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Entries from October 2007

Close up picture of beach full of beautiful shells in Northern Norway

October 27th, 2007 · 14 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 27th 2007. Click image for larger view.
Found a small place on the coast that was filled with different kinds of beautiful shells. I had to take a picture of a selection of the shells.
Anyone know what the shells are called?

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: […]

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Tags: Shore · Shells · Beach · Nature · Coast · Norway Norwegen Norge · Macro

Picture of sunset reflection in a puddle - An opening in the sky

October 24th, 2007 · 20 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 21st 2007. Click image for larger view.
I found the reflection in the puddle, of the the sunset clouds, to be very beautiful. The reflection looks even more beautiful than the real clouds. A simple puddle can create nice pictures if you use your imagination
The weather has […]

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Tags: Sky · Reflection · Clouds · Nature · Evening · Sunset · Norway Norwegen Norge

Picture of river using a 10 seconds long exposure

October 22nd, 2007 · 11 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 21st 2007. Click image for larger view.
In this picture I have used a 10 seconds long exposure to create the foggy and metallic look on the river. I love the look running waters gets from long exposures.
It has to be pretty dark to be able to get long […]

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Tags: River · Long exposure · Autumn · Nature · Evening · Norway Norwegen Norge

Photos from Northern Norway 2008 calendar now up for sale

October 19th, 2007 · 20 Comments

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Update: Check out this post where you can view the pictures for all 12 months.
Here is your chance to buy the official Photos from Northern Norway 2008 calendar. I have selected 12 of my all time favorite photos that I think are representative of how each month are up here […]

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Tags: Calendar · Norway Norwegen Norge

Close up picture of Ocean Quahog (Arctica islandica) shells on a sandy beach

October 17th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 11th 2007. Click image for larger view.
These shells are called Ocean Quahog (Arctica islandica) and I had to take a photo of them because I liked the way the pair was placed on the sandy beach.
In Norwegian we call them Cow-Shells, probably because of their beautiful red/brown color.
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Tags: Shells · Beach · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Macro

Photo of mountain being illuminated - Blizzard in northern Norway

October 16th, 2007 · 18 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 11th 2007. Click image for larger view.
This photo is from a day filled with strong winds and heavy snow, but there can be nice moments even in a blizzard. I took this photo when there suddenly was an opening in the clouds and the sun shined on the […]

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Tags: Snow · Nature · Clouds · Scenery · Mountain · Norway Norwegen Norge · Coast · Winter · Sea Ocean · Landscape