EarthShots.org Photo of the Day Contest

Friday, 11th March 2011

Riverdance

by Arild Heitmann

A fantastic display when the aurora erupted over the dark landscape. It turned the surrounding landscape into a green wonderland. This was a fairly long exposure (40 secs) where i covered the sky with a black card for the majority of the exposure and then revealed the sky for a few seconds. This made the landscape so bright and surreal... Troms, Norway

Equipment: canon 5d, 17-40mmL

Arild Heitmann

Arild Heitmann, 33 year old landscapephotographer from Northern Norway. I was born and raised practically in the woods and the mountains. I`ve spent my entire life out in the wild, but it wasnt until 2008 that i started taking pictures on my adventures. This new interest quickly turned into something deeper and meaningful when i realized that i was able to get people to realize the incredible beauty that surrounds us in our daily life. Now i spend most of my time out in nature, constantly searching for new and inspirational scenes. One of my main projects are to shoot the magical Aurora Borealis in a way that most photographers seem to forget. To show it in its true beauty as part of a greater landscape.

Website: www.arildheitmann.com

Riverdance by Arild Heitmann was photo of the day on Friday, 11th March 2011. It is tagged Aurora, Ice, Norway, Rivers. You can leave a comment below.

34 Comments

Justin Reznick

11th March 2011 at 1:04 am

Incredible! Congrats Arild!

Tim Andes

11th March 2011 at 1:23 am

Hands-down, best aurora borealis I have ever seen

Alex Jeppson

11th March 2011 at 5:03 am

Oh my gosh! I have never seen such a picture before! That is incredible. What an amazing idea with the card…. you are a genius with pure talent!

Al Dixon

11th March 2011 at 5:32 am

One word… STUNNING!!

Sharon Bishop

11th March 2011 at 6:41 am

Absolutely stunning. I would love to see this.

art x

11th March 2011 at 7:45 am

fantastic image

Shirley Hill

11th March 2011 at 8:21 am

You have done a woderful job Arild. I love all the Aurora photos,and this one is so surreal.
Thank you also for the story.

Andrea

11th March 2011 at 9:16 am

Beautiful picture. What an amazing art of nature.

Stephanie Reeves

11th March 2011 at 9:26 am

M A G I C! Thanks for sharing!

Helge Mortensen

11th March 2011 at 9:26 am

Good work and congrats

Vaishali Hingmire

11th March 2011 at 9:29 am

very very beautiful… a great shot

Pauline Jones

11th March 2011 at 9:30 am

Beautiful; I live too far south to see the aurora but it must be amazing; thanks for sharing this one.

Liubawa10

11th March 2011 at 11:15 am

It makes me dream to see the aurora as soon as possible.

Wanda Krack

11th March 2011 at 1:40 pm

What a beautiful image! Thank you!

Rajib Singha

11th March 2011 at 2:12 pm

Great shot Arild!

Keith

11th March 2011 at 2:26 pm

Hi, I’m reading the ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy by Phillip Pullman (a must read if you haven’t already) This is exactly the image I had in my head when he talks about the aurora in the first book! Amazing, well done and is now my wallpaper!

Richard Dart

11th March 2011 at 2:32 pm

Masterclass!! Magical, indeed!

Pat

11th March 2011 at 2:34 pm

I like it! and since it’s green… going to use as my wall paper until St. Patty’s day is over. thanks for the deskoration (desk decoration)

Matt Payne

11th March 2011 at 2:54 pm

Crazy nice shot.

Peggy

11th March 2011 at 2:55 pm

Arild, thank you for sharing your awesome, unique photo of the green aurora borealis! Beauty is indeed all around us if we know how to look for it. I have always been fascinated by the aurora, but never witnessed one since I have not traveled far enough North. That is definitely on my to-do list now.

Marie Dunphy Harding

11th March 2011 at 3:12 pm

You gave us a different aurora view; Thank you for sharing this magnificent shot and your great talent !.

Helen Hart

11th March 2011 at 3:16 pm

Fantastic, you managed the sky perfectly. Congratulations!

Deborah Flowers

11th March 2011 at 4:51 pm

This takes my breath away! It’s a magical and spectacular scene!
Thanks for sharing {some of us may never see this with our own eyes!}
and congratulations for POTD!

Harry Lichtman

11th March 2011 at 5:22 pm

Another fine image of the lights of Norway. You seem to nail each and every one of these! Congrats!

James Fougere

11th March 2011 at 6:22 pm

Fantastic Image !! I will be up in the Yukon Territory in Canada this fall to capture the Aurora in a mountain range landscape. After seeing your image, I can hardly wait !! Congrats!

Gouldkb

11th March 2011 at 7:06 pm

Wonderful! I love the colors. Great job and I’m glad you started photographing what you see in nature. Those photos will become very precious

Christian Klepp

11th March 2011 at 10:18 pm

Arild,
I work with this nice and tricky technique too since my travel with Örvar from Iceland.
Your image is just awesome, I love the ice within the stream topped by just some snow
and the river itself looks like glowing quicksilver … congrats to this very deserved POTD!
You belong to these photographers that guarantee perfect shots whereever they go!

Greetings,
Christian from Hamburg

Arild Heitmann

12th March 2011 at 12:12 am

Thx everyone! Really appreciate each and every comment…

Fredrik

12th March 2011 at 2:06 am

Hei Arild!
Dette var nydelig! Det er ikke mange nordlysbilder jeg har sett som har vært bedre enn dette…og nordlysbilder er som regel god kvalitet på. Så nordlys selv for andre gang i går (ikke så mye av det her i Bergen). Fikk ikke noe særlig med flotte bilder da, men forhåpentligvis kommer det flere sjanser… Altså, nordlys er vanskelig å ta bilder av, men her har du klart det mesterlig. Gratulerer med et flott bilde!