Image shortlisted for Astronomy Photographer of the year 2014. If someone asks what I remember most about this night my reply would be "brrrrrrrrrrr...... Cold". It was really cold, but it brought a really nice benefit, making the air so clear actually allowing to shoot the image in a way Id normally would not do and still come out pin sharp. That and getting the milky way, the northern lights and the full moon in the image has made this one of my absolute best night time captures.
Captured of Nusfjord in Lofoten, Northern Norway. One of the first thing I noticed driving in here was the brilliant green in the shadow of the mountain, that was really my clue for this capture. With rather slow moving clouds I worked my way using a long exposure with a filter to block the light, at 1 minute it was not quite there, nor at 2 minutes, but at 3 minutes everything just worked and it is a capture that has grown more on me and is now one of my favourite all time images.
A cold night and a warm morning produced a beautiful foggy scene, closing in on autumn the temperature changes from night to day often tends to provide foggy conditions, which simplify any image, most of the time for the better. Captured in Nordreisa, Northern Norway.
