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HalldorIngi


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Challenge: Skyscape II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D7100
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor DX Zoom-10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED
Location: Kleifarvatn Iceland
Date: Sep 13, 2014
Aperture: F/3.5
ISO: 1250
Shutter: 25 sec
Date Uploaded: Sep 13, 2014

 The first aurora trip of the season, and a good one.

Edit. Thanks for great votes and comments.
My first blue :)

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Nikon D800
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 09/25/2014 04:30:15 PM
Awesome capture, congratulations
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 09/24/2014 10:19:35 AM
Congratulations on the Blue! Very nice photo.
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Nikon Z8
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 09/22/2014 11:48:12 AM
Originally posted by MNet:
I just checked and this was taken only half an hour drive from your capital so if I go to Iceland next October I will not need to go far? Awesome image, well deserved Blue! : )


Thanks :)

I have taken aurora shots from my balcony so no ;)
But to but to get some foreground and get rid of the city light, yes, 10-40 min drive.
Kleifarvatn is good place (ca 30 min) but Þingvellir is wery popular and some times crowded with aurora hunters. (ca 45 min drive)
Then there is a lot of small lakes and mountains around Reykjavik, which are good places for aurora shots.

If you go through my aurora frames on flickr all of them are geotagged so you can scout some places.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/halldoringi/sets/72157627657048022/

Also a clever way is to search flickr for: aurora,norðurljós, þingvellir, kleifarvatn straumur, hvalfjörður, kirkjufell, reykjavik for sample and scout the result :)

Message edited by author 2014-09-22 11:51:10.
Canon EOS R6
Canon RF 14-35mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 09/22/2014 08:08:26 AM
Congratulations on the blue.
Og það kom að því,vel gert.
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Sony DSC-RX100 VII
 09/22/2014 07:56:08 AM
I just checked and this was taken only half an hour drive from your capital so if I go to Iceland next October I will not need to go far? Awesome image, well deserved Blue! : )
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 09/22/2014 06:46:33 AM
Absolutely wonderful image, Halldor. Congrats on your win.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 09/22/2014 01:36:05 AM
Congratulations on the blue. Awesome sky. I WISH we had auroras here!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Apple iPhone 5s
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
 09/21/2014 04:06:36 PM
Jealous. I have AuroraWatch on Twitter to see if I can try and catch this! Not helped by living in Southern England! This is a lovely capture.
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
09/21/2014 02:42:42 PM
Pretty!
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 09/18/2014 04:59:36 PM
Wow, spectacular capture
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
 09/17/2014 02:46:49 PM
Gorgeous !!!
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Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Konica Minolta AF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5
 09/17/2014 11:44:02 AM
Amazing lights above, good landscape below.
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Sony Alpha a6400
Tamron 70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD
 09/15/2014 10:35:19 AM
Beautiful. This should get a ribbon.
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Ricoh GR III
Fujifilm XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR
 09/15/2014 08:27:58 AM
These shots are always amazing. Congratulations on a fine image!
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Nikon D5000
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G
09/15/2014 07:15:02 AM
Looks like the sky is being split in half. Very well done.
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