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Fire And Rain

In my most recent youtube episode, I complained at length about the non-stop rain that I ran into on my recent trip to Senja in Northern Norway. There were many days in a row when I would look out the window of my Airbnb and then look at the forecast and seriously consider just watching Netflix and giving up on any kind of a photo while I was there. But I knew from experience that all you really need is 2 minutes of light to go from something drab and horrible to something amazing. So… I loaded up the car and set off in the pouring rain for my FIFTH attempt at finding a break in the clouds at Tungenesset. It was coming down in buckets on the way there and it came down even harder as I parked. I grew frustrated as squall after squall blew in with only about 5 minutes between…just enough time to get the tripod set up…and then take it down. After an hour or so of this, I just covered the camera, hunched down in the rain, and just waited it out. As one of the final squalls finished blowing over, the sky suddenly erupted in the West as the sun found a small crack and lit the sky on fire. As rain was still continuing to fall, it was a challenge to keep the rain off of the lens, but I kept wiping and shooting for the few brief moments that the sun was able to break through. All too soon, the sun disappeared, the wind picked up, and it was time to call it a day.

I left the one individual in the shot as I felt he was staring in awe at the sky, and for some reason, the James Taylor title seemed to work here.

If you would like to see what happened on the second half of my Autumn trip to Northern Norway, please feel free to visit my youtube channel at the link below. If you do make it over there, be sure to say hi. :)

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Taken on: September 14, 2023

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