TITLE: Glow of Vestrahorn

The photo was taken at the Stokksnes Pennisula in Iceland. Heavy storm finished just a couple hours before and the Aurora forecast did not give much hope but when you are in such a place for a very short time, it's always worth going out and hoping for the best. Most of the time only a narrow bow of the northern lights was present but for a couple of minutes Aurora gained its strength and started dancing over the Vestrahorn mountain range creating this beautiful spectacle. This photo was my dream to come true.

It's a panorama taken from two horizontal photos. Apart from standard post processing in Lightroom and stitching both photos, I removed a couple of stronger lines of light created as a mirror effect in the water. After stitching, I needed to fill in corners of the image (not representing Aurora).

AUTHOR: Ewa Jermakowicz (Switzerland)

My passions are my addictions and all go together - travel, photography and nature.

I travel to learn, discover and experience. I want to visit different cultures, see different landscapes and wildlife.
I spend most of my free time in nature. Hiking, observing and creating. I love low light and long exposure photography, spending many evenings and nights in remote locations and fighting with myself to wake up for a sunrise.

Photography teaches me to observe and see things around me that stay invisible to many. I see shapes, shades and patterns that create this beautiful world around us. I want to capture its beauty as it is. I never add things to my photographs that are not there. And I’m rarely removing things that do not belong (like a parked car or a step on snow).

I want to share this beauty with you. Let you experience what I experience and see the world through my lens. I want you to be amazed with the world around us. I want all of us to appreciate the Nature so that we can care for it better all together and enjoy it long in the future.