Rainy Lake and the Northern Lights

[Dbl]

Spent last week on beautiful Rainy Lake. I'll just let the photos talk. Sorry I am posting a few of these a bit larger than normal to see some detail.

#1 Ken mentioned the northern lights in another thread, I missed out on the peak action. By the time I saw them, got the camera out to a dock and set up the peak was well past! These look much darker in the browser than my monitor!

#2 One more

#3 Yes it was as cold as it looked.

#4 For those familiar with the lake, Black Bay

#5 Some fall color

#6 Enjoying a rainy afternoon (literally and figuratively)

#7 Enjoying lunch

#8 Why we go!

#9 Another reason we go!

#10 And why I go back every year! 3 shot handheld pano, very nice to see in a larger size!

[finnbay]

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These look much darker in the browser than my monitor!

Same happened with mine, Dan!

Looked like you had some great fishing! Like the photography as well!

[march brown]

great photos! I hav eyet to see the Northern Lights myself, very jealous.

[Dbl]

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Same happened with mine, Dan!

I don't get that Ken, Firefox is color managed and IE isn't bad, but the blacks really got....crushed! The lights are much brighter on my color managed monitor. Normally just not that much different than what I post. Oh, well. They were great to see at any rate!

[JayinMN]

Looks like a great fishing trip with the great pictures as a bonus!

[Birdsong]

We had Northern lights wa-a-a-a-y down here in the southwest (MN) one night last year. Otherwise I would be depending on you guys to know what they even looked like, crushed blacks or not. My daughter and her husband used to live on Park Point and one winter in Ely, so knew them well. They happened to spot them and called me to go out and look. Beautiful. Thanks for posting them. Ken, too.

[panthrcat]

awesome images!! and that walleye is outstanding!!! did you keep him or throw him back?? you did some in HDR eh?

[Jim Almquist]

I am jealous because you got to see the northern lights and the sun while you were at Rainy lake and all I got was cold rain. Good looking shots Dan and they do seem much bright on my home LCD monitor then at work.

[ricerdude69]

Those northern lights pics are awesome!

[upnorth]

The pics of the Northern Lights are pretty neat. I have never had a camera with when I have seem them. Those are great shots.

[MARINERMAGNUM]

Last one is superb!

[MN Shutterbug]

I have never had the privilege of experiencing this phenomenon. It looks pretty cool. Actually, quie a few of the pictures look pretty cold. Brrr. Thanks for sharing a part of your trip.

[Dbl]

All fish were released. Jim it was cold and cloudy most every day we were there. We did have one afternoon of sun and one full day of sun. The nice part was the wind was not bad for the whole seven days. That is rare indeed up there.

No HDR shots at all here. Some different processing though to bring out clouds definition as you can see in #3. I did lighten up the two Northern lights shots this evening the bring out the lights better when viewed in the browser.

The last time I actually photographed the Northern Lights must have been 20 years ago with slide film. I just wished I would have seen them about 30 minutes before I shot these. Could have used a bit more exposure on these but no second chances. I used a 30 second exposure which will keep the stars from trailing but should of upped the ISO and opened up the aperture a bit more.

Thanks for all the comments but the scenery up there does all the heavy lifting. Beautiful part of the world and a world class fishery!

[Steve Foss]

Black Bay, the rainy afternoon and the final pano really stand out for me. They are all nice, but something about the foreground pine and the sweep of the horizon and clouds makes me want to be right there looking out.

Nice work!

[bassNspear]

awesome shots! Love the won with the guy on the dock holding the rope for the boat! Leaves are awesome as well!

[Paul]

They all look great. Love the Pano.

[mmeyer]

Great stuff, Dan! Looks like a fun trip.

[eyeguy 54]

Awesome shots! I really like that pan. I'm starting to play with that a bit. Kinda fun.

[yakfisher]

Those are fantastic. Looks like the fishing was pretty fantastic too.

[Dbl]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments!

[bassNspear]

you do a awesome job on everything you shoot bro!

[Dbl]

Thanks BNS, I appreciate that!

[Kate K]

Wow the Northern Lights are gorgeous!

[ShawnZ]

Classy images, a very nice collection all around, solid work sir.

I really enjoy the compositions on number 4 and 5.

[harvey lee]

I love them all but the boat by the dock does it for me.