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Arctic & Aurora

Arctic landscape, Northern Lights, reindeer, huskies, skidoos frozen rivers and much much more.

February 2009. The journey commences in Tromso, our 'Gateway to the Arctic', continues via Finland culminating in our base camp, the raw landscape of Ravnastua, Karasjok. This was an epic journey, an adventure and fed us with a hostile beauty. Clear skies every evening resulted in the magical aurora dancing constantly through the freezing arctic skies. It was script written for adventure.

Enjoy the journey.
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    The magical aurora borealis (northern lights). Nothing could prepare me for what I witnessed during these few nights. It was the most breathtaking natural thing I had ever seen. The skies came alive with a bouncing river of moving colour befitting of the many myths and folklore surround this magical phenomenon. Capturing the spectacle on camera was challenging and after some early experimenting with exposure times I eventually found a workable solution. No two cameras are the same in this respect so my advice in capturing the northern lights is experiment with long exposures and ISO. Personally I settled on low ISO (100) and exposures ranging between 60s and 120s. Our cabins became a focal point and the fisheye lens was perfect to complement the magical feel. Olympus E1, 8mm fisheye - F3.5, 60s
    This one was taken from the remote plateau away from base camp. The skies came alive with a bright river of colour. It turned the snow laden ground green in colour. Olympus E1, 7-14mm, F4, 60s
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