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My First Aurora at 32° North Latitude! 🌌

My dream came true in the most unexpected place!🗺🧭

On May 10, 2024, I was traveling around Madeira, scouting new photography locations. Discouraged by cloudy skies, I was about to give up on capturing the Milky Way in one of Europe’s darkest skies.

Thet evening, I returned to my hostel, exhausted from a week of exploration. Just before sleeping, I read about a very powerful solar storm and saw images of the Aurora Borealis visible from the Dolomites in Italy. Envious, I decided to sleep.😴

A few minutes later, my friend @samuel_bouchoms messaged me he was photographing the Aurora from Pico de Arieiro with @samuel_letecheur and suggested I go there, though they were about to leave. My mind woke up in no time, I quickly gathered my gear, and I set out, though I knew the Northern Lights typically don't last long, especially at such a low latitude.

As I drove for an hour, I kept thinking it couldn’t be possible, Madeira was too far south for the Aurora. It had to be a very bad joke! When I arrived at the spot after a 30 min walk at 1 AM, I didn’t encounter a single person along the whole way, which only increased my doubts.🧐 But once my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I was greeted by a breathtaking sight.

The full arch of the Milky Way was visible, rising above the path exactly as I had planned. To the north, I noticed a faint purple glow and wondered if it was airglow or my eyes playing tricks. I set up my camera for a long exposure, and when I saw the image, I felt a rush of emotion like never before.🤯

Tears blurred my vision with no control and my chest felt like it was going to burst. I quickly adjusted my setup, changing my planned 180° shot to a 360° panorama to capture a double arch. The cold wind was relentless, making everything more difficult and preventing me from using the star tracker. I spent the next three hours capturing the panorama, waiting for the perfect moment. At 4 AM, the Aurora intensified, and I could clearly see it with my eyes. So I did an extra round to capture that marvel.🌌🌟

By 5:30 AM, night was ending, and I had no choice but to pack up and say goodbye to that icredible night.🌑 by @victshot

It was a cold night in September with my friends @saraferrari1399 and @artiomananiev . I had planned this shot some days before and since I had only few days left before the flights I had to make it. So we spent the night inside a little cave I found in Teide National Park and for taking this photo I ned more than 4 hours. First of all we had to wait untill the Milky Way was right allined with the composition I planned, and also wait for the cars in the parking to turn of their lights, pointing right where we were. Luckely after some light signal and some scream in many languages they understood and turned of their light, so I could start shooting. Inside the cave it was so dark that after many tries adding more and more time exposure, I ended up using 7 minutes expo, multiplied by 3 for the focus stacking, multiplied by 3 for the noise reduction. (Couldn't doing more shots cause the twilight was about to get)
For postproduce this photo it took me a long time cause of many unlucky events, but I'm really satisfied by the result. I hope you really like it as much as I do, this is my favourit shot among all I made untill now.
Let me know what you think in the comments below😊

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#milkyway #nightphotography #latitudeoflife #VisitTenerife #visit_tenerife #tenerifetag #SomosTenerife #latituddevida #tenerife_paraiso_canario by @victshot

Last November, thanks to @abrahamcurbelo , @cerebritos_ and @camaleonafrica , I had the possibility to join a group trip to Senegal 🇸🇳🦁🪘
In the past, when I heard people saying that when you go to Africa, the person who comes back is not the same as the one who left, I couldn’t really understand them🌍
But living so many experiences, visiting incredible places and, above all, having the possibility to be part of another reality reshaped completely the way I see things✨️
I’m very grateful to everyone I met on this journey.
I can only recommend not missing the chance to live an experience like this if you ever have the opportunity.
If you’re curious about the adventure we had, check out @abrahamcurbelo 's documentary on YouTube🎬
Of course, more shots are coming 📸 by @victshot

Congratulations @victshot !!🎉
#pictureaward #photoaward #photocontest #photocompetition
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The 18th international Picture Award is now open. Submit via picture-award.com ☺️ by @victshot

