Nights are light from mid May to early August here in Nykarleby, Finland, where I live. For the last few years I have become a more and more dedicated night photographer and I although I love dark nights with Northern Lights and a starry sky I decided to try to capture some of the magic of the light Nordic summer night this year. Well, here are my first photos of that.
Late sunset
Sun sets right after 11pm now (eary July) so I went down to the coastline to take some “after sunset photos”. I could easily have stayed there shooting a lot longer but I had to get up early the next morning so after half an hour I went back.
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| Very quiet, very calm but still warm in the air. The water is still cold though. |
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| Every photo is a multi exposure HDR. I used 4 photos for this one. |
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| As I turned around to shoot the boats in the harbour I saw the moon rising at the horizon. |
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| I was already on my way back to the car when it made it over the treetops. |
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| This is exactly how the Finnish summer nights look. At least in our minds. Believe it or not — even we have bad weather sometimes. |
