Tuesday, 9th November 2010
Aurora Explosion
by Orvar Atli
This photo was from Easter day this year in Pingvellir national park. The Aurora wasn't that active. Just a vague thin green layer in the sky. A larger aperture, high iso long exposure revealed what the eye could not see so clearly.
It is sometimes difficult to really say how active or visible the aurora really was when seeing a picture of it. It is often the less active aurora that is more picture friendly because like any other bright source of light at night, a very active Aurora can easily be over exposed compared with the foreground.
The orange glow near the horizon is the light pollution of Reykjavik some 35km away. Often city light is unwanted in night shots but I liked this one as it looks like an explosion which the Aurora burst out from. It is my wife posing on the edge of the peer, illuminated by a handheld flash light.
Orvar Atli
Website: www.arcticphoto.is
Aurora Explosion by Orvar Atli was photo of the day on Tuesday, 9th November 2010. It is tagged Aurora, Iceland. You can leave a comment below.
22 Comments
Al Dixon
Stunning shot… great composition. Congrats on POTD!!
mike
Wow, some amazing sky colors.
Shirley Hill
Congratulations !!
One of the best I’ve seen for a while.
Love the effect of the town lights. Pure magic.
Gunnar Elison
Kaeri Orvar.
Ég hef séd myndirnar pÃnar hér undanfarid og er mjög hrifinn af handleikninni. Kaer kvedja.
Nikki
WOW!
Michael
Amazing, Lucky you. Congratulations.
AlfonsoPaz
Wonderful photo and description. Thanks for sharing.
Wanda Krack
Creative use of available light, foreground objects, and timed shot. What a wonderful well-composed picture.
Munawar Hafiz
I loved the way you planned (and the way you described your plan). Wonderful shot…
Helen Hart
I love it! Wonderful composition, doesn’t matter that the eye didn’t see it this way. Love what the camera saw.
Marie Dunphy Harding
This fantastic shot is truly worthy of POTD, Congratulations, Orvar!
Andrew
nice shot, I love the smooth colors. And explosion idea is good too.
Lil
Wow what a great shot..
Renato
Fantastic.
The proportion that the person brings to the scene and the perfect frame makes the northern lights in a huge light show.
My sincere congratulations.
Malta Photography
I must say that i really liked the balanced colors of this shot.
Herman Bresser
Such a beautiful image!!!
Pauline Jones
Nicely done; you put a lot of thought into this shot and it really paid off.
Christian Klepp
Örvar,
congrats on this great shot!
Its true – the faint aurora makes the perfect shot as long exposures are possible. Such situations call for tracking of the stars!
All the best,
Christian.
Rajib Singha
That’s a great shot!
PlanetLover
Orvaratli, thanks for another extraordinary Iceland sky photo. And thanks to Gunnar for writing in Icelandic (?) , which I had never seen other than in street signs – I did get the “Kaeri” part
Lisa
Wow!
Laura Milholland
Superb image, and we appreciate your description very much also.