Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera June 29th 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture I have captured what was a fantastic midnight sunset here in Northern Norway. The sunset created some incredible light where this village in the sea was bathed in a beam of sunshine. The picture should be looked at in large size to get a better view of the sunset.
The midnight sun is already gone (I can’t believe how fast this summer has passed), but the nights are still very light if the rain clouds could stay away.
The distant village is called Laupstad and is the place where I grew up (hence my last name Laupstad). The mountains in the background is a part of the second largest island in Norway, Senja.
I have photographed the same village from above in this picture and in this picture you can see the village with a some pink sunset-clouds as background at 01:30 AM.
Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 89 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 70-300mm F4.0-5.6
Location: From Ånstad viewing Laupstad (Andørja) with Senja in the background, Troms in Northern Norway
55 responses so far ↓
1 steve // Jul 26, 2008 at 11:33 am
wonderful photo! thanks for the update….
we want more!
2 Bernhard // Jul 26, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Wow, a realy great shot. …
Greetings from Austria
Bernhard
3 Vincenz // Jul 26, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Very great shot. Nice Colours and contrast!
Greetings from Germany,
Vincenz
4 CrazyKinux // Jul 26, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Really awe inspiring how the sunlight comes out between the mountains.
5 hm // Jul 26, 2008 at 3:22 pm
wow…really great pic…
it look like 2 pic merged together…
wow…
greeting from Malaysia..cheers
6 Mike Maddaloni - The Hot Iron // Jul 26, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Hi Thomas – Thanks for posting the photo… has been a while, and it’s always great to see your amazing work!
Hope all is well… and greetings from Chicago!
mp/m
7 jaunesk // Jul 26, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Nice Picture,
8 Susanne in Charleston SC // Jul 26, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Very nice Thomas!
9 Viv // Jul 26, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Absolutely beautiful photographs. Thank you for sharing!
10 JH // Jul 26, 2008 at 5:40 pm
A very beautiful sunset from the other side of the world (from where I am) !
Thanks for sharing with us !
JH
http://photojournalism-tgh.blogspot.com
11 Peter Korkala // Jul 26, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Wow, Thomas! You did it again!
An awesome photo of an awesome place! Really great!
(Do I use a lot of exclamation marks? It’s just because it’s so amazing here!)
12 fath // Jul 26, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Nice shot! im saving it to my image gallery if you dont mind. Just love scenary pic for screensaver. hmm.. Keep up the good work!
13 The Right Blue // Jul 26, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Excellent, Thomas. The way the sunlight sort of seeps through the clouds makes the whole scene look very dream-like. You have captured it well.
Bobbie
14 rhoen // Jul 26, 2008 at 11:25 pm
outstanding! I love it!
15 floyd // Jul 27, 2008 at 6:30 am
Thanks for giving me a heads up on this one over at My BlogLog, this is really a beautiful shot.
16 floyd // Jul 27, 2008 at 6:32 am
P.S…Set it for my background.
17 petra voegtle // Jul 27, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Beautiful scenery. Could derive instantly from a film about the Norther mystic tales and sagas.
I have never been to Northern hemispheres – so if this is Northern sunset then you are lucky…
18 Linda // Jul 27, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Beautiful! You can get lost in the view! Thank You!
19 Marius Wlassak // Jul 27, 2008 at 5:27 pm
The village sunset picture is a dream.
You are so lucky !
Best wishes from Munich
Marius
20 Sylvia // Jul 27, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Hi Thomas,
You’re photos always seem to capture a special place in my soul when I see them.
I wish we had stunning views like this in Toronto.
Sylvia
21 RecycleCindy // Jul 28, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Simply breathtaking!
22 esther // Jul 29, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Great picture ! Bringing peace into the soul. Love this picture so much.
23 vincenzo // Jul 29, 2008 at 7:54 pm
what a wonderful place
24 Kathleen Maher // Jul 29, 2008 at 8:17 pm
So real I can feel the fresh air and comfort of dusk, but mystical, too.