In 2023, I embarked on an unforgettable adventure to the island of Gran Canaria, where, among all the beauty you can find, a little desert captured me in a particular way.🏜 It all began when my friend @abrahamcurbelo insisted I visit this place, knowing I would love it. When I first saw it, I was stunned by how vast it was, and I couldn’t help but wonder how endless the world's largest deserts must have been. Walking barefoot on the soft, fine sand felt incredibly freeing. While exploring, I came across a composition I wanted to photograph, but I didn’t have my gear with me at that time. So I promised myself that the next time I returned, I would capture that shot.⏳️

A year later, I went back to Gran Canaria for a wild photo adventure with my friend @luigitrevisi .📸 Our first destination was not else than Maspalomas Dunes, arriving just before sunrise when the light was so dim we could barely see our path. I was anxious, hoping the dunes hadn’t changed too much in the year that had passed. After walking for a while, I finally found it, just as I remembered. 🤩🖼

Time was running out before the sun rose.
I asked Luigi to take the shot so I could run to the distant dune. The sprint felt endless. I hadn’t considered how the soft sand and strong winds would slow me down.🏃‍♂️👣 As I reached the top, the sunlight burst through, casting bright and dramatic contrasts across the scene, and the wind was
blowing the sand on the top of the dunes. It was a incredible moment that made the shot, and the entire adventure truly unforgettable.🏜🌅

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#sunrise #sunriselover #grancanaria #dunasdemaspalomas #sanddunes #dune #goldenhour #goldenhourphotography #canaryislands #latitudinedavivere #latitudeoflife #naturaleza_canarias #8islas🇮🇨🌊 #canary #travelers #places_wow #earth_shotz #earthcapture #earthvisuals #placetobe by @victshot

There's something about Teide National Park that not everyone knows, something they might prefer to keep a secret.🤫
One night, while I was out on one of my adventures to capture the Milky Way, I found myself deep in the heart of the park, surrounded by nothing but silence and an endless expanse of rocks.🪨

As I walked, a strange sensation stopped me, a feeling that I wasn’t alone. I kept turning around, but each time I saw only the same barren landscape.🤔 Yet the feeling persisted, growing stronger with every step. Finally, I couldn’t ignore it any longer. I turned back one last time and what I saw sent a chill down my spine. One of the rocks was moving. Not just shifting or rolling, but deliberately, purposefully moving towards me.🤯

Not every day you face yourself with a wild Pokemon, but luckily I always have with me my trusty Pokeball.🎱 I threw a curved ball against him and waited for it to shake. Once, twice, three…✨️ in no time I found a new friend of adventure!🥳

What Pokémon do you think I catched?🐾

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#tenerifecanaryislands #tenerife #nightsky #nightphotography #visittenerife #tenerifetag #tenerife_paraiso_canario #islascanarias #milkyway #pokemon #acquariumofstars #constellation #teide #gotophototour__ #earth_shotz #milkywayshooters #milkyway_nightscapes #milkywaychasers #somostenerife #canaryislands #nightscapes by @victshot

Sometimes all you need is just a dear friend you can spend time doing what you love with. 👫

In 2020, when the lockdown was still ongoing, it's been hard to everybody to spend time with friends and dears, or to go out at night for making some photo.🌃
Once escaped from that we fully lived every moment. And what's better than a lovely night, out, under the stars, with a special person and some pizza?🌌🍕💞

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#milkyway #nightscapes #longexposurephotography #longexposhots #boat #nightsky #milkywaychasers #sanvalentin #sanvalentino #valentineday #friendship #couplegoals #lake #lagodivico #bellavenere #acquariumofstars #roycebairphoto #earth_shotz #visit_lazio #fotoitaliane by @victshot

I won the 3rd place in the international Picture Award (Category: My best photo) ✨️🥉✨️
@picture.award

I'm very happy to recive this award, it is my first one and I could not expect to achieve this goal as photographer. What I expected less was to stand right next to some amazing work of other incredible photographers.
First and second place very well deserved by @ahmed.hanjoul.photography and @macro.bug.hunter , I hope to reach your level one day (soon).
This means a lot to me and I can understand through it I'm moving in the right direction.

