Bridge to the Heavens

[Rajan Parrikar]

Northern Lights at the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river in north Iceland.

Bridge to the Heavens

[ivan muller]

Rajan, I am quite amazed at his natural wonder, I think its the best image of the northern lights that I have ever seen..thanks for showing!

[markymarkrb]

Great northern lights shot.  When I lived in Alaska, I always had a hard time with star trails.  How did you manage to get this type of exposure without star trails and have a bridge in the foreground?

Thanks,
Mark

[PierreVandevenne]

Wonderful image Rajan!

[jalcocer]

Great image, the presence of the brigde give it a little extra!

[wolfnowl]

Great northern lights shot.  When I lived in Alaska, I always had a hard time with star trails.  How did you manage to get this type of exposure without star trails and have a bridge in the foreground?

Thanks,
Mark

I'd like to know that too, because to get the bridge that 'bright', I'd expect a long exposure, which would mean movement both in the stars in the sky and in the aurora itself.  My first thought was that it looks 'fake', but I'd be happy to be corrected!

Mike.

[Rajan Parrikar]

Great northern lights shot.  When I lived in Alaska, I always had a hard time with star trails.  How did you manage to get this type of exposure without star trails and have a bridge in the foreground?

Thanks,
Mark

Thank you, all.

Mark,

I used the Canon 14mm f/2.8 wide open at ISO 1600.  If you can keep the exposure time to less than 20-25 seconds, you won't generate visible star trails.  An even better lens for this would be the recently released Zeiss 25mm f/2 for the Canon and Nikon mounts, a full stop faster.  Furthermore, the infinity focus with a Zeiss can almost be guaranteed by turning the focus ring all the way out.  Not so with the Canon lens.  In the pitch dark conditions this is critical.

The bridge was illuminated by the lights of our super jeep.  Nothing fake about the shot.

[Anders_HK]

Northern Lights at the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river in north Iceland.

Bridge to the Heavens

Indeed this one is very very nice. Great work!

Best regards,
Anders

[wolfnowl]

Thank you, all.

Mark,

I used the Canon 14mm f/2.8 wide open at ISO 1600.  If you can keep the exposure time to less than 20-25 seconds, you won't generate visible star trails.  An even better lens for this would be the recently released Zeiss 25mm f/2 for the Canon and Nikon mounts, a full stop faster.  Furthermore, the infinity focus with a Zeiss can almost be guaranteed by turning the focus ring all the way out.  Not so with the Canon lens.  In the pitch dark conditions this is critical.

The bridge was illuminated by the lights of our super jeep.  Nothing fake about the shot.

Thanks for 'illuminating' me!  It is a fine image.

Mike.

[markymarkrb]

Thanks for the info.  Great shot!

[Isaac]

A beautiful picture. My guess is that this is one of those sublime experiences where any photograph is so far from an equivalent that you really have to be there.

[Enda Cavanagh]

Hi Rajan
Lovely image. I hope you don't get offended but I think your frame template hugely detracts from the images you post both here and on your website where I just browsed. I think it cheapens the look of what are some fantastic images. It looks very templatey (just made up that word but you know what I mean)

I could be talking through my backside of course

[Chairman Bill]

A modern take on Bifrost, the Rainbow Bridge of Norse myth. A great shot.

[Rajan Parrikar]

Hi Rajan
Lovely image. I hope you don't get offended but I think your frame template hugely detracts from the images you post both here and on your website where I just browsed. I think it cheapens the look of what are some fantastic images. It looks very templatey (just made up that word but you know what I mean)

I could be talking through my backside of course

Enda,

Thank you for your earnest remarks and feedback.  No, I don't take offense at all.  When one posts one's work on a public forum one must be prepared to take in all manner of opinion.

Regards,


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