Just to give a hint of how clear the sky was, a regular straightforward d800 jpg is around 20-22 mb, "Sugarsky" was 32 mb in size, this one at full size jpg is 49 mb.

Never seen as many stars so clearly in my life, and it made me feel very small.


Shot with Nikon d800, 14-24mm f/2.8.

Saw the aurora started to build up, but it was quite faint so I set an 8 second exposure, and this happened in just 2-3 seconds.

In my experience, every time the aurora starts to show red, pink and blue colors you know its a good one.


Shot with Nikon D800, 14-24mm f/2.8, @ f/2.8, 15mm, iso 1600, 8 seconds.

Finaly that break caught, the aurora has been really weak for over a month and just lately it has picked up, and super great that it was not as cloudy as yesterday.

Shot on a mountain called Kvænangsfjellet, near this summer open diner called Gildetun, and on a sidenote I have never seen so many stars so clearly as today.

Nikon d800, 14-24mm f/2.8, @ 14mm, 2.8, iso 1600, 8 seconds.
Edit is at its bare minimum, lens correction, little contrast, lighten shadows and decreasehighlights, with light sharpening.

I think I got the shape obsession from drawing, perhaps that is my niche, dont know.

Just a little perspective on the power of this one, this is a M 1.7 flare or Cme ( coronal mass ejection ).

a B1 is a pretty weak aurora, a C1 is 10 times as powerful as a B1, and a M1 is 10 times as powerful as that again.

The strongest flare ever measured was in 2003 where they measured a X45 flare which is about 50 times as powerful as you see here, but that was not earth directed.

Also this one of the few deviations available for download, so if you want a, well kinda small background, you are certainly welcome to use this.

Shot with nikon d800, 14-24 f/2.8 @ 14mm, 2.8, iso 1600, 4 seconds.
Post processing: Contrast +32, shadows -10, clarity +38, darks -12.
Temp reduced from 4500 to 4250.
Niks software detail extractor and Unsharp mask ( 85, 1.0 pix radius )

Trying to be a bit creative now that the aurora activity is very low.
Though it seems it is going towards a very active period now, can´t wait.

There is a lot of lights at the docks where I live and where this boat is standing ( resting ), so there was no need for any lightpainting in this scene.

Shot with Nikon D800, 14-24mm f/2.8 @ 14mm, f/5.6, iso 1600, 25 seconds.

1 out of 1800 photos done on the 20.
Really liked the green cast on the ground from the aurora.


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-14 degrees, wind, by the sea and a full moon, cold but beautiful blue colors.
Even though the aurora might appear to not be too powerful it is quite strong, the moonlight takes away a whole lot.

Hope you like it.

personally Im seeing a woman with long hair in the aurora shape, which resulted in this title.

And I do think that if the aurora was to be a person it would have to be a woman, or a lady to be precice.

Shot on a hill called Goppa in Sørkjosen, Troms County in northern Norway.

Very strong aurora dances over the mountain on a cold night.

Shot in Sørkjosen, troms county, northern Norway.

Im doing a 1 shot a day challenge all through Feburary, read about it here -> ( [link] )

*Changed the title inspired by the comment from ~IoannisCleary

was shooting a timelapse and during one of the photos the headlight of a distant car lit up the ice infront and caused the distant light to get a slight pink tint, which I kinda liked.

So the artistic part is that I increased the purple tint on this and lowered the temperature, not how I normaly do it, but I think it made the picture look cooler.

shot with nikon d800, 14-24mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, iso 1600, 4 seconds, set wb of 3850 ( reduced in post ).

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