Originally posted by skierd Went aurora chasing last night and was rewarded with a pretty good show around 1am! Had to brave -35F, the KP did great. Batteries lasted about 15 minutes before freezing dead, but warmed back up in my inside pocket. The camera was pretty darn frozen after 4 hours, but worked flawlessly.
Can I ask, as someone who has never seen the Aurora's, how accurate are these shots (anyone's shots really) to how they actually look to the eye? I mean.. I know photography, I know in PP we can turn 'meh' into 'wow!' from some vibrancy and saturation boosts, stronger contrast, stronger whites and exposure and all that stuff.
I wonder if the pictures portray something quite close to what the eye saw at the time time, or stray into 'what looks great on a photo but doesn't really represent what was seen with the eye' territory?