Nordlys

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Photographer

Mieke Boynton
Prize

3rd Place / Nature/Astrophotography
Company/Studios

Mieke Boynton Photography
Date of Photograph

13 January, 2018
Technical Info

ISO 1600, f/4, 8sec, 15mm, Full Frame sensor
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https://www.miekeboynton.com

Watching the "Nordlys" (Northern Lights / Aurora Borealis) dance across the sky is an unforgettable and moving experience. Standing alone in the snow near the Lyngenfjord in Norway, I felt as though I were as tiny and insignificant as an ant, but at the same time, it was as though the universe was putting on a performance just for me. It brought tears to my eyes.

Awards

2020 • Gold Award – NZIPP Iris Awards – “Dragonfire” • Finalist – Mullins Australian Contemporary Photography Prize – “Tree Break” • Top 101 – International Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards – “Love Lost” 2019 • Photographer of the Year – Epson International Pano Awards 2019 • Highest-scoring Aerial – Epson International Pano Awards 2019 • AIPP Victorian Landscape Photographer of the Year 2019 • Finalist – Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year – “Ethereal” • Finalist – Australian Contemporary Photography Prize – “The Water Tree” • Finalist – AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards – Travel • Finalist – AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards – Nature • FIAP Blue Badge - 4th International Circuit Camera Obscura 2019 (Poland) • FIAP Gold Medal – 7th MIROC Digital Circuit 2019 (Norway) – “Eystrahorn” • FIAP Gold Medal – Photo GRAFIS 2019 (Montenegro) – “Ice Cold” • VOAV Gold Medal - Trierenberg Super Circuit (Austria) – “Quiver Tree and Milky Way” • PSA Gold Medal – Photo GRAFIS 2019 (Montenegro) – “Moonlit Pencil Pine Reflections” • GPU Gold Medal – 7th MIROC Digital Circuit 2019 (Serbia) – “Eystrahorn” • GPU Gold Medal – 4th International Circuit Camera Obscura 2019 (Serbia) – “Heartbeat” • FSS Gold Medal – New Year Circuit 2019 (Serbia) – “Intertidal Aerial Art” • VAPS Gold Medal - 2019 Vigex Salon (Australia) – “Under the Lamplight” • Top 101 – International Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards – “Organic” • Top 101 – International Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards – “Floating” • Gold Award – Epson International Pano Awards 2019 – “Dragonfire” • Gold Award – Epson International Pano Awards 2019 – “Deadly Beauty” • Gold Award – Epson International Pano Awards 2019 – “Waterdance” • Gold Award – AIPP Victorian Professional Photography Awards – “Love Lost” • Gold Award – AIPP Victorian Professional Photography Awards – “Sands of the Sahara” • Gold Award – AIPP Victorian Professional Photography Awards – “Bustle”