the camera at the start of the night and toward the end.
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Amar
When taking pictures to show the star trails, it's not the stars moving in the sky being recorded, it's the Earth's rotation relative to the stars being captured. The location where I was standing on the surface of our planet was moving 1675 km/h, since I was moving at the same speed, I did not notice the movement. To get this image of the star trails, I took 22 thirty second images, with a one second break between each image. That works our to 11 minutes and 20 seconds, in that time Earth rotated about 316 Kilometers. Thanks to the gravitational forces at work, no gas money needed..
Until next moment,
Amar
No luck with a picture of the meteor shower, but had some luck with star trails pictures. I was taking 15 second long pictures, hoping to catch one or two images with meteors. I got to see several but none made the frame of my pictures. So I decided to combine the 15 second images to make the one posted.
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Amar
Another picture from that special night. I like many other stopped taking pictures that night not because the light show stopped, but because we started running out of darkness. In this picture I was looking south, that's how great the night was.
Until next moment,
Amar
Joined many others at Lake Minnewanka to take pictures of the Northern Lights. It was a warm night, making it easier to be out there for few hours, enjoying the event. I have been missing out on the lights the last few times, so it was great fun to be out there to watch one of nature's wonder.
Until next moment,
Amar
Mount Rundle at night from the other week. Did not get to get out at night as much as I had hoped, but the few times I did I was happy with the result. The ice I was standing on and also what you see is no longer there, the warm weather has taken it away. Which will provide other opportunities for picture taking, always have to adapt to the changes.
Until next moment,
Amar
More experimenting with star trails pictures. Northern Lights were out, but I could only include them in part of the frame. I thought with the Northern Lights I would include star trails, so I took several pictures over a 15 minute period. When I started there were less clouds, but they soon moved in. In the end I lost some of the star trails and the northern lights. But I was still happy with the experiment.
Until next moment,
Amar