Aurora House: I was staying in a small guesthouse in Hofn, Iceland with 4 other photographers. Someone called out that the aurora was starting, I had never seen it in person before.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

I was staying in a small guesthouse in Hofn, Iceland with 4 other photographers. Someone called out that the aurora was starting, I had never seen it in person before. Just out our front door, I turned right and the aurora was directly behind our neighbor's house. This is the photo I took with my D300.

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rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Joe, what a fantastic experience and fantastic photograph as a result.
--Bob

joehel2 wrote:

I was staying in a small guesthouse in Hofn, Iceland with 4 other photographers. Someone called out that the aurora was starting, I had never seen it in person before. Just out our front door, I turned right and the aurora was directly behind our neighbor's house. This is the photo I took with my D300.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Fascinating, gorgeous and well done, Joe!!
Mark

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

tommystrat Loc: Bigfork, Montana

Right place at the right time! Amazing...

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

joehel2 wrote:

I was staying in a small guesthouse in Hofn, Iceland with 4 other photographers. Someone called out that the aurora was starting, I had never seen it in person before. Just out our front door, I turned right and the aurora was directly behind our neighbor's house. This is the photo I took with my D300.

Must be awesome in person.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

rmalarz wrote:

Joe, what a fantastic experience and fantastic photograph as a result.
--Bob

Thanks very much, Bob. It’s one of the experiences that you always remember the first.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

markngolf wrote:

Fascinating, gorgeous and well done, Joe!!
Mark

Thanks very much, Mark.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Rab-Eye wrote:

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Thanks for the thumbs up, Ben.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Longshadow wrote:

Thanks for the thumbs up, Bill.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

tommystrat wrote:

Right place at the right time! Amazing...

Thanks, Tommy. Right time is the key factor, cloudy skies are a real Aurora killer. It was crystal clear the night I took this photo.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

photophile wrote:

Must be awesome in person.

It is awesome, Karin. The fact that it is continuously evolving as you’re shooting it makes it special for a photographer.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Great catch, Joe!

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

UTMike wrote:

Great catch, Joe!

Thanks very much, Mike. I was lucky, a minute later and it had moved past the house.