Hymn Of The Fallen

Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse

The Heart Of The Forest

Hochwald Hut

Evening's Soft First Touches

That Boulder

Forgotten But Still Remembered

Aged Burden Fades

The Emptiness Of Nothingness

Gathering Of The Birches

Delicate birches in morning fog.

The Majesty Of The Night Sky

Northern Lights can have all kind of shapes. The one on the right looks like a number. Unfortunately, I didn't see any red Auroras. They're quite rare.

For To End Yet Again

The Green Wave

A huge Aurora borealis photographed in Swedish Lapland.

Night Masquerade

At night I went out and about to photograph the stars. To my big surprise there were Northern Lights. Seeing them for the very first time was a special moment for me. They looked like ghosts swirling in the night sky. It was beautiful. I fell in a photograph frenzy and took a lot of images.

Flesh Wound

A tree that got struck by lightning. Even though the tree was dead, there was a kind of wound that got my interest. The wound was red, as if the tree bled. I think the tree made a great image with all those wonderful textures. I really like the bark.

Night Of The Vampire

It was ten o'clock in the evening when I headed down the mountain. I came upon this scene and stopped immediately, old British Hammer horror movies came to my mind. Vampires on the hunt for prey, lurking in the shadows. Evildoers roaming through the mist at night searching for clueless wanderers. Bloodthirsty beasts hidden in the fog, waiting... Okay, I should stopp now ;-). To make a long story short, I had to take a picture. Even though it was quite dark, I had to use a ND filter to darken the sky. Without the filter the sky would have been blown out. The blotch of pink is alpenglow, I guess.

Lapland Blue

Blue hour in the wilderness of Finnish Lapland.

The Coming Of The Moon

I was about to leave when I spotted the moon rising above Inarijärvi. I quickly unpacked my gear, set up my tripod, mounted my camera on it, composed the picture and shot. There was no time to lose. If I would have waited any longer the moon would have been too far up and colourless. Being the moon so low, it had a lovely reddish colour.