Aurora, last night

Nice. I like the way the light looks like its sweeping into the nice country home making it a magical place

Tom, combining natural and man-made light is a challenge that I too enjoy. You've done well here and your comp. with it's focus on the sky works nicely with the house lights at the very bottom. One thing I've been amazed at is how low the indoor lights need to be, if you want to avoid having the man-made lights saturate. I did one milky way shot where the only indoor light was the one above the stove at the far end of the house on it's low setting and that gave a balance that I liked.

Mark, that is true about the interior lights, I just had one table lamp on, which was too much. Perhaps a small dimmed light all the way back in the kitchen would be better. The 35 mm 1.4 isn't really wide enough, but at least isn't a zoom as they change focus with zoom adjustments. The aurora comes and goes quickly. The modern mix of bulbs can give some truly strange light temperatures.

Thanks for the input. Tom

Woks well - I first thought "how bright those stars are with only 1.5 sec" - the I saw the ISO setting

Works for me, with the two main areas of light that contrast well, somehow brought together by the trees.