Norway lights
Ramberg under the Aurora Borealis
Ramberg under the Aurora Borealis
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Jan, 2020Views
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Location
The photo was made from the top of the Fredvang bridge, which is close to the Ramberg city.Time
We were going back to Å from our trip to Haukland beach, looking for the northern lights, but were not lucky. Suddenly, on the halfway, next to the Fredvang bridges we saw light in the sky, which made us stop for shooting. It was around 7PM, 6th of February.Lighting
The only thing to say about lighting is that I was lucky to capture northern lights from this point, where Ramberg city lights draw out mountain next to it with this soft warm light.Equipment
Photo is made with Nikon D810 + Nikkor 50mm, f1.8 and help of no name remote shutter. Tripod is used as well, which is obvious for night scenes like this one.Inspiration
There are lot of things came together to pop up this photo in my imagination: shape of the mountain, amazing light of the Ramberg and shape of the northers lights, similar to the slope angle.Editing
This image is a panorama, made of 5 stills, stitched and post-processed in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. As for all night images, I made a correction of colors and exposure, using curves, masks and layers. Shapes correction applied after the panorama stitching as well.In my camera bag
Normally I have in my bag Nikon D810 with Nikkor lenses: 14-24mm, f2.8, 50mm, f1.8, 85mm, f1.8 and 200-500mm, f5.6. Some additional equipment like remote shutters (wired and wireless), tripods (2m and 15cm), spare SD cards and batteries are always in my bag too.Feedback
In order to capture polar lights, you need to be prepared for it. 1. Check northern lights activity. There are tons of services, where you can see activity of the Aurora Borealis in the location, you are planning to make your photo. 2. Check the location before you go to shoot at night. The best practice is to visit the place during the day in order to choose better position and point of view. 3. Prepare all necessary equipment and check batteries (including the spare one). 4. Be patient and ready to wait for hours. Landscape photography is more about waiting, than shooting :-)
