Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

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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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera November 7th 2007. Click image for larger view.
The rivers have started to freeze here in Northern Norway and in this pictures you can see drops from the small water fall have frozen on branches and straws.
I used 15 seconds exposure in this photo to get the look of the […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 28th 2007. Click image for larger view.
The days are definitely getting shorter here in Northern Norway! I took this picture 4 PM in the “evening”.
I really love this scene with the combination of mountain and sea (and of course the boatsheds).
A similar scene, in a spring setting, can […]

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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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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 4th 2007. Click image for larger view.
Found this stream when I was walking in the forest and since I love photos of running water I had to take a picture of the stream with autumn colored leaves laying around.
I used a longer shutter speed to create the “foggy” […]

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