Dave Brosha Photography » Aurora Borealis

Angel of the Night

davebrosha — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:45:11 +0000

Photographed the first week of April, 2010 – one of the better "light shows" I’ve seen.

For this shot I got in tight to the bottom of a cliff and shot skyward with my 15MM F/2.8 fisheye lens, trying to take in as much of the sky as I could.

I love the shape of the Aurora Borealis in this one…it looks, to me, like a giant angel sweeping down from the heavens.

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The Dragon

davebrosha — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:08:22 +0000

…the Dragon rises out of the northern night, blowing mystical fire across the quiet land.

Aurora Borealis, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, 2009.

Collision Of Us and Them

davebrosha — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:17:31 +0000

Usually, when photographing night scenes, what I compose is about the natural night (i.e. – the stars, the moon, the Aurora Borealis). At times, however, adding some “pollution” – in this case the reflection of my brake light on the ice road that crosses Prosperous Lake, Northwest Territories, can actually make for a more interesting image.

Lake Emerald

davebrosha — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:39:04 +0000

Photographed August 16th, 2005 on Cassidy Point, Northwest Territories on one of the most perfectly still nights I’ve ever encountered.

Heaven On Earth

davebrosha — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:36:26 +0000

In the winter of 2004-2005 I probably took close to 300 images of Aurora Borealis; this was probably my personal favourite. Some nights the lights are too dull, some they’re actually too bright for effective moon/aurora combos. Some nights the lights are perfect but you’re in the wrong place for a memorable composition. This night, it felt like, finally, things came together.

The Emerald Tornado

davebrosha — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:34:10 +0000

One of my personal favourites, this image was shot on Prelude Lake, along the Ingraham Trail outside of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Photographed on the best aurora show I’ve ever experienced, February 25, 2006.

Northern Calm

davebrosha — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:31:15 +0000

I was drawn to this image because it doesn’t look real. The water’s too calm; the aurora too random; the light of the horizon too, well, perfect. We think of the Aurora Borealis as being guardians of the night, and by night, I mean darkness. Some of my favourite shows have been the gentle, almost breeze-like quality a late summer/early autumn show has. Wispy, soft. Calm.

Mars Station

davebrosha — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:26:56 +0000

Taken out on the famed “ice road” between Yellowknife and Dettah, Northwest Territories on the Great Slave Lake, this is not actually of any sort of Mars Station, but that’s the thought that struck me as the lights swirled above the tiny hamlet of Dettah.

Glass #2

davebrosha — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:24:59 +0000

Taken off Cassidy Point, on the shores of Prosperous Lake, Northwest Territories. Perfectly still, and a perfect night.

The Aurora Comet

davebrosha — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:22:51 +0000

Of course, there was no comet invovled, but the perfect angle and width of this band of Aurora looked like the perfect comet tail. Photographed on the road to Dettah outside of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Photographed on the best aurora show I’ve ever experienced, February 25, 2006.