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Entries from April 2007

Macro photo of limpet shell with sand

April 21st, 2007 · 9 Comments

Taken with Olympus E-500 digital camera 7th March 2007. Click image for larger view.
Having a macro lens is great fun. You can find interesting things to capture everywhere.
Like this small limpet shell that has wonderful colors and some pieces of sand inside of it.

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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec […]

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Tags: Shore · Shells · Limpet · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Coast · Sea Ocean · Macro

Photo of the harbor and reflection in evening light

April 20th, 2007 · 9 Comments

Taken with Olympus E-500 digital camera 9th March 2007
This is the harbor where I have my fishing boat. The seawall is very effective to keep out bad weather and big waves.
Really enjoyed the evening light and the reflection of the mountains.

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Tags: Seawall · Norway Norwegen Norge · Sea Ocean · Winter · Coast

Photo of blizzard in March

April 18th, 2007 · 11 Comments

Taken with Olympus E-500 digital camera
A snow storm made it impossible to go outside so I settled for taking pictures indoor. Notice how the wind are sweeping the trees.
But even when there is a blizzard you can see the blue sky in the background signaling better weather.
This was was photographed on second March 2007, but […]

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Tags: Norway Norwegen Norge · Winter · Landscape

Picture of formation of clouds looking like a river

April 16th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Taken with Olympus E-500 digital camera
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This sight was very fascinating! It looked like a river coming down from the enormous cloud formations. Probably created by down-streams of air?
The nature sure is beautiful!

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Tags: Norway Norwegen Norge · Clouds · Sea Ocean · Spring · Coast · Landscape

Photo of typical Norwegian boathouse

April 14th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Taken with Olympus E-500 digital camera
I’m a big fan of the old boatsheds! They have such great texture and colors and tell stories about old times.
Notice the planks in the foreground that are used to get fishing boats out on the ocean without much hassle.
In the back you can see some beautiful mountains called Stakken […]

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Tags: Norway Norwegen Norge · Winter · Coast · Boatsheds · Landscape

Photo of the Moon, Venus and Earthshine

April 12th, 2007 · 11 Comments

Taken with Olympus E-500 digital camera
Here is a picture of phenomenon that I have not seen often. The moon was a thin crescent and Earth reflected light on the moon. It’s called planetshine and Earthshine when the earth lights the moon.
You can also see Venus below the Moon.

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Tags: Moon · Star · Norway Norwegen Norge · Sea Ocean · Winter · Coast