22/04/2025
Seasons of Åre - April 2025
The Aurora forecast was promising last Tuesday and I decided to spend the night close to the summit of Mt. Åreskutan. I had pre visualized two compositions that I knew would come out pretty good if the Aurora was to put up a show. Indeed, the show was pretty good up there from time to time, but the cloud coverage was unfortunately too prominent. The first image is the actual summit and as you might see, the Aurora is, although behind the clouds, on display for sure. The second image is a test shot of Mt. Västerskutan with Ullådalen and Skäckerfjällen in the backdrop. My hope was that the Aurora would play around in the upper two thirds of this composition. That obviously didn’t happen. Still happy I went there, it’s a memorable experience to be completely solo high up on a mountain in the middle of the night.
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Camera: Hasselblad X1D II
Lens: Hasselblad XCD 35-75 mm @70
Settings: 10 sec - f/5 - ISO 1600
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