This is the most satisfying night shot I've taken in a while. First of all the setup was pretty difficult and not safe by any means. Here I was perched on 2 boulders with the waves crashing between my legs at 2am in the morning, in semi-complete darkness. I had to apply some light painting with my flashlight to bring out the foreground a bit. I took 6 shots, basically 2 photos since I shoot with a TS lens, and then moved to safer ground as it was getting a bit too close for comfort.
The satisfaction came when i got back to the lodge though. You see, one can't really see the Milky Way with the naked eye while the Aurora is up. There's too much light pollution. So it wasn't until I opened this in LR that I realized what I had here. Not to mention that smack above the left-most mountain there's a shooting star. I simply stared at it in disbelief, at some point I wondered if there was a unicorn in the frame as well, by any chance. You know, just to balance things a bit... :-D
Many of the aurora shots start to look the same to me...doesn't take away from them...but it makes it hard to stand out...this one stands out...the combo of MW and aurora is great...but where it originates from, the area with the light pollution is just a great natural fit.
I don't see any unicorns...maybe there is a troll or sea monster hiding somewhere...
Great shot, kudos to you for being there and taking the risk to get it, you were certainly rewarded.
I'm with Travis. But this one truly stands out. You have achieved some pretty amazing detail in the sky, land, everything. Would love to hear how you shot and processed this image.
What a crazy cool shot. You did capture it all here, just totally amazing. And looking at this for a while I saw several unicorns run across the scene!
Where was this taken? Location details are always nice even if it's just general info.
The location is Skagsanden Beach in Lofoten, Norway. It's the same spot where I shot Veins of the fjord, you'll recognize the same mountain in the background.
This is out of this world. You got it.
I have been thinking about a trip for a picture like this. This is by far the best aurora borealis I have seen.
Do you have snow owls in that area?
Bob
The waves were pretty violent, but that also meant that very good water action. A few of them broke on the rock to the left so I was able to capture some water in the holes.
If you're referring to the stuff above the mountain peak no, that's not flare, that's still the Aurora. It ended up covering the entire width of the mountain in about 10 minutes after I took the shots.
