I hate to say this but I'm skeptical of the colors in this photo. Digital photography makes it awful easy to turn up the chroma knob. I wish I had a good example available but a lot of "spectacular" landscape areas are actually kind of bland when the chroma has not been enhanced.
Sorry to harp on this but as an amateur photographer it makes me crazy when people fake photos for profit. Here is an example showing the "rainbow mountains" in China https://twitter.com/David_Bressan/status/957275543052980224. You can also see many photos real and fake by doing a google search for "rainbow mountains no filter". I don't know that the aurora photo is doctored, I've never been to Lapland and only seen the Northern Lights from Michigan's UP but....
The sun is maybe a little more active than normal for this part of the solar cycle but a lot of it depends on the luck of having a solar flare aimed in our direction. Recommended reading: "11 year solar cycle" and "Carrington event"
I hate to say this but I'm skeptical of the colors in this photo. Digital photography makes it awful easy to turn up the chroma knob.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a good example available but a lot of "spectacular" landscape areas are actually kind of bland when the chroma has not been enhanced.
Sorry to harp on this but as an amateur photographer it makes me crazy when people fake photos for profit. Here is an example showing the "rainbow mountains" in China https://twitter.com/David_Bressan/status/957275543052980224. You can also see many photos real and fake by doing a google search for "rainbow mountains no filter".
ReplyDeleteI don't know that the aurora photo is doctored, I've never been to Lapland and only seen the Northern Lights from Michigan's UP but....
That must be the ultimate Lap dance.
ReplyDeleteHere in New Zealand we are getting more auroras just lately, and seen from further north than usual.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about colour fixing but I do wonder if the sun is having more 'unrest' than normal and should I unplug my guitar amplifier.
The sun is maybe a little more active than normal for this part of the solar cycle but a lot of it depends on the luck of having a solar flare aimed in our direction.
ReplyDeleteRecommended reading: "11 year solar cycle" and "Carrington event"