15 Winners Of The Northern Lights Contest By “Capture The Atlas”
#12 “Pictured Rocks Magic” By Marybeth Kiczenski
Upper Michigan Peninsula, USA
“Unpredictable. Wild. Mesmerizing. The Aurora speaks to a certain area of your soul: the part that transcends everyday life and enters into the almost supernatural. This is the draw to chasing the Aurora. It’s a feeling I have trouble putting into words. Not many realize that the Northern Lights can be seen pretty regularly from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula!
While they are mostly confined to the horizon at that latitude, a good show is very much visible to the naked eye. In this image, I was out on this cove shooting the Milky Way. It is one of my favorite spots on Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. It’s an almost 2-mile hike through the woods to reach this area, so I never thought I’d ever catch the Aurora here since I typically pre-plan my Aurora shootings. When I checked the Northern Lights forecast the day prior, nothing stood out in terms of the likelihood of them happening, so, when they appeared around 11 pm, I was elated.
These are the moments in a night sky chaser’s life that make everything worth it. They danced for a few hours this night. The ribbons glowing and fluidly moving across the horizon left me speechless. To get the most from this opportunity, I took a combination of shots; a 2-min exposure of the foreground and a 15-second exposure of the sky. This way, you can see more detail in the foreground while retaining the detail in the Northern Lights.”
Upper Michigan Peninsula, USA
“Unpredictable. Wild. Mesmerizing. The Aurora speaks to a certain area of your soul: the part that transcends everyday life and enters into the almost supernatural. This is the draw to chasing the Aurora. It’s a feeling I have trouble putting into words. Not many realize that the Northern Lights can be seen pretty regularly from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula!
While they are mostly confined to the horizon at that latitude, a good show is very much visible to the naked eye. In this image, I was out on this cove shooting the Milky Way. It is one of my favorite spots on Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. It’s an almost 2-mile hike through the woods to reach this area, so I never thought I’d ever catch the Aurora here since I typically pre-plan my Aurora shootings. When I checked the Northern Lights forecast the day prior, nothing stood out in terms of the likelihood of them happening, so, when they appeared around 11 pm, I was elated.
These are the moments in a night sky chaser’s life that make everything worth it. They danced for a few hours this night. The ribbons glowing and fluidly moving across the horizon left me speechless. To get the most from this opportunity, I took a combination of shots; a 2-min exposure of the foreground and a 15-second exposure of the sky. This way, you can see more detail in the foreground while retaining the detail in the Northern Lights.”
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20 February 2023
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