Northern lights were faint on Saturday night, but visible nonetheless.
With a slow shutter speed (almost five seconds) and a slow sync flash (meaning the flash goes off right at the end, freezing the foreground) I was able to capture these images. A tripod was essential for stability.
(Note about the beauty and reality of Inuvik: These photos were taken at 2:30am, and I had to move away from some drunks who were fighting on the wet lawn of the church. I also met some kids on bicycles, who happened to be riding around.)
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What a cool idea of adding a flash! What equipment are you using again? Was it the D200? I seriously wouldn’t know how to do that; I’m too much of an amateur.
I have a Nikon d80, but this was taken with my Olympus E-Volt.
The trick is something called “slow sync flash,” which means the flash is at the END of the shutter’s opening. (Right before it closes, after maybe five seconds.)
So, the open shutter sucks up the background light (northern lights) but the flash freezes the foreground — me giving the thumbs up.
It’s not difficult, you just need to know the trick!