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Given all these problems, taking a picture of an Aurora can be very difficult and involve a lot of cold late nights. What drives to me take these photos is the satisfaction of putting in a lot of effort and being rewarded with capturing the Aurora's colours and the brilliant night sky stars.
Sometimes while there are no Aurora's but the wind conditions are good I like to take photos of the icebergs and the stars. Putting a torch under a boulder of ice also makes an interesting picture.
Back in April , Jim & I formed what we called the "Mawson photography club" with the motto "no pain no gain" to seek out and capture all forms of light and Aurora. One night came along when there was a full moon, no wind and a near cloudless sky. We jumped at the opportunity and with an apprentice, Patrick, we headed out in a Hagg to photograph the icebergs and surrounds of Mawson - at 1am in the morning.
Well, there you have some of the results of my pain and frustration chasing the sunlight and Auroras! As a footnote, no filters, or colour modifications were made to any of these photos. What you see is what it really looks like. For the full graduations of the light and colour in some of these photos your computer screen must be able to display 24 bit, or millions of colours. Cheers, Kym Back to part 1, part 2, part 3
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