Northern Lights over Ullsfjord, Northern Norway
This photo was taken from the deck of a Hurtigruten ship approximately 40 km northeast of Tromsø. The ship was about to enter Grøtsundet (which separates the island of Reinøya from the mainland to the south), and the camera was directed backward, facing northeast over the Ullsfjord.
Capturing the northern lights from a moving vessel presents unique challenges. Due to the ship’s motion, a fast shutter speed is essential to avoid motion blur, which in turn requires a high ISO setting to achieve proper exposure. After some experimentation, I found that an exposure time of 1 second still produced sharp stars and a clear landscape. At an aperture of f/2.8, this required an ISO setting of 10,000.
The aurora borealis, or northern lights, occurs when charged particles from the sun collide with atoms in Earth's upper atmosphere, exciting them and causing them to emit light. The resulting displays are influenced by geomagnetic activity and are most often visible in high-latitude regions near the polar circles.
Northern Lights over Ullsfjord, Northern Norway
This photo was taken from the deck of a Hurtigruten ship approximately 40 km northeast of Tromsø. The ship was about to enter Grøtsundet (which separates the island of Reinøya from the mainland to the south), and the camera was directed backward, facing northeast over the Ullsfjord.
Capturing the northern lights from a moving vessel presents unique challenges. Due to the ship’s motion, a fast shutter speed is essential to avoid motion blur, which in turn requires a high ISO setting to achieve proper exposure. After some experimentation, I found that an exposure time of 1 second still produced sharp stars and a clear landscape. At an aperture of f/2.8, this required an ISO setting of 10,000.
The aurora borealis, or northern lights, occurs when charged particles from the sun collide with atoms in Earth's upper atmosphere, exciting them and causing them to emit light. The resulting displays are influenced by geomagnetic activity and are most often visible in high-latitude regions near the polar circles.