Tired, I haven’t slept very well the past two nights because of the pain due to kidney stones but it doesn't matter, 5am, the alarm rings, it’s time to go. I dress quickly and head up to take the bus to the village. I arrive in the dark of the night, the daylight shyly showing up, far away beyond the mountains. 20 minutes of walk, the freezing air of the morning running along my neck. My back hurts but I keep walking fast, no way to miss an eventual patch of color. Once all the gear is set I wait, take a few pictures for the tulips and wait for something to happen in the sky. I think I couldn’t have expected better. The sky exploded as if the universe were apologizing for the last 2 days I’ve lived.

iso: 100 | f/8 | focal length: 24mm | shutter speed: 1/6s | focus stacking: yes, 16 images stacked | exposure blend: 1 image for the ground and 3 bracketed images for the sky | total images used: 19

Size: 4089 × 6073

License: Unlimited Commercial. Primary NFT holders are free to use in advertising or parts of merchandise, including but not limited to, t-shirts, tote bags, mugs, in unlimited production runs.

Artist: Joffrey Briaud

Joffrey Briaud is a professional landscape photographer who grew up under the sun of the South East of France, somewhere between mountains and sea. In 2018, planning a trip to the arctic country of Norway, he took the decision to buy his first camera to capture the beauty of the Northern Lights. This is how a convenient purchase turned into a true passion, pushing him to dedicate all his savings from his hard work as a bartender to travel to some of the most incredible places of the world and capture their beauty. Regarding the difficulty to find some free time out of his work to practice his passion he decided in 2021 to stop his bartender career to focus 100% on photography and make it a full-time job. Self-taught artist, his unique style can be defined as complex, dreamy and colorful.