Winter On The Lofoten Islands - Episode II 

Thanks STJ! It really is amazing over there, and the sunsets and sunrises in the Fall seem to go on forever. I hope you have a great time!

Thank you! :)

Thank you so much for watching! :)

Thanks Kat! And thanks for watching! :)

Thanks so much for watching and subscribing, Jim! I'll look for you over on Flickr!

Thanks Sebastian! I wish I had as much snow as when you were there, but that just gives me a good reason to return soon. I hope I get to go back in February!

It really depends on what you want to shoot. I almost left my 70-200 lens at home as I primarily wanted to get shots of those peaks with a foreground and plenty of shots of the aurora, etc. Of all of the shots I came home with, I'd say maybe 20 percent were taken with the 70-200, but I really like that 20 percent. For my next trip there, I will be taking a 12mm f2.8 fisheye and the 14-24 f2.8 for the aurora, along with a 24-120 f4 and a 70-200 f4. I have some overlap with the 70-200, but there are many situations where I will definitely want a longer reach. I was tempted to bring the 100-400, but I think I can get most of those tighter shots with the 200, and my bag already weighs a ton. For me, it was definitely worth having the longer reach. I hope that helps. :)

Thanks Haziq. That's a great question. It's been awhile, but I think it was South of Moskenes right before you get to the town of Tind. There are several spots down that way that seemed to be better sunrise options as you could pull more color into the sky by shooting more to the Southeast. When you are shooting up at Reine in January, the sun is generally rising behind you as you shoot over the bay toward the mountains.

Hi Puneeth - I shoot with a Nikon D850 and a D750, but if you can get fantastic shots of the aurora and the night sky without spending quite so much. Most of my night sky shots were taken with the Nikon 14-24 2.8 and the Rokinon 12mm 2.8. For night skies and the aurora, it used to be that you had to shoot with a super fast lens like a 2.8, but with better camera sensors now and the fact that photoshop will allow you to remove most of the noise with their latest update, you could probably get by with F4 and just roll up the ISO. For video, I'm getting by with a GoPro Hero 10, DJI Mini 3 Pro and my iPhone 13. :)

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