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The Northern Skyscape
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HalldorIngi


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Challenge: Skyscape II (Advanced Editing VII)
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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 09/25/2014 12:30:15 PM
Awesome capture, congratulations
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 09/24/2014 06:19:35 AM
Congratulations on the Blue! Very nice photo.
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 09/22/2014 07:48:12 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.
 09/22/2014 04:08:26 AM
Congratulations on the blue.
Og það kom að því,vel gert.
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 09/22/2014 03:56:08 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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 09/22/2014 02:46:33 AM
Absolutely wonderful image, Halldor. Congrats on your win.
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 09/21/2014 09:36:05 PM
Congratulations on the blue. Awesome sky. I WISH we had auroras here!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/21/2014 12:06:36 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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 09/21/2014 10:42:42 AM
Pretty!
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 09/18/2014 12:59:36 PM
Wow, spectacular capture
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 09/17/2014 10:46:49 AM
Gorgeous !!!
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 09/17/2014 07:44:02 AM
Amazing lights above, good landscape below.
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 09/15/2014 06:35:19 AM
Beautiful. This should get a ribbon.
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 09/15/2014 04:27:58 AM
These shots are always amazing. Congratulations on a fine image!
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 09/15/2014 03:15:02 AM
Looks like the sky is being split in half. Very well done.
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