15 Winners Of The Northern Lights Contest By “Capture The Atlas”
#10 “When A Dream Became A Reality” By Mohad Almehanna
Yukon, Canada
“Observing the location, seasons, and angles for about three years, I researched the perfect shoot that I had in my mind. I fell in love with this composition in Northern Canada. The day I took this photo, the weather was extremely difficult; the temperature was 20 degrees below zero, and the strong wind didn’t make the situation any easier.
I had a certain vision of the photo I wanted, and because of the extreme weather, I had to build the photo in stages. Taking many shots in different stages of the Aroura rising gave me a good chance to get the final photo here. The overwhelming feeling of seeing the spectacular phenomenon for the first time and racing against time and cold to get the photo was such a thrill that I want to experience again.”
Dan told us that this competition is a little different from others and photographers don’t have to apply: “The Northern Lights photographer of the year is different from other photography contests. Photographers don’t apply, but they’re selected following different criteria like the quality of the image, the shooting conditions, the originality of the composition, and the uniqueness of the location. Both Ascen and I personally curate the images throughout the year, looking not only for images taken by some of the best photographers in the world but also from new talents that are working hard to create those fascinating images.
We also run ‘The Milky Way photographer of the Year,’ which is a similar collection but showing the best images of our galaxy captured during the Milky Way season. This is published in June coinciding with the start of the peak season to shoot the Milky Way. We don’t have other plans to run more competitions in the future at this moment.”
Yukon, Canada
“Observing the location, seasons, and angles for about three years, I researched the perfect shoot that I had in my mind. I fell in love with this composition in Northern Canada. The day I took this photo, the weather was extremely difficult; the temperature was 20 degrees below zero, and the strong wind didn’t make the situation any easier.
I had a certain vision of the photo I wanted, and because of the extreme weather, I had to build the photo in stages. Taking many shots in different stages of the Aroura rising gave me a good chance to get the final photo here. The overwhelming feeling of seeing the spectacular phenomenon for the first time and racing against time and cold to get the photo was such a thrill that I want to experience again.”
Dan told us that this competition is a little different from others and photographers don’t have to apply: “The Northern Lights photographer of the year is different from other photography contests. Photographers don’t apply, but they’re selected following different criteria like the quality of the image, the shooting conditions, the originality of the composition, and the uniqueness of the location. Both Ascen and I personally curate the images throughout the year, looking not only for images taken by some of the best photographers in the world but also from new talents that are working hard to create those fascinating images.
We also run ‘The Milky Way photographer of the Year,’ which is a similar collection but showing the best images of our galaxy captured during the Milky Way season. This is published in June coinciding with the start of the peak season to shoot the Milky Way. We don’t have other plans to run more competitions in the future at this moment.”
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20 February 2023
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