My real name's Karl Henrik (I'll spare you the agony of having to pronounce my last name). I'm 53, Dane living in Dane-land/Denmark. I'm an engineer by profession and have worked with computers for 25-30 years. BIO I've worked with fractals using FE for 8 years, in earnest since around New Year 2004 when I gave in to a friend's urging and have made almost 2,000 pics since then. Some good, some bad, some very good, some terrible. I've picked what I feel are the best and posted them here... well, who am I to judge.. judge for yourself. I never considered myself a 'cultural' person but with fractals I get to combine computers and math, mixed with what I'm told is a good sense for colors. I usually do 'pure' fractals without much PP'ing (not counting down-sizing), but I keep my eyes open for good opportunities to apply some filter if it might improve the pictures. I mainly look for interesting shapes in fractals but I'm a sucker for interesting spirals and will pick up these 'bi-products' from the shape-hunt if they look interesting enough. I quit my job of 16 years in the computer dept. of a major Danish company recently, for the purpose of enjoying life and do what I want to do... for a change, help friends whenever I can, be lazy on the couch if that's all I care about. *grin* So now I do fractals - bought a wide format printer to be able to reproduce on paper what I create on the screen... I even sold a few pics - and I build and repair computers for myself and others, do some networking too... generally speaking I'm a sorta problem-buster. I've picked up digital photographing at another friend's urging (some pushy friends, huh?) - did a lot of photographing years back - and have a plan to try and build digital photos of stuff into fractal images (or vice versa). For now I make animal shots and some transfer onto T-shirts... well, whatever i feel like and what people want me to do. My interests are... well, computers & fractals/graphics, photographing, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Astronomy, friends/people, good movies and rock music. Envious? I wish more people could do the same - do what they really want to do with their lives. Life's just too short for boring jobs and bad management.... Well, that's who I am. Feel free to write me and ask away.
Comments (8)
MagikUnicorn
In Norway...Finland ? Not bad I know it's not easy6 at all to catch northern ligh even in Canada
kallikru
Greenland - old US airbase Bluie West Eight now called Søndre Strømfjord.
watapki66
Lovely shot!
shayhurs
Great job! Tough topic to shot!
Jennyfnf
To see them in real life must have embedded some wonderful memories in your eye Kalli. I think you've done a great job here to show us the amazing green folding light:-)
whaleman
You did very well! I found the hardest task was to obtain a good focus. My solution was to use an 18-70 mm zoom set to 70 mm, then look for a planet. You can get enough light from a planet to achieve focus. Then set the camera to manual focus and be careful not to touch the focus ring while you set the zoom back to wide angle. Now you can try different exposure times and ISO speeds. Remember that the Northern Lights often move quickly, so a shorter time exposure is preferred.
Meisiekind
Seeing the Aurora Borealis is one of my ultimate dreams! Your image inspires me to work on that dream again! :)
prutzworks
well done shot