During my only visit to Battle Harbour in 2004, I stayed up until 3 am photographing the northern lights , also known as the aurora borealis. It was the first time I'd seen such a brilliant display.
After experimenting, Mark (my son who also likes photography) and I decided that 20 second exposures with aperture automatically setting at f 4.5 with an ISO of 800 would give decent results. The long exposure time enabled us to capture the "motion" of the northern lights. The reddish-purple glow above the church in the first two photos and the greenish streaks in the third image show the motion in a 20 second time frame. Of course all photos were shot using a tripod.
Battle Harbour was a fantastic place to watch (and photograph) the northern lights because it is an island off Labrador with a totally dark sky.
There are 18 additional photos on my Northern Lights Gallery at:
If you are interested in seeing photos of the church, go to my Blog http://kbrucelane.blogspot.com/ and search for James. There is a video of St. James's Church in the post from September 29, 2007.
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