Thanks to everybody for supporting me! by @victshot

Here you can see a very rare scene you don't see often where Scorpius is trying to pinch the Moon, which is trying its best to run and hide behind the rock Cinchado. 🌕🦂
Luckely that night the Moon eclipsed totally after that chase helped by Earth. 🌍🌑
That's why you still see the moon shine.🌜

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#tenerifedays #tenerife
#visittenerife #islascanarias #канары #тенерифедэйс #тенерифе #канарскиеострова #kanaren #sitiosconencanto #lugaresmagicos #venacanarias #lovecanaryislands #latitudoflife #somostenerife #tenerifereviews #tenerifecanaryislands
#moon #fullmoon #moonphotography #eclipse #lunareclipse #lunar #stars #scorpius #teide #roquesdegarcia #gotophototour__ #acquariumofstars #constellation by @victshot

Rocca Calascio it's been a place very emotional to me. There I spent 3 days, shooting at all the time of the day and walking very much, enjoying every step along the different paths, each with incredible views!👣⛰️
I've been there mainly for night shooting, but at the end I ended up surprised for being more satisfated with sunrise/sunset shots than those at night time🌞
The mounts around created very dreamy effects with light and colours.🎨
It's been also a good place for using the telephotolens, being helped by the sinuous shapes of the mounts.🏞
In one of those mornings I found myself in the car, trying to sleep after a night session, but my brain couldn't just turn off. 🚙
So I got off the car and started walking on the main path which brings to the Castle.🏰
Reached the top, the light started being more present since the sun was about to rise. In a while all the mounts were tinted by worm soft colours, making my eyes pointing to the mounts over north east, where some lenticular clouds started to form, matching perfectly with the scene. 🌄🌤

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Back in 2020 I had my first solo photographic trip and it's been an amazing adventure. 🗺
I decided to go back to a place I loved, but didn't know perfectly. In the first days I started scouting around in Teide national park, looking for new composition, different from the ones I had found previously. 👣🧭
A factor that helped me finding a different perspective has been the position of the Milky Way in September, which in that month use to rise already vertical, more towards the south west. This allowed me to find cool frames in spots I'd already saw, but where I had never been able to compose anything.🌌
Going back at night to the spot I planed was perfect. I waited the right time for the milky way to position where I wanted and then shot! 📸

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#visittenerife #islascanarias #канары #тенерифедэйс #тенерифе #канарскиеострова #kanaren #teneriffa #sitiosconencanto #lugaresmagicos #venacanarias #lovecanaryislands #latitudoflife #somostenerife #tenerifereviews #tenerifecanaryislands
#gotophototour__ #milkyway #nightscapes #longexposurephotography #longexposhots #panoramic #nightsky #milkywaychasers by @victshot

This journey has not started as it should been. Some days before the leaving I had a little incident, but luckely I've been able to leave anyway for Gran Canaria.💥

In the last years I managed to visit just a small part of Las Palmas, but for this occasion my friend @abrahamcurbelo guided me among many spectacular places arround the island.🏖

One that left me breathless was the Dunas de Maspalomas, a small desert in the south of the island.🏜

Even if it's considered small I could not believe how big it could be, so much so you can walk for hours among those incredible sand dunes👣.

It's a challenging place for photography due to the caos of those dunes. But once you get the eye used to it, you can find amazing compositions everywhere you turn.📸

The conditions were not very comfortable since there were strong gusts of wind, drugging a lot of sand💨. In this occasion I thanked to wear glasses🤓😂

The place completely captured me and I really can't wait to be back there again. ⏳️✈️

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#sunset #sunsetlovers #grancanaria #dunasdemaspalomas #sanddunes #dune #goldenhour #goldenhourphotography #canaryislands #latitudinedavivere #latitudeoflife #naturaleza_canarias #8islas🇮🇨🌊 #canary #travelers #places_wow #earth_shotz #earthcapture #earthvisuals #placetobe by @victshot