Photography
The aurora event I photographed from Flakstad, I posted an image from this event last week, did not last for long. I managed to get a couple of shots before it faded. And this is one of the images, with the Big Dipper (US), or Plough (UK), in the background.
And about a couple of hours after the sunset shot the aurora appeared through the thin cloud cover. It lasted for a short while before disappearing again, but I got a couple of nice shots.
This is another shot from Skagsanden at Flakstad in Lofoten. I arrived too late for the sunset, but this beautiful light lingered on long after the sunset. I took a few shots while waiting for it to get darker and the aurora to appear.
This image is taken from Skagsanden, near Flakstad, towards north north east and the peak in the distance is Hustinden rising to about 700 meters above sea level. The beach is really inviting, but the water is freezing cold. After all this is Lofoten and north of the arctic circle.
Stunning images of bright and colourful aurora displays are all over the net. And for the first time I have seen some amazing displays of this mesmerising phenomena myself. I realised that the aurora may not be as colourful to the naked eye as some of the images you see may lead you to believe. There is, and this is a controversial issue for some regardless of subject matter, most certainly a lot of post processing applied to many of these images. Keep in mind though that the camera sensor is able to record colour in low light conditions when the human eye is more or less restricted to a monochromatic view of the scene. And don't forget the artistic license.
8 second exposure at ISO 800, 28mm lens @ f/2.8. The exposure is increased about one stop, and the saturation is increased slightly.
Back again after a week in the Lofoten islands which was the reason for lack of posts last week. I am sifting through the images from the trip, and I'll start with this image and post a few more over the coming weeks.
The view here is towards the west over Hopsvatnet from the road to the small community Hopen, The mountains in the background are part of Lyngværfjellet with Rørvikskaret on the left.
Yes, I guess you could say that I am a bit old school, if you think using a hand held light meter is just so yesterday. Well, I beg to differ. Images like this is one of the reasons why. If you know your camera well, you would probably get the exposure right drawing on your experience. But with the light meter one measurement is sufficient to find the right exposure for the backlit spiders web. So why take a lot of snaps to get the exposure right, when you could concentrate on getting the right angle?