25 Breathtaking Winning Photos From The “Northern Lights Photographer Of The Year” Competition
#25 “Over The Lofoten Mountains” By José Antonio Mateos Fajardo
Image source: jamateos_photography
Lofoten Islands, Norway
“March 1st, 2020, 11:30 pm in the Lofoten Islands, Norway. I don’t know if it was -10ºC or -12ºC, but I couldn’t have been more excited about the chance to see and photograph those magic green lights that show up at northern latitudes. The night before, there was a great snowfall, so going off-road meant getting chest-deep in the snow. There was no other choice but to set the tripod in the road. At first, the Aurora seemed like a faint cloud changing its colors from yellow to lime. I used the moon to focus and I could see how my camera was picking up the first colors on my LCD screen. After some test shots, I started shooting at ISO 2500, F2.8, 3.2sec. The faint cloud had turned into a big Aurora, and the landscape was magical, with the moon illuminating the mountains. To capture the entire scene, I shot a pano of horizontal images. After this, I just focused on enjoying the scenery!”
Image source: jamateos_photography
Lofoten Islands, Norway
“March 1st, 2020, 11:30 pm in the Lofoten Islands, Norway. I don’t know if it was -10ºC or -12ºC, but I couldn’t have been more excited about the chance to see and photograph those magic green lights that show up at northern latitudes. The night before, there was a great snowfall, so going off-road meant getting chest-deep in the snow. There was no other choice but to set the tripod in the road. At first, the Aurora seemed like a faint cloud changing its colors from yellow to lime. I used the moon to focus and I could see how my camera was picking up the first colors on my LCD screen. After some test shots, I started shooting at ISO 2500, F2.8, 3.2sec. The faint cloud had turned into a big Aurora, and the landscape was magical, with the moon illuminating the mountains. To capture the entire scene, I shot a pano of horizontal images. After this, I just focused on enjoying the scenery!”
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16 October 2022
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