Photo by #CanonExplorerOfLight @jenwuphoto: “With the cold Icelandic winds on my face at Lake Myvatn, I walk towards the lake and see rays of light swirling and dancing from a center-point, called the corona. It’s so magnificent! I’m enthralled! I realize I’m so caught up in watching the display I forget to take a photograph. The aurora fills a large expanse of the sky so I want an ultra-wide-angle lens to include more of it. I get out my EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM lens and point it up vertically to include the sky above my head. I place the corona in the upper right-hand corner of the frame to create more interest as it radiates diagonally instead of vertically. I take the shot and smile with happiness.
Tip: Set the f/stop first and then adjust the shutter speed to stop the movement of the aurora. I stop down to f/4.0 from f/2.8 to suppress distortions and I use shutter times between 5 to 15 seconds. In this image, I set the camera to 13 seconds and then raised the ISO to 1600 for a good exposure. I change the ISO as the light intensity varies.
Tip: Photographing on a dark night without the moon brings more intense auroras while photographing with some moonlight helps light the landscape. I like how the partial moon lights up the mountains and lake even more than they would be by the auroras alone. The moon is behind me and slightly to the right, creating light on the landscape as opposed to a strongly backlit mountain.”
📸 #Canon EOS-1D X
Lens: EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM
Ciao, Nihon.