Thank you for sharing this one. I'm from Philadelphia and what a treat to see Te Anau again, brought me right back. I did some stargazing and astro in April from Eglinton Flats... no lights, but probably the best stars I'll see for a long, long time 🤩
I didn't catch this when you posted the show... I recently shot aurora here in North Dakota for the first time (10-12-2024) with both night filters and without. It was amazing to see how much color I picked up and I was tickled to death that my comps over a little lake with an abandoned farmhouse beyond worked out well but, yesss, there is a LOT of fine-tuning to do in post. I've seen others produce far cleaner images than my first results with my Oly, so I'll be playing on both ends of the spectrum to clean up noise. Low light has always been the occasion when I yearn to change systems but in this day and age, the gap has narrowed too much to warrant such a change (when well-played, of course, both the initial exposures and the work in post in PS and Topaz). All that aside, it was well-worth freezing temperatures here, as well, plus the 40-mile drive north to my composition at 3am! :)
Epic mate, so great you got to see and capture it. It was special here on that night too although I didn’t bother trying to film anything. I just captured a simple seascape scene as all our mountain regions were too cloudy. So great to witness it nonetheless.
Hey William-I'm really enjoying all your videos here on TH-cam. That night back in May was so special with the Aurora. I was lucky enough to see and photograph a spectacular display here in Oregon, USA. Hope to see another one soon.
Ahh nice one - thanks for sharing your trip out and your images. I have decided that next time there is a good chance of an aurora to stuff work and get somewhere to shoot it!!!
My first thought too! Enjoyable video as always even if you have gone over to the dark side. But then I suppose the dark side is where you need a tripod.
That first beam you showed is STEVE! Seen him during both the may show as well as this past week. This year has been crazy good for the aurora, I feel so incredibly lucky every time I get to see them.
Yeah I've seen Steve in Iceland and Canada. So stoked to now have seen him here too! What a blessing hey, it's so special. Glad you've experienced it too :)
Stunning images! I used to live in northern Minnesota and I would get up at 2AM, 3AM to drive out of town and see the aurora. It was crazy cold. I was feeling your pain while watching this but it's really worth it.
Good work, not a lot of people would have had the fore sight to do an exposure of the foreground for some of those photos, although it must be exciting when such an event happens in front of your eyes.
Thanks mate. Yeah, not my first rodeo so it's just second nature now but when people start out they are most incline to tilt the camera to the sky and neglect subject matter altogether haha.
Absolutely beautiful! I just discovered you and I really like your videos. I just moved out of Alaska and used to photograph the auroras in my backyard. I was out shooting and had a moose walk right up behind me and he followed me home. I couldn’t venture far on my own after that. I miss it so much. It’s nice to see it from New Zealand. Also, I haven’t used photoshop just Lightroom classic, now I’m going to try editing some of them differently thanks to you. Anyway hello from Seattle Washington.
I wisdom aurora for the first time, last May in Quebec, Canada! It was so impressive! Your pictures are beautiful. The landscape one with the low cloud that passed through the mountains (at 8:40) is stunning. Wow!
Brilliant we went to Iceland from the uk to try and see and photograph the light we was there for 4 days in the wintertime and never saw anything in may we in the uk had a fantastic display I slept through the entire night and missed them then Monday night I finally got to photograph them through our bedroom window lol you couldn’t make it up 😅
Yes it was amazing alright back in may. I took my canon 6 D out to birding’s flat even tho it’s considered an old camera now But still awesome camera for Astro and night stuff. Drove out to location and realise I didn’t put my battery in the camera 😂😂 so the good ol iPhone 15 did the trick. And I see the same beautiful beams of light . Wasn’t even properly dark and they started. I was in a nice little hidden spot overlooking the lake. Bt I think half of Christchurch drove out to Birdings that night.
They’re all the same really, the forecasting for space weather isn’t extremely accurate. The one I use is Aurora Alerts. Watch the other video I have to see what to look for.
Thank you for sharing this one. I'm from Philadelphia and what a treat to see Te Anau again, brought me right back. I did some stargazing and astro in April from Eglinton Flats... no lights, but probably the best stars I'll see for a long, long time 🤩
Awesome mate! Yeah such clear night skies here. I’ve gazed at the star many nights in that valley ☺️🙏🏻
I didn't catch this when you posted the show... I recently shot aurora here in North Dakota for the first time (10-12-2024) with both night filters and without. It was amazing to see how much color I picked up and I was tickled to death that my comps over a little lake with an abandoned farmhouse beyond worked out well but, yesss, there is a LOT of fine-tuning to do in post. I've seen others produce far cleaner images than my first results with my Oly, so I'll be playing on both ends of the spectrum to clean up noise. Low light has always been the occasion when I yearn to change systems but in this day and age, the gap has narrowed too much to warrant such a change (when well-played, of course, both the initial exposures and the work in post in PS and Topaz). All that aside, it was well-worth freezing temperatures here, as well, plus the 40-mile drive north to my composition at 3am! :)
Epic mate, so great you got to see and capture it. It was special here on that night too although I didn’t bother trying to film anything. I just captured a simple seascape scene as all our mountain regions were too cloudy. So great to witness it nonetheless.
What an absolute visual treat 🤙
Epic work mate
Thanks brother 🙏🏻👊🏻
Amazing stuff Will from this epic night
Thanks!
Absolutely incredible, your videos inspire me everyday 👏👏👏
Thank you so much 😀
Just what I am asking for! Stunning work and amazing video!