25 Loic Brohard // Jul 29, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Thanks for sharing this beautiful moment and photo. I did not go further north than Hebrides Islands (north Scotland) and it was already impressive, so I can’t imagine in norther Norway ! Cheers, Loic
26 dai // Jul 29, 2008 at 11:00 pm
this one is wonderful!!!!!
27 Marie // Jul 30, 2008 at 12:31 pm
This is a beautifully captured photograph. The way you have managed to capture the sun setting and the shadows that are forming, adds a serene feel to the whole picture rather than a distraction.
It’s an absolutely stunning photo!
28 Vedetta // Jul 31, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Excellent shot. Great colors.
29 Janet25 // Aug 3, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Cool. It took almost a day to find this info. Thanks, great job.
30 Janet21 // Aug 3, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Super. It took almost a day to find this info. Thanks! Good job.
31 2sweetnsaxy // Aug 6, 2008 at 7:42 pm
This is absolutely beautiful – the lighting on the mountains, the clouds, the gentle reflections on the water. Just beautiful!
32 Jordan McClements // Aug 7, 2008 at 11:23 am
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33 Monica // Aug 12, 2008 at 4:54 am
Very beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing your work.
Monica
34 budimeeong // Aug 16, 2008 at 4:34 am
ooh…beautiful sunset….happy blogging…
35 Terri - Scandinavia Travel // Aug 19, 2008 at 5:49 pm
What a beautiful photo! I love the dark colors and the reflections. Unbelievable.
Terri
36 Nate Balcom // Aug 20, 2008 at 8:46 pm
That’s midnight?
37 noni // Aug 22, 2008 at 10:59 am
marvelous pics……. stunning
38 Sherrie // Aug 30, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Love this shot, I have not been to Norway in years, and even then only once, but its high on my list of places to go back to!
39 Helena // Aug 31, 2008 at 9:20 pm
What an amazing photo!
Ha de’!
40 addiehf // Sep 5, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Woww……. Thomas it’s amazing.
BlackGolden…. I love this pic
41 The Fitness Diva // Sep 7, 2008 at 8:05 pm
That is breathtaking! Beautiful dark sea and sky.
The sun cuts through the clouds like molten lava.
Love it!
42 colettel // Sep 8, 2008 at 9:22 am
” We live only to discover the beauty. All the rest is only expectation. ” Khalil Gibran
Thank you for you and this pictures. See you later
43 Margaret // Sep 8, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Phenomenal photograph –what a wonderful capture of the sun’s rays through the clouds and mountains. One of those that you see in inspirational programmes.
44 prin // Sep 10, 2008 at 4:57 pm
hey, i’m nominating you for an award today cause i love your pictures and you deserve it!
45 Callie Ann // Sep 11, 2008 at 10:48 am
Superb!!!! Your pictures are breath taking. I will be back to enjoy and ec drop also. Thank you for sharing…..
46 Yen // Sep 12, 2008 at 1:06 am
Such beautiful photo!
Thanks for the EC drop!~
47 Ohio Real Estate Agent // Sep 17, 2008 at 7:52 am
I just set it as my desktop background…
48 Ian // Sep 22, 2008 at 12:55 pm
The colour & light in this is fantastic.
49 Amel // Sep 24, 2008 at 6:53 pm
OHHHHHH it’s breathtaking!!! I’m SPEECHLESS!!! What a work of art!!!!!!!!!!
50 Linda Socha // Oct 1, 2008 at 5:17 am
Hauntingly beautiful….I want to go there now
Thank you
Linda
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52 paolo // Nov 17, 2008 at 9:32 pm
top notch photo, i just love that dramatic sky with such gorgeous light. amazing job!
53 Laurie McArthur // Jan 1, 2009 at 9:25 pm
A bit different to what we’re accustomed to in Australia. It’s summer here now. Sunrise is about 6.00am and sunset is around 8.30pm.
54 Sebastjan // Feb 25, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Very nice shot.
55 mike // Sep 29, 2009 at 6:32 pm
A beuatiful sky.
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