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Jonrunar

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The black church at Búðir, Snæfellsnes peninsula - Iceland.

My wife lying on soft moss covering lava in west part of Iceland

Sunset and sunburst behind the waterfall Seljalandsfoss

The rock "Karlinn - Man" outside of Reykjanes peninsula, Iceland

The waterfalls Háifoss og Granni in panorama - Iceland

Mountain Vestrahorn, the most beautiful mountain in Iceland, and its reflection

The most beautiful mountain in iceland, Vestrahorn in panorama while northern light explosion took place - magical moment

Ice cube on the diamond beach in Iceland at sunrise

A difficult waterfall to shoot, spray and mist coming on your lens but worth it when the result is good - Glúfurbúi on the south coast

Aldeyjarfoss in the north east part of Iceland in its dramatic columnar basalt surrounding

Smiling horse in Hvalfjordur, west part of Iceland

Standing on a broken bridge at Vatnajökull national park

The mountain Baula in Borgarfjordur, Iceland getting the last glimpse of the autumn sun.

Sky on fire

Most amazing aurora show

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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture f/2.8 ISO 6400 Shutter 6/1

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Wow! Stunning, bravo!

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I have never seen a photo of the lights with this much color and vibrance. details of the shot are very well captured. The composition with capturing the "end" of the lights and leaving the sky with stars really makes this shot pop.

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WOW! Very striking! Congrats!

Great capture !

Amazing!

Wow!!! This is AMAZING!! Where was this taken??

Beautifully captured

like it!

Wonderful exposure, promises here several times this winter but no Show!

wow, wow, wow... it's all i can say!

Just Amazing !

Stunning

as they say Let there be Light and this photo sure does here
excellent work

B E A U T I F U L !

excellent

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Spectacular!

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Congrats Very well deserved, very nice job!!

Just wow!

Outstanding...WOW!!!

Very nice! Congrats on your judges favorite win!

Is this for real! What an amazing show and fabulous capture!

Awesome.

Beautiful!

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Hypnotic! Beautiful.

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That us truely wonderful congratulations!

beyond words this is amazing!

Unbelievable photograph!!! you must be so proud of this. Well done!!!!

Amazing..this is simply outstanding!!

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Wonderful rendition of nature...striking

Nice catch !!

totally breathtaking!

definitely my favorite!

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Just amazing. Congratulations on the favorite well deserved!

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Thank you all for great response. This night was unreal, I have never seen the northern lights so vivid and colourful. Very lucky to be out photographing that night.

You nailed it....congratulations....where was this taken....I've seen it but not as beautiful as what you captured...

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Very cool capture!!

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Stunning auroras! Can't wait til I get to see them for myself someday.

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Gorgeous!

Wow! Magnificent!

The most amazing shot indeed

Very beautiful photo! Good luck!

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Absolutely stunning! I can only imagine what that must have looked like in person. Congrats on a truly outstanding capture.

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Stunning photography!!

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Geggjuð mynd.

Fabulous photo!

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Wow!!!...Amazing...

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Stunning capture, Bet it was awesome to see!

Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in west part of Iceland, the mountain Akrafjall is in the foreground and behind me is a little town of Akranes.

Time

The picture was taken at 21:42 in end of February this year.

Lighting

When taking a northern light picture you need to find a place where it is little or no light pollution, can be difficult sometimes. I some cases I use my car or flash light to light up the foreground, not though in this case - the mountain is to big for that.

Equipment

I was using Canon 5DM3, Canon lens 16-35mm II f/2.8, manfrotto tripod, no flash. when I took this picture there were a strong wind so I needed to hold very tight to the tripod. This canon camera is great for the northern light photo shoot, I usually shoot from iso 3200 to 6400. In this take the exposure was 6 sec, aperture f/2.8, focal length 16mm and iso 6400.

Inspiration

Everyone in my family is very well aware of my photographic interest and they are sometimes point out or suggesting some angle or locations to me. In this case it was my ten year old son who was just coming home who told me that the northern lights were visual and strong at the moment. So I just hurried out with my equipment which I always try to have ready by the door. When I looked up to the sky and saw where the lights were situated I choose my location according to that. The mountain Akrafjall is a beautiful mountain close by my home and in this case great in the foreground for the northern lights.

Editing

For this picture I needed to fix the horizon and the lens correction. I was shooting this picture at 16mm so correction was in order. There were some light pollution with red/orange colour coming from the town behind me so I took down those colours a little bit. Then it was a little bit of cleaning up, there was a fence in front of me that I took away and I also made the lowest part of the picture little bit darker than it was. I did not do anything for the northern light it self, they were very bright and colourful originally, just a little bit of contrast.

In my camera bag

I have only one camera, canon 5DM3, then I have my three lenses - 50mm f/1.8, 16-35mm II f/2.8 and 70-200mm f/2.8, all canon. I also have a set of Lee filters I use very much, not though for the northern lights. Then I have two tripods to choose from. I also carrying with me canon flash 580EX hahnel viper set.

Feedback

I have learned that over the years that with the northern lights that equipment matters, you have to have good camera that allows you to go high up in iso and a bright lens. My aim is to shoot in the fastest time I can so I can get the explosion and the dance of the northern lights as best. If you take the picture over longer time the green colour will dominate and the lights will be softer. If you are in a place where you can possibly see Northern lights then it is important to go out every night when the circumstances are right because nothing happens when you are sitting at home and browsing the net and looking at pictures that other people took.

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