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Captured 200gb of auroras last night. I am not the most "efficient" photographer that's for sure.
Gonna be lazy and just pop a little "in-camera" timelapse from late in the evening. Things were dialling down by this stage, and the snow was about to arrive.
January 19, 2025.
January 21. 7pm. Possibly the best hour of Nordlys on our entire Aurora Chase.
Just finished dinner and noticed a wiggle on the stackplot, so stepped outside to enjoy the slow burn of an aurora arc to the north. It started to build, get more elaborate and complex, and then it erupted.
Have never seen an aurora move so fast and wide. Just an exceptional moment.
@ewen@photog.socialAnother in-camera timelapse, but a different style for me. Instead of rapid shutter, this used 30sec exposures across an hour of the night. Finishes with a fishing boat zooming through the scene!
This is how the evening began. Super clear skies and a deep rich red hue in the fading light. A gentle glow of nordlys in the north hinted at the night to come.
The next morning we had clouds rolling over, but just enough gap for the winter light to paint pink and peach hues for us.
Increasingly I find myself moving towards more gentle expressions of aurora photography.
I've always been averse to the hyped up saturation that dominates aurora photos on social media. Our eyes don't see those pimped up colours, and it takes a lot of tweaking in Photoshop to get the camera to deliver them anyway.
I like reality. I think the real world is beautiful enough and doesn't need to be faked.
I'm soooooooo behind on my editing this month. Just wrapped a two week photo tour in Norway chasing auroras. This image was taken a few hours ago, as we waited by the fire for the auroras to arrive.
Will have edited photos up soon from this journey. After I sleep for a week!
@ewen It takes a skilled photographer to take a photograph exactly the way it is in reality. 
@vlindervriendje
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
The Northern Lights Company offers a wealth of tours for people who wish to see and photograph the northern lights and experience the best the beautiful Vesterålen archipelago has to offer. The small group of eight people was the perfect size to keep the experience intimate. Tour director Chris Percival was extremely attentive, knowledgeable and fun. The small group size and entertaining tour leader made for a very special trip.
Good idea. When I saw the lights over Norway with my eyes only, the difference from most photos was striking. And of course, disappointing.
@ewen Gorgeous image Ewen, your subtle approach has really paid off with a beautifully balanced image - those greens and dark blues are to die for
Perfect zen moment 
@ewen I like your approach and the subtle color palette. A very nice rendering of this phenomenon.
@ewen That‘s magic 
@ewen Its a brilliant image Ewen. Doesn't need anything more!
Thankyou :)
@ewen I find I sometimes almost want to desaturate some of the ones I take, as opposed to the ones where I want to bring the colours out. This is completely unedited and I just think the contrast is too much.
Yessssss!
Cameras on phones especially they dial up the saturation because most people think the photos look better. The default is what I call "prom night makeup" setting :)
Also I love the new glasses they're very librarian vibe :)
@ewen Haha thanks - librarian is a compliment. 
@ewen Yeah that’s a good name for it actually, I end up desaturating a lot of photos, portraits included. And decrease the warmth too.
@ewen @mrsostberg That really bugged me when I got an iPhone in 2022. A backlit hill looked like it came straight out of a bad film...
@ewen How long are you there for?
@ewen I’ve always wondered what the eye sees compared to what the camera captures with aurora’s.
It’s on my bucket list to see them someday.
@ewen
Do you have a polarised filter?
I was on a bus with a curved windscreen yesterday ~ via polarised shades ~ the glazing had an rainbow aurora, but without them it was glass.
@ewen gorgeous shot!
Thankyou. My guiding principle is to go slow and look for the light. Slowly slowly.
@ewen absolutely gorgeous. 
@ewen spectacular!
Fishing boat - NEEEOOOOWWWWWWWW
Yeaaaah we make the zoomie noise too :)
Thankyou :)