Two more aurora pics

[HarryD (Greg)]

Hi again

Two more aurora images.

You may notice Orion in the bottom left corner of one of them. Someone has tipped it upside down

These are quick and hurried attempts at processing. I need to do better for printing.

If any of you are thinking of an Iceland trip to shoot the aurora you need to do a lot of planing and you need a lot of luck as well.

Greg

[GOTO (Geoff)]

Hi Harry
I love your images and I can't wait to go back. Where did you get your shots please?
I had an awesome time in Möðrudalur in 2015. Try and say that three times quickly!

Cheers
Geoff

[HarryD (Greg)]

Hi Geoff

Well done with your pics. I know how difficult it is to get even one good one.
Mine were taken at EGILSSTADIR, which is on the east coast.
I was lucky in that I could walk around next to a frozen lake which meant it was reasonably dark except for my hotel and a few small buildings directly behind me. No moon, planned for that.
I didn't realise that the "lights", as they are called here, move around across the sky from one horizon to the other fairly rapidly. You need to be able to move and recompose for each shot.
All my pics were on the same night from the same location, allowing for moving 50 metres or so as the "lights" changed and some taken to the north and some to the south. This is not easy as the snow was mid shin deep, it was dark and cold and I didn't know the area and didn't want to fall through the ice into the lake.
A great experience, one I had planned for, for a long time. Lucky, with Iceland's weather, to get one clear night.

Greg