Northern lights 27th Feb '09

[ArcticShooter]

There was a spectacular show last night. Some of the northern lights where moving very fast.
1:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3517/3315234921_94eeee5b81_b.jpg
2:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3602/3316060880_ba487c3f14_b.jpg
3:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/3315289878_75e2639445_b.jpg
For Exif check my Flickr

[Reigh Higgins]

Beautiful display. Thanks for sharing.

[siddr20]

Love the last shot :) Nicely done

[WiK1d]

This is stunning! I would love to see them some time in my life.

[ArcticShooter]

Beautiful display. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you

Love the last shot :) Nicely done
Thank you. It is my favorite also

This is stunning! I would love to see them some time in my life.
Thank you

[ArcticShooter]

Finally got some images on Spaceweather.com :)

[Zepher]

sweet captures.
I used to see them a lot when I lived back home in Iceland.

[Rey.dos]

awesome...thanks for sharing...

[Canonswhitelensesrule]

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

I esp love "SPEEDY". That "lightest" part on the right hand side, almost looks like a "spirit" is watching you. So surreal.

[jgrussell]

BEAUTIFUL shots!! So nicely done. Especially #3.

[Celestron]

Very nice shots !

[L.Morey]

Great work

[MidnightSun]

I always love seeing those. Fantastic! With the temps. you all must put up with up there, that kind of makes it worth it. That is on my list of things to shoot some day........;)

[Fenix247]

absolutely beautiful

[Karl Johnston]

Lovely shots ! I saw you on spaceweather, too! Great work ! Hope something more comes of it like it did for me. What ISO were you at in the last couple ? There's a little bit of banding occuring, more so prominent in "speedy" than the latter, but nonetheless well caught images. I hope you saw that shooting star in the first shot, too! Just noticed that.

[5x5 photography]

Beautiful shots.

[jdm.squeek]

Absolutely beautiful series, especially the panorama!!!

[ArcticShooter]

sweet captures.
I used to see them a lot when I lived back home in Iceland.
Yeah, it's great to watch.

awesome...thanks for sharing...
Thank you

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

I esp love "SPEEDY". That "lightest" part on the right hand side, almost looks like a "spirit" is watching you. So surreal.
Yes, Speedy was moving very fast. Wish I could have caught this on video

BEAUTIFUL shots!! So nicely done. Especially #3.
Thank you

Very nice shots !
Thank you

Great work
Thnak you

I always love seeing those. Fantastic! With the temps. you all must put up with up there, that kind of makes it worth it. That is on my list of things to shoot some day........;)
Thank you. Actually it was warm only -1C or so. So I didn't even bother to wear gloves ;)

absolutely beautiful
Thank you

Lovely shots ! I saw you on spaceweather, too! Great work ! Hope something more comes of it like it did for me. What ISO were you at in the last couple ? There's a little bit of banding occuring, more so prominent in "speedy" than the latter, but nonetheless well caught images. I hope you saw that shooting star in the first shot, too! Just noticed that.
I shot all these on ISO 1600, only adjusted the exposure time.
I know the banding is difficult to avoid. Since these only appeared for 15-30s I just had to gamble with the exposure.
I saw the falling star after I had posted it here.

[ArcticShooter]

Beautiful shots.
Thank you

Absolutely beautiful series, especially the panorama!!!
Thank you. I also did a vertical panorama tryout. But I haven't been able to stitch it so that I like it. And the NL changed a little bit. So I have to see if I can get it together.

[shootthebear]

My wife and I drove out of town a little ways to watch them here in Seward, Alaska! They were beautiful. Amazing photos; thanks for sharing.

[ArcticShooter]

My wife and I drove out of town a little ways to watch them here in Seward, Alaska! They were beautiful. Amazing photos; thanks for sharing.
Yeah, they are great to watch. Thank you for your comment. And welcome to the forum :) Will be waiting for your images

[johnz]

Those are just insane! Great shots - great places you got there in Norway! Have to visit someday ( last visit was about 15 years ago - so it's about time) :)

[ArcticShooter]

Those are just insane! Great shots - great places you got there in Norway! Have to visit someday ( last visit was about 15 years ago - so it's about time) :)
Well, then it's by time to pay us a visit soon :) I am more than willing to show you some great scenes :)

[johnz]

Well, then it's by time to pay us a visit soon :) I am more than willing to show you some great scenes :)

You know i will hold you on that promise :)

Very nice images indeed, i guess i could get something similiar from Lapland, but it's not exactly next door to where i live. ( about 800km drive...) :) And those aurora's are quite hard to catch, it's not like every evening sky looks that gorgeous. Atleast not here! :)

[Schnac Vanopen]

they're all good but no2 is stunning, how often are they that spectacular

[ArcticShooter]

You know i will hold you on that promise :)

Very nice images indeed, i guess i could get something similiar from Lapland, but it's not exactly next door to where i live. ( about 800km drive...) :) And those aurora's are quite hard to catch, it's not like every evening sky looks that gorgeous. Atleast not here! :)
Sure you can get the same light in Lapland. But not the nice scenery :)

they're all good but no2 is stunning, how often are they that spectacular
These shows only when the light is VERY active. So they can be rare.

[WanderingMind]

awesome :)

[Aaagogo]

holy crap, I've really got to make it a point to visit you someday and have you share with me your knowledge on creating these images.

[ArcticShooter]

awesome :)
Thank you

holy crap, I've really got to make it a point to visit you someday and have you share with me your knowledge on creating these images.
Well, I will be here :) But you have to set away some time for waiting. It could be days or even weeks before you see it. Everything depends on the weather. This season have had very good weather. When I had 3 weeks vacation it was very nice. So hopefully it will be the same when I go on vacation a week from now :) I know, I got lots of spare time. I work in oil&gas and do 14 days work and 21 days at home. So it is perfect for this :)

[Aaagogo]

did you have to travel far to get to those locations in your images, with the amazing background of snow covered mountains...

I've met some Swedish, Finnish and Norwegians girls during my little stint as a dive master in Egypt and they are like the almost perfect specimen.

[ArcticShooter]

did you have to travel far to get to those locations in your images, with the amazing background of snow covered mountains...

I've met some Swedish, Finnish and Norwegians girls during my little stint as a dive master in Egypt and they are like the almost perfect specimen.

This place is only 10 minutes away. Most of my images are taken 10-45 minutes drive from home. So that is not bad :)

[Aaagogo]

AWESOME...

how much does a room cost to rent at your place, like a homestay thing... for a month

[markjpcs]

Awesome photos!

[ArcticShooter]

AWESOME...

how much does a room cost to rent at your place, like a homestay thing... for a month

Check out this site for more info:
http://www.destinasjontromso.no/english/index.html

Here is also a nice travel story: http://www.gonomad.com/transports/0604/norway.html

[ArcticShooter]

Awesome photos!
Thank you

[Aaagogo]

;) thanx, me and 2 other friends are already making plans.

Check out this site for more info:
http://www.destinasjontromso.no/english/index.html

Here is also a nice travel story: http://www.gonomad.com/transports/0604/norway.html

[ArcticShooter]

;) thanx, me and 2 other friends are already making plans.
Sounds great, give me a call when you get here :)

[Aaagogo]

will do, but it won't be for another 2 more rotations around the sun, at the very least.