🙏🏻🙏🏻☺️☺️
Hey William-I'm really enjoying all your videos here on TH-cam. That night back in May was so special with the Aurora. I was lucky enough to see and photograph a spectacular display here in Oregon, USA. Hope to see another one soon.
So good mate. Will be hard to top that event that’s for sure, although this recent one was pretty special too :)
Ahh nice one - thanks for sharing your trip out and your images. I have decided that next time there is a good chance of an aurora to stuff work and get somewhere to shoot it!!!
I love your honesty in sharing your approach to your work.
Thanks brother. Tried to get my mate to come on this one but he was busy sleeping 🤪
William using a tripod, what has the world come too? lol
😂🤫🤫
My first thought too! Enjoyable video as always even if you have gone over to the dark side. But then I suppose the dark side is where you need a tripod.
That first beam you showed is STEVE! Seen him during both the may show as well as this past week. This year has been crazy good for the aurora, I feel so incredibly lucky every time I get to see them.
Yeah I've seen Steve in Iceland and Canada. So stoked to now have seen him here too! What a blessing hey, it's so special. Glad you've experienced it too :)
Stunning images! I used to live in northern Minnesota and I would get up at 2AM, 3AM to drive out of town and see the aurora. It was crazy cold. I was feeling your pain while watching this but it's really worth it.
Haha thanks mate! No pain though, it’s all good fun! Just a bit tired the next day 😂
@@WilliamPatinoPhotography It was the -25 fahrenheit that got me more that the time of morning, but yeah, it's tiring the next day.
Love a good Aurora night. They are something else that's for sure.
You bet! Thanks D :)
Awesome William
Thank you 🙏🏻☺️
Beautiful captures!
Thanks Tim 👊🏻👊🏻
Such beautiful captures, mate.
thanks brother
Beautiful!
Thank you!
Amazing work!! Incredible scenes will 😍 I’d love to see a video on how to blend the 2 exposures together! with the auroras I find it hard 😣
Great shots man and good chasing 🤩🌌
Cheers mate 🙏🏻💚🫡
beautiful shots
Glad you saw it too! Thanks mate
Good work, not a lot of people would have had the fore sight to do an exposure of the foreground for some of those photos, although it must be exciting when such an event happens in front of your eyes.
Thanks mate. Yeah, not my first rodeo so it's just second nature now but when people start out they are most incline to tilt the camera to the sky and neglect subject matter altogether haha.
I wonder what Milford sound would have looked like that night
Absolutely beautiful! I just discovered you and I really like your videos. I just moved out of Alaska and used to photograph the auroras in my backyard. I was out shooting and had a moose walk right up behind me and he followed me home. I couldn’t venture far on my own after that. I miss it so much. It’s nice to see it from New Zealand. Also, I haven’t used photoshop just Lightroom classic, now I’m going to try editing some of them differently thanks to you. Anyway hello from Seattle Washington.
Wow, what an amazing experience! Really appreciate you supporting my channel and I hope you enjoy. Reach out anytime, always appreciate comments :)
Brilliant! Aurora going off it's head!! Yewww😍
Haha, yeew!
Wow!!
:)
Spectacular lights
Love those images Will and love that you shared with the family at 3am ! Special!
Thank you!!
I wisdom aurora for the first time, last May in Quebec, Canada! It was so impressive! Your pictures are beautiful. The landscape one with the low cloud that passed through the mountains (at 8:40) is stunning. Wow!
Thanks! Glad you got to see it too :)
loved being able to experience it together :) x
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Wow... absolutely incredible.
Thanks for bringing us along, William...wow again!! 🤯💚📸
Great video 🤘📸
Thanks again!
Living vicariously through you, will! Awesome you were able to get out and capture it!
Thanks so much Jen :)
Epic stuff Will - I love those moments when something special's happening. :)
What an incredible experience, especially to share with your family ❤
Awesome mate 👌
Cheers mate! So glad they got to see it again :)
What an experience. One day, one day
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Looks like a fun night! Thanks for taking us along. 👍
Thank you mate!
Brilliant we went to Iceland from the uk to try and see and photograph the light we was there for 4 days in the wintertime and never saw anything in may we in the uk had a fantastic display I slept through the entire night and missed them then Monday night I finally got to photograph them through our bedroom window lol you couldn’t make it up 😅
😂😂😂😂 almost seems like a metaphor for life.
William you are from New Zealand itself?
amazing stuff and photos were truly magical.
Australian born but reside in NZ. Thanks mate.
Beautiful. :)
Thank you! Cheers!
I see the aurora from my garden couple nights a go. England
Stunning pictures. Is there any free sample raw files to download? Thanks
Yes it was amazing alright back in may. I took my canon 6 D out to birding’s flat even tho it’s considered an old camera now But still awesome camera for Astro and night stuff. Drove out to location and realise I didn’t put my battery in the camera 😂😂 so the good ol iPhone 15 did the trick. And I see the same beautiful beams of light . Wasn’t even properly dark and they started. I was in a nice little hidden spot overlooking the lake. Bt I think half of Christchurch drove out to Birdings that
night.
We got William Patino using a tripod before GTA 6.
😂😂😂
Hi Will. What Aurora forecasting app do you find best?
They’re all the same really, the forecasting for space weather isn’t extremely accurate. The one I use is Aurora Alerts. Watch the other video I have to see what to look for.