196. Pointy

‘In Green Company’ - Aurora Borealis over summit of the Austnesfjorden, Lofoten Islands, Norway
photo by Max Rive
website - https://maxrivephotography.com/
original image - https://i.redd.it/j5rg4thcjtc41.jpg

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Very pointy. With one of the most beautiful auroras I've seen in a photo in the background. I removed the guy from the summit. Didn't actually have anything against him - he works great as a point of interest in the original portrait format. But in the reframed landscape, he is just a little too close to the edge of the frame and drags the eye out of the photo instead of in.

I also sharpened the whole thing for added detail.

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16. Night Lights

‘Peyto Lake Aurora’ - Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies, Canada
photo by James Michael Andrew
website - https://www.jamesandrewphotography.com/
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Finding nice aurora photos can be tricky. The low light conditions usually means photographers will use long exposure to shoot them, but that means - see my Pet Peeve #1 - that anything moving in the photo, including the aurora itself, will turn into mush. Or you'll have a grainy photo. Well, there isn't any of that here, and the result is a beautiful and atmospheric photo.

I just upped the contrast a bit to bring out the aurora more, and removed the vignette - see my Pet Peeve #2.

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