15 Winners Of The Northern Lights Contest By “Capture The Atlas”
#6 “The Tower Of Sorcery” By Joaquín Marco
Iceland
“I took this photo on my first trip to Iceland in September 2019 on a trip that I had been organizing for months with 5 of my best friends. We were lucky enough to enjoy a G1 solar storm with a Kp4 index and some Kp6 peaks. The first experience of seeing the Northern Lights was incredible. As I do in the rest of my night photographs, I shot the foreground during blue hour and waited for the show to happen; that way, I can achieve the best quality in my images.
This time, the Northern Lights were so intense that I had to use a shutter speed down to 1 second to capture all the textures of the Aurora, forcing me to use very high ISO ranges between 8000 and 12800. I took this photo at the top of the Skogafoss waterfall, a composition that I hadn’t seen before and that sums up that magical night.”
“My favorite part of photography is to have the opportunity to spend time in nature and to discover new places, cultures, and people. I’ve met so many great friends thanks to this passion. It’s difficult to find a ‘least favorite part,’ but if I had to say something, it could be cleaning the tripod after a photography session on the beach! (Most photographers will know what I’m talking about.) There are many challenges like waking up for sunrise, driving long distances, not eating for hours and hours… but everything pays off once you can capture a unique moment.”
Iceland
“I took this photo on my first trip to Iceland in September 2019 on a trip that I had been organizing for months with 5 of my best friends. We were lucky enough to enjoy a G1 solar storm with a Kp4 index and some Kp6 peaks. The first experience of seeing the Northern Lights was incredible. As I do in the rest of my night photographs, I shot the foreground during blue hour and waited for the show to happen; that way, I can achieve the best quality in my images.
This time, the Northern Lights were so intense that I had to use a shutter speed down to 1 second to capture all the textures of the Aurora, forcing me to use very high ISO ranges between 8000 and 12800. I took this photo at the top of the Skogafoss waterfall, a composition that I hadn’t seen before and that sums up that magical night.”
“My favorite part of photography is to have the opportunity to spend time in nature and to discover new places, cultures, and people. I’ve met so many great friends thanks to this passion. It’s difficult to find a ‘least favorite part,’ but if I had to say something, it could be cleaning the tripod after a photography session on the beach! (Most photographers will know what I’m talking about.) There are many challenges like waking up for sunrise, driving long distances, not eating for hours and hours… but everything pays off once you can capture a unique moment.”
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20 February 2023
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