Northern Lights Over Iceland - Updated

[a1ex2001]

We were on Holiday in Iceland last week and were lucky enough to see the Northern Lights twice, these shots are from the first sighting which was over our guest house just outside Selfoss on Sunday 23rd Feb, All were taken with a canon 5d mkii and a Samyang 14mm f2.8. All comments, feedback and critique welcome.


Northern Lights, Iceland 1 by a1ex2001, on Flickr


Northern Lights, Iceland 2 by a1ex2001, on Flickr


Northern Lights, Iceland 3 by a1ex2001, on Flickr

 

[phil_b]

Class, would love to see them!

 

[a1ex2001]

Class, would love to see them!

It was an amazing experience they flowed horizon to horizon for about two and a half hours that night and the 6 of us in the guest house were transfixed.

 

[tjc]

Excellent shots... spectacular colours.

They gave an amazing show here in the UK last week too, the best I`ve seen and I`ve been fortunate enough to see quite a few... I`d love to see them from Iceland though.

 

[a1ex2001]

Excellent shots... spectacular colours.

They gave an amazing show here in the UK last week too, the best I`ve seen and I`ve been fortunate enough to see quite a few... I`d love to see them from Iceland though.

Thanks, we were surprised to check the bbc news as see pictures of the lights from Norwich! Definitely worth the trip to iceland though and not just for the lights it is a stunning country with a great photo round every corner!

 

[minnnt]

That's a great show!

 

[iceman101]

this is one of my first pics orkney 27-2-14 sorry if i have put this in the wrong place

 

[ap0thecary]

These are amazing pics! What settings did you use?

 

[a1ex2001]

These are amazing pics! What settings did you use?

Thanks.

They were all shot with a samyang 14mm f2.8 on a canon 5d mkii with the lens wide open the exposures varied bettween about 10 and 20 seconds and I used an ISO of about 1600 to avoid noise and the headache of cleaning it up. We were really lucky to see two intense storms on clear nights do shooting it was relatively easy. I would love to go back and try again at keeping my cool and focussing on composition.

 

[a1ex2001]

Still working through my Iceland photos but couldn't resist adding this one to the thread, horses and the Northern Lights!


Northern Lights over Iceland by a1ex2001, on Flickr

 

[gill]

lovely shots - can't wait to see these one day.

Is the horses shot a composite, or did they just stand incredibly still for 10-20 seconds?

 

[a1ex2001]

lovely shots - can't wait to see these one day.

Is the horses shot a composite, or did they just stand incredibly still for 10-20 seconds?

It was a single 8 second exposure, the lights were really bright that night and the horses were th other side of a fence in a field 3 of them wandered over to say hello stood around long enough for me to snap a couple of shots and then moved on. Was one of those how did that happen moments!

 

[ap0thecary]

very nice indeed!

 

[Mike D]

Very nice photos. We were up in Norway a couple of weeks ago and saw the lights there. Unfortunately nothing a vivid as the photos, although I know the camera can make them seem a little more intense with the longer exposures.
Well done! Very envious.

 

[Tunbridge]

Very nice, always spectacular to see, thanks for sharing, I'm not jealous at all...

 

[cookyboy]

Lovely images