Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog » Barn http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com An unique view from the Arctic Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:33:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Photo of old Norwegian summer barn against mountain http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/03/25/photo-of-old-norwegian-summer-barn-against-mountain/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/03/25/photo-of-old-norwegian-summer-barn-against-mountain/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:20:22 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/03/25/photo-of-old-norwegian-summer-barn-against-mountain/ Photo of old Norwegian summer barn against mountain
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera March 14th 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture you can see a traditional, old Norwegian summer barn with some mountains as background. In older times these barns were used to house livestock during the summer season. The summer barns were often located a bit away from the farm land and closer to the forests and mountains where the livestock grazed.
Notice the common juniper and small birch trees growing on the summer barn’s grass roof. It must be decades since it was last in use.
The sun was about to set and so that explains the red color on the snow.

If you want to take a look at other decaying buildings check out this and this picture.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Å (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/03/25/photo-of-old-norwegian-summer-barn-against-mountain/feed/ 7 Picture of barn in Northern Norway against a stormy ocean http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/13/picture-of-barn-in-northern-norway-against-a-stormy-ocean/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/13/picture-of-barn-in-northern-norway-against-a-stormy-ocean/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:05:09 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/13/picture-of-barn-in-northern-norway-against-a-stormy-ocean/ Picture of barn in Northern Norway against a stormy ocean
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 13th 2008. Click image for larger view.
We had some extreme winds today with speeds between 55 and 60 MPH (25m/s). In this picture you can see the view from my bedroom window with the raging ocean behind the old barn. 10 minutes later I was not able to see the ocean because it was snowing small kittens.
It is nice to be inside in a warm house on such a day :)

Here is a photo of the same barn during a blizzard.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 22 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Laupstad (Andørja) looking at Drangen, Troms in northern Norway

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