A Brief Look At My Flickr Photos – November 2021

Welcome to another edition of  ‘A Brief Look At My Flickr Photos’.  I will review some of the photos I uploaded to Flickr during the past month. For each photo I will share the following information:

• Subject
• Location
• Date & Time
• Equipment
• Camera Settings
• Comments

In a nutshell, I hope these posts will not only help you to appreciate some of my Flickr photos, but will hopefully also assist you in becoming a better photographer yourself.

Now, let’s get started by reviewing some of my Flickr photos I uploaded in November 2021, shall we?

• Subject: Aurora Borealis
• Location: Ranua, Finland
• Date & Time: August 27th 2021 – 23:29 LT
• Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
• Camera Settings: 24mm | 6s | f/4.0 | ISO1600
• Comments: During a two-week holiday in Finnish Lapland, I was treated to a spectacular display of Aurora Borealis. According to locals who live in Rovaniemi, we were very lucky as it was the very first display of the new northern lights season. When I booked this trip in late 2019 (it was postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic as Finland did not allow tourist to enter in August 2020), we knew there was only a small chance of admiring a northern lights display in August, as it is not really dark enough after sunset. During the first week of our stay in Finnish Lapland, the weather did not really cooperate: lots of overcast skies and rain. Eventually however, during the second week of our holiday, the weather conditions started to improve and we were expecting some clear skies at night. During the first night with good meteorological conditions, there was no Aurora Borealis unfortunately. However, the day after, I checked some dedicated websites and apps, and it appeared as if there was a high probability of Aurora Borealis due to high levels of geomagnetic activity in Northern Finland. So on 27 August 2021 at around 23:00, I went outside of our holiday house in Ranua and to my big surprise I immediately noticed the magnificent Aurora Borealis. It was my second time seeing the beautiful northern lights after a first observation in Iceland in 2018. It was a beautiful display of Aurora Borealis with lots of dancing waves. I’m not an experienced northern lights photographer but I improvised a bit with my camera settings to try and get some decent photos while also enjoying the epic display with my own eyes. If you ever get the chance to see the Aurora Borealis, do not hesitate a single moment. Even if it means getting no sleep or driving for a while. You will not be disappointed.

• Subject: Aurora Borealis
• Location: Ranua, Finland
• Date & Time: August 27th 2021 – 22:27 LT
• Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
• Camera Settings: 24mm | 6s | f/4.0 | ISO1600
• Comments: During a two-week holiday in Finnish Lapland, I was treated to a spectacular display of Aurora Borealis. According to locals who live in Rovaniemi, we were very lucky as it was the very first display of the new northern lights season. When I booked this trip in late 2019 (it was postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic as Finland did not allow tourist to enter in August 2020), we knew there was only a small chance of admiring a northern lights display in August, as it is not really dark enough after sunset. During the first week of our stay in Finnish Lapland, the weather did not really cooperate: lots of overcast skies and rain. Eventually however, during the second week of our holiday, the weather conditions started to improve and we were expecting some clear skies at night. During the first night with good meteorological conditions, there was no Aurora Borealis unfortunately. However, the day after, I checked some dedicated websites and apps, and it appeared as if there was a high probability of Aurora Borealis due to high levels of geomagnetic activity in Northern Finland. So on 27 August 2021 at around 23:00, I went outside of our holiday house in Ranua and to my big surprise I immediately noticed the magnificent Aurora Borealis. It was my second time seeing the beautiful northern lights after a first observation in Iceland in 2018. It was a beautiful display of Aurora Borealis with lots of dancing waves. I’m not an experienced northern lights photographer but I improvised a bit with my camera settings to try and get some decent photos while also enjoying the epic display with my own eyes. If you ever get the chance to see the Aurora Borealis, do not hesitate a single moment. Even if it means getting no sleep or driving for a while. You will not be disappointed.

That concludes this episode. I hope you enjoyed reading.

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