Happy Winter (and Solstice and Ursid Meteor Shower and Northern Lights Show)!

SignifDigits — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 03:15:11 GMT

I shot this the day I got my new RF 15-35 f2.8 IS USM in the mail last February. I quickly ran out to take pics of what was left of what turned out to be our last snowfall last year. This stream is 1/4 or so from where we live (we live in a beautiful area) and I was losing the light fast. I had to crawl on a 2' ledge under a 4' high small bridge to get to this spot. It was a fun challenge to get to the spot and shoot in an uncomfortable position.

ISO 500, 1/40th, f22, shot in Fv mode. Leveled and cropped a bit, brightened, cloudy white balance, landscape settings, and +2 color saturation.

It is a beautiful clear moonless night tonight here. I have my camera set up out taking pictures all night using the interval timer. I've never done that before - should be like Christmas tomorrow morning waking up to see what I find! I will brighten them all using a DPP recipe then do a quick check to see if I caught any meteor trails and look for the Milky Way. I think it might be clear tomorrow night. If so, I might do a time lapse to compare results and maybe get a cool northern lights movie. Unfortunately for that event our northern sky is really full of trees.

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Happy Winter (and Solstice and Ursid Meteor Shower and Northern Lights Show)!