Aurora Photography EPS Presentations Resource Links February 3, 2016
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Aurora Photography EPS Presentations Resource Links

  1. Aurora science, forecasts & Alerts

Science

Aurora Science: http://aurora-exeideas.blogspot.com/2010/10/introduction_9920.html

http://www.natalia-robba.com/myblog/travel/the-aurora-borealis-the-northern-lights-everything-you-need-to-know/#5

Eye VS camera sensitivity: https://vimeo.com/98164898

What the Aurora Really Looks Like: http://www.philhart.com/what-the-aurora-really-looks-like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq6GO-i7t4Y

Forecasts

U of Alaska: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/Alaska

NOAA Space Weather: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/space-weather-enthusiasts

NOAA 27 day forecast: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/27-day-outlook-107-cm-radio-flux-and-geomagnetic-indices

NOAA 3-day forecast: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/3-day-forecast

NOAA 1 & 4 hr. forecasts: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wing-kp

NOAA 30 min.: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast

Solar Wind Predictions: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wsa-enlil-solar-wind-prediction

NOAA recent & current 3-hr. Kp: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index

NASA Solar Data Center: http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/index.html/index.html

All data in one spot: http://www.solarham.net

Alert Services

NOAA email alerts:

Astronomy North: http://astronomynorth.com/aurora-forecast/

AuroraMax Twitter Alerts: https://twitter.com/AuroraMAX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Custom Alerts: https://twitter.com/Aurora_Alerts

Real Time Space Weather: https://twitter.com/_SpaceWeather_

Aurora Alert App: http://www.aurora-alert.com

Soft Serve News: https://www.softservenews.com/members/aurora-alerts-north-america.html

Solar Data: http://www.hamqsl.com/solar2.html#usingdata

  1. Location ideas

Natalia’s top 5: http://www.natalia-robba.com/myblog/travel/the-aurora-borealis-the-northern-lights-everything-you-need-to-know/#4

U of Alaska travel guide: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/travelers-guide

Trip Advisor Fairbanks: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g60826-c200312/Fairbanks:Alaska:Aurora.Borealis.Northern.Lights.html

Pål Brekke, Fredrik Broms book:     http://www.fpress.no/index.php?ID=Bok&counter=399

Oregon Locations: https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=aurora%20borealis%20Oregon&sort=date-taken-desc

Dark sky finder: http://darksitefinder.com

Oregon Clear Sky Chart: http://cleardarksky.com/csk/prov/Oregon_charts.html

  1. Photo Goals

DPR Aurora Photo Challenge:

http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/ChallengeSlideshow.aspx?ID=11211&View=All

flickr searchs:

https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=aurora%20borealis

https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=northern%20lights

Time lapse:

National Geographic: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/norway-aurora-borealis-vin

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=aurora+borealis+time+lapse

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/16917950

  1. Equipment

Long exposure noise camera tests: http://www.brendandaveyphotography.com/?page_id=726

Lens Tests for coma & astigmatism: http://www.lenstip.com/lenses_reviews.html

Lenses for night shoots: http://www.brendandaveyphotography.com/?page_id=1251

http://www.lonelyspeck.com/lenses-for-milky-way-photography/

DIY Lens Test: http://www.lonelyspeck.com/a-practical-guide-to-lens-aberrations-and-the-lonely-speck-aberration-test/

No UV Filters: http://www.brendandaveyphotography.com/?page_id=1254

  1. Capture

Roger Clark (very technical): http://clarkvision.com/articles/index.html

Night shooting: http://www.brendandaveyphotography.com/?page_id=13

Focusing @ night: http://www.brendandaveyphotography.com/?page_id=1259

http://www.lonelyspeck.com/focusing-at-night/

Bahtinov Mask:

http://www.lonelyspeck.com/sharpstar/

http://www.farpointastro.com/bmask/bmask.php

eBook: http://www.alaskaphotographics.com/blog/how-to-photograph-the-northern-lights-with-a-digital-camera/

  1. Post Processing

All in 1 Tutorials (dark blue sky school): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxnNZe4clpc

Adam Woodworth: https://luminous-landscape.com/introduction-to-landscape-astrophotography/

Black Sky School & use of RGB Tone Curves

Roger Clark: http://clarkvision.com/articles/nightscapes/

Dark Blue Sky School.

Erez Marom: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/8253755806/behind-the-shot-winter-paradise

Ian Norman: http://www.lonelyspeck.com/how-to-process-milky-way-astrophotography-in-adobe-lightroom/#more-29502

Blue Sky School.

Dave Morrow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AB6tBiEMPU

David Shaw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFDKg_W2ZUg

The night sky really is blue when you have moon light!

Michael Woloszynowicz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guCAI4GYg_E

Aurora Pano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l13G8kPpUQ8

Defishing FE Images: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnjNK9WIRD4

Removing Coma Aberration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuEX3KLrAUo

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