Aurora Over West Virginia
by Lois Bryan
Title
Aurora Over West Virginia
Artist
Lois Bryan
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A huge surprise and unusual visual gift to many of us in the southern portion of the US (and elsewhere?) was the interplay of celestial elements last night as a geomagnetic storm ... otherwise known as an aurora borealis ... danced above our heads. In my case, I was able to get to a lovely cornfield and not only enjoy the display myself, but try to preserve it for others to enjoy as well.
This image was snapped with my Apple iPhone 16 pro. At this particular point, this display was not visible to the naked eye, although it had been just a few minutes earlier. As I'd run into the house, put on shoes and grabbed car keys, the vision had disappeared ... but the iPhone wasn't fooled ... found it ... and captured it!! Very, very, very little Photoshop tinkering ... I did remove my finger which was splashed over the foreground.
Btw ... the foreground corn stalks are lit because I left my car headlights on. I was going to turn them off, but thought the highlighting of the field was kind of cool.
The horizon is straight .. those are our Blue Ridge mountains in the distance creating a bit of a wobble.
Fine art and product purchases of this image will not include a watermark, and if I may make a recommendation ... wall art will look its very best on the fine art paper choice of "picture rag."
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October 11th, 2024
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Comments (17)
Nancy Griswold 24 Days Ago
Magnificent Lois; what a life fulfilling event this is, I have not seen them yet but can just imagine by this lovey capture what a thrill it must have been to see this f+++/l
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your beautiful artistic work was Featured on the home page of the "Bedroom Art Gallery" group. 10/22/24.
Johanna Hurmerinta
Your work deserves to be featured in our group "The Meandering Photographer" Please consider adding this work to 'Featured work in September - October 2024' active discussion thread. (l/f on 10-14-2024) Welcome also to our other group promos.
Charles Robinson
A marvelous capture of the beautiful aurora. I find it amazing that typically the beautiful colors are not visible to the naked eye, but are only visible in a photograph.
Lois Bryan replied:
Charles, actually when I first went outside when my son called, we could see it with our naked eyes!!! I have a couple of photos ... but of course there are houses in the front. So I ran inside grabbed car keys and shoes but by the time I came back out .. only minutes later ... it was invisible. I looked thru the iPhone, and bam ... still there. So I drove out to a couple of places with a clear view ... no houses ... and the lights were stiill there!!
Kathi Mirto
Wow, beautiful Lois! You're braver than me! I'm too chicken to go out at night! fl
Lois Bryan replied:
Thanks Kathi ... we live in a nice safe area ... and I had a spot i could drive to that's free of obstructions ... easy peasy!!!
Kasia Design
Wow, what a fantastic experience and great shot, Lois! I'm so jealous of all those lucky people like you who have been able to experience this amazing lightshow by Mother Nature in recent days.
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “The Skyscapes” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.
Lois Bryan replied:
Allan thank you so very much for the honor!!! I tweeted the group and added the image to the discussion!
David Neace CPX
Congratulations, your work is featured on the homepage of "Created by Southern Artists
Brian Commerford
Lois,The thrill of the hunt and capture...always a great experience !!!! Great picture !!!
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