Finally the sky cleared and the Aurora showed up for the first time in 3 months.
The forecast was expecting medium Aurora activity. So out I went, drove to the mountains where there was snowy foreground. The Aurora started to appear, I stopped the car but to my horror I realized I had forgotten my tripod in all the excitement of finally going out and shooting Aurora. I tried to put the camera on a stone, the hood of my car. But the results where terrible.
So I had to go home again, looking at all the beautiful Aurora out of my car window unable to capture in on my camera.
When I had the tripod again I went to the nearest location. No snowy foreground but the results where fine because the light pollution from the nearby city lit up the house and foreground a bit too. So it all ended well
I took this near Straumur Art center. Just a little down the road behind Straumur there are a few old buildings.
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I gave this shot a well deserved 10. I envy you - here in my part of Alaska the aurora has only been visible low in the sky a couple times this winter. A real let down. Your image was a very welcome sight.
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Excellent, I wish we had the northern lights further south....always a winner. Nice placement of the building in the image and the counter balance of the flare at 90 degrees.
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