A Nothern Lights (aurora) photoshoot - you know you want to see it :)

[s_and_m]

we went to the north circle once to see the aurora, but drank too much vodka and missed it!

Your pics make me really wish we'd been more disciplined!

Cheers

S

[mcs_su]

Quote: Originally Posted by s_and_m (original)

we went to the north circle once to see the aurora, but drank too much vodka and missed it!

WOW - awesome photos ..was in Lapland in Jan this year and did pretty much the same as s_and_m ... missed the Northern Lights because of drinking! damn annoyed

love the battle of the lights pic... great to see the 2 diff colours like that
fantastic!

[Madeira Jon]

Lovely pix!. When I as a radio amateur (Ham radio) we used to bounce adio signals off the aurora curtain in order to reach far away places. Aurora never ceases to amaze me, especially when there is no sound to it!

[TonyM]

Nice photos

We had a holiday in Iceland last October and saw an amazing aurora through our hotel room window in Reykjavik.

This photo was taken with the camera propped up on some books on the window sill.

We were surprised at the scale of it - it stretched from way behind us, over the mountains in the distance (sillouetted in the background of the picture) and beyond.

Wish I had my tripod with me at the time

[Hatrick]

wow, they look fantastic.

I know from doing photoshoots of sunsets and stuff like that, that you have to have a lot of patience to get good shots like that.
And it shows.

[northandy]

Quote: Originally Posted by xtremepsionic (original)

Check it out at my website's gallery and do leave some tips and comments so I can shoot better next time!

ps. I love my MINI and the Aurora was just a bonus


Click here to view gallery

Click here to see my other galleries (lots of other MINI pictures and non MINI pictures)

Amazing pictures

[SoggyCornFlakes]

excellent pictures

I'd hoped to see them when we were in Lapland last year but it was cloudy all the time - snowing though

[xtremepsionic]

Quote: Originally Posted by Desert Storm (original)

wow, they look fantastic.

I know from doing photoshoots of sunsets and stuff like that, that you have to have a lot of patience to get good shots like that.
And it shows.

Just a little I stayed for almost 2 hours, the hardest part is exposing the pictures for 30 seconds each, for some people that could get really boring I guess. Getting the focus and composition right is a little hard as well in the dark.

[Laury]

good stuff - keep up the good work

[Smurfn]

Absolutely Fantastic !!!!

[Mini Princess]

OMG that's amazing. I've never seen aurora borealis and it's just amazing. Gives me goose bumps just looking at it.

[Restyle]

Fantastic Photo Xtremepsionic, Ive been keeping track of Aurora`s & Sunspots for a few years now .. but without personally witnessing any myself ...YET !!
Have a look at some of the ones in the Sunspots & Aurora`s Thread.
{And Please Add some of Yours while you`re there}

[CC07ERS]

Gr8 pics all the better without lihgt pollution ive seen this while on vacation in upstate ny truely fantastic light show more please