Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera November 28th 2007. Click image for larger view.
I captured this picture, of the “sunrise”, at 10:30 AM. I guess it’s technically not a sunrise because we have polar night right now so the sun never rises above the horizon. Nice to see some signs of the sun during the […]

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Christmas is sneaking upon us extremely fast. Every year I have lots of trouble finding gifts for my friends and family.
Have you decided on what presents to get? If you haven’t, check out my calendar with photos from Northern Norway.
The calendar consists of 12 pictures that I have hand picked to represent each month of […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 24th 2007. Click image for larger view.
In this photo I was lucky enough to catch the raven when it was divided between the blue sky and the snowy mountain. The raven was flying very fast so it was only luck on my side
Currently the sun have disappeared […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera November 19th 2007. Click image for larger view.
As I’ve said before I love long exposure photos. In this picture I have captured a rock on the shore and some seaweed below the surface.
I used a 20 second long shutter speed to create the dreamy and foggy effect. It almost […]

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In these photos I have captured the last remains of summer here in Northern Norway. These flowers are from the calendula plant, also known as pot marigold.
I was amazed how long these plants were able to survive. They were even flowering after some nights with frost.
The first photo is of an orange calendula flower that […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera November 8th 2007. Click image for larger view.
In this picture you can see the optical phenomenon called Fata Morgana, on the coast in Northern Norway. Please click the image to get a larger view of the phenomenon. Notice how the coast (especially the small island on the left) is […]

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