Aurora borealis - Dance for us!
Dec. 15th, 2013 03:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaI have seen the northern lights!
Found a tour that I liked the look of. Mainly because they provide spare equipment - including the Tripod that I completely failed to dig out! The tour took us on a long long drive south to a little Lavvu (A Sami teepee like tent) in the middle of nowhere.
It was not a perfect night for it. The full moon makes the sky a bit bright and there was a haze in the air. The view was nowhere near as vivid as the photos would suggest, but I did see them! Slowly changing, and dancing almost too slow to see. I think it was the only night I'd get a chance to see them so I got my money's worth, and managed to see what I came to see.
There are always such lovely people on the tours. Everyone was in a good mood and happy to chat. We had hot chocolate and coffee and cake, and most importantly a roaring campfire in the Lavvu.
I am particularly pleased with my photos. The 5-15 second exposures required a little trial and error, but I think the photos speak for themselves.
I quite like the ghosts in this one showing just how slow the shutter had to be.
And this is where we went when it we got cold, where we were warmed with hot chocolate and a fire!
Found a tour that I liked the look of. Mainly because they provide spare equipment - including the Tripod that I completely failed to dig out! The tour took us on a long long drive south to a little Lavvu (A Sami teepee like tent) in the middle of nowhere.
It was not a perfect night for it. The full moon makes the sky a bit bright and there was a haze in the air. The view was nowhere near as vivid as the photos would suggest, but I did see them! Slowly changing, and dancing almost too slow to see. I think it was the only night I'd get a chance to see them so I got my money's worth, and managed to see what I came to see.
There are always such lovely people on the tours. Everyone was in a good mood and happy to chat. We had hot chocolate and coffee and cake, and most importantly a roaring campfire in the Lavvu.
I am particularly pleased with my photos. The 5-15 second exposures required a little trial and error, but I think the photos speak for themselves.
I quite like the ghosts in this one showing just how slow the shutter had to be.
And this is where we went when it we got cold, where we were warmed with hot chocolate and a fire!
