TITLE: Chrysopelea

I decided on a new and different approach to portray the beauty of aerobatics, focusing on shape and form.

Like the thousands of others who were delighted and enthralled that night, I stood in silence, captivated by the spectacle of this elegant, graceful, and spectacular night act.

I named this piece “Chrysopelea” since the perfect organic shape of the light trails reminded me of the Chrysopelea snake soaring through the sky.

AUTHOR: Torleif Lie (Norway)

Torleif Lie is an award winning fine art photographer based in Stavanger, Norway. His work captures not only the beauty of the natural world, but also the essence of a particular place. On the surface of his images the viewer can perhaps see an environmental message, or a celebration of the beauty of the natural world, but in the depth of his photographs one can sense a homage to the cultures that have inhabited these extraordinary locations for millenniums, the true essence of what is in front of us with its ancient resilience and beauty.