Joe Rainbow
Dream World
Worth viewing on black I think.
A bit of a Peter Lik style title I know, but maybe it deserves it as it was pretty extreme :)
This was from a photographic session that was the best part of the trip for me. Accompanied by three top notch Photographers at this stage in the shape of Peter Spencer www.flickr.com/photos/35972709@N03/, Antony Spencer www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/ and Andy Farrer www.flickr.com/photos/andyfarrer/, I was in good company. We had a blast as some of the most dynamic Aurora of the trip flashed across the sky in this spectacular location in the frozen Swedish forests. As much s I love the coast, these forests were something special and twinned with such an otherworldly event made them memorable for a life time.
Although there are a couple of technical issues with this shot, mainly a 'soft' fg due to a wide aperture, I still feel it has the emotional effect I was looking for. I would love to have a had a pin sharp image throughout, but shooting in these conditions challenged everything you could imagine. Just thinking straight at these temperatures was hard enough. -35 degrees c really does make the skull numb. Lots of winter clothing including 5 pairs of trousers and two pairs of gloves, a frozen tripod, frosted up glasses, super slow camera reactions and the tiredness of hours of traveling make for a tough but enjoyable shoot. The Aurora moves so fast sometimes, like here, that composition becomes really challenging too. Switching between different apertures and iso's and almost becoming overwhelmed by the sheer scale of it all makes shooting the Aurora like this far more than just 'documenting' as some would lead to believe. A trip I would love to repeat again sometime and won't forget in a hurry. I have a few more traditional landscape shots that will be posted in due course, but I needed to get this one out of the system :)
Thanks for looking and all the kind feedback to date.
If you would like further information about the 1 to 1, and small group workshops I run in Cornwall, then please contact me through my website. Links to which are on my profile page. www.flickr.com/people/24562498@N03/
Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure 10
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 24 mm
ISO Speed 1250
Dream World
Worth viewing on black I think.
A bit of a Peter Lik style title I know, but maybe it deserves it as it was pretty extreme :)
This was from a photographic session that was the best part of the trip for me. Accompanied by three top notch Photographers at this stage in the shape of Peter Spencer www.flickr.com/photos/35972709@N03/, Antony Spencer www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/ and Andy Farrer www.flickr.com/photos/andyfarrer/, I was in good company. We had a blast as some of the most dynamic Aurora of the trip flashed across the sky in this spectacular location in the frozen Swedish forests. As much s I love the coast, these forests were something special and twinned with such an otherworldly event made them memorable for a life time.
Although there are a couple of technical issues with this shot, mainly a 'soft' fg due to a wide aperture, I still feel it has the emotional effect I was looking for. I would love to have a had a pin sharp image throughout, but shooting in these conditions challenged everything you could imagine. Just thinking straight at these temperatures was hard enough. -35 degrees c really does make the skull numb. Lots of winter clothing including 5 pairs of trousers and two pairs of gloves, a frozen tripod, frosted up glasses, super slow camera reactions and the tiredness of hours of traveling make for a tough but enjoyable shoot. The Aurora moves so fast sometimes, like here, that composition becomes really challenging too. Switching between different apertures and iso's and almost becoming overwhelmed by the sheer scale of it all makes shooting the Aurora like this far more than just 'documenting' as some would lead to believe. A trip I would love to repeat again sometime and won't forget in a hurry. I have a few more traditional landscape shots that will be posted in due course, but I needed to get this one out of the system :)
Thanks for looking and all the kind feedback to date.
If you would like further information about the 1 to 1, and small group workshops I run in Cornwall, then please contact me through my website. Links to which are on my profile page. www.flickr.com/people/24562498@N03/
Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure 10
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 24 mm
ISO Speed 1250