Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog » Berry 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 A collection of berry pictures from Northern Norway – autumn is here http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2010/09/21/a-collection-of-berry-pictures-from-northern-norway-autumn-is-here/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2010/09/21/a-collection-of-berry-pictures-from-northern-norway-autumn-is-here/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:03:08 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/?p=292 Autumn is here with lots of luxuries coming from the nature. Here I have photographed a few of the berries that you can find in Northern Norway.
Read more about each berry if you click on the links above the photos.

Photo of cloudberry
Photo of cloudberry

Photo of cowberry / lingonberry
Photo of cowberry

Close up picture of ripe cherries (planted)
Close up picture of ripe cherries

Macro photo of crowberry
Macro photo of crowberry and some evergreen shrubs

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad, Troms) in northern Norway

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on August 27th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.

In this photo you can see ripe cowberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), also known as lingonberries (and foxberry, mountain cranberry, lowbush cranberry, and partridgeberry). I have been collecting several kilograms of these lovely berries the last few days. I use cowberries mainly as jam or compote accompanying meat dishes, especially game meats. They have a tart taste so they are perfect with meat.

In old times, when people didn’t have a freezer, cowberry was used as a natural preservative because of their high content of benzoic acid. It was mixed with other berries, like cloudberry, to make the berries edible throughout the winter.
Cowberry was (and is) an important source for vitamin C, A and some B vitamins.

Our family is pretty much self sufficient with cowberries, but I believe you can buy cowberries at IKEA in rest of the world?

Here is a close up picture of cowberry flowers.

Photo of cowberry flowers
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 14th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.

Information about the pictures:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Focal Length: 35 mm
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

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]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/09/04/photos-of-cowberry-lingonberry-plants-as-flowers-and-berries/feed/ 13 Close up picture of ripe cherries – they are edible in northern Norway! http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/08/30/close-up-picture-of-ripe-cherries-they-are-edible-in-northern-norway/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/08/30/close-up-picture-of-ripe-cherries-they-are-edible-in-northern-norway/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:36:31 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/08/30/close-up-picture-of-ripe-cherries-they-are-edible-in-northern-norway/ Close up picture of ripe cherries
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on August 27th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.

I planted a cherry tree this spring and now my first ever berries are ripe. I’m kind of amazed that they would become edible so far north and let me tell you that they taste great :)
Not many berries to harvest this year because the tree is still so young.

I photographed the cherry flowers back in June. Check out the photo here.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flash: Flash fired
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 27th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.

I have taken some pictures of the cloudberry plant in different stages of flowering and the final product as a tasteful berry (as you can see in the photo above).

The cloudberry plant (Rubus chamaemorus), or bakeapple as it is called some places, is slow growing sub-arctic specie that is a very important berry here in northern Norway. Cloudberries are mainly used as jam, with whipped cream, in cakes and some even make alcoholic drinks out of the berries.
When the berries are ripe there is a lot of competition among people to get a good harvest. There have even been reports of fighting ;) Thus the price on cloudberries can be as high as 18-20$/kg.

The following pictures are of the cloudberry plant in different stages of flowering.

Photo of white cloudberry flower
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 14th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.

Notice the moth sitting on a leaf in this last picture.

Photo of red cloudberry flower
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 14th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.

Have anyone tasted cloudberries? It is not my favorite berry, but it is very nice with whipped cream and tons of sugar.

Information about the pictures:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Focal Length: 35 mm
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

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Taken with Olympus E-500 digital camera 26th March, 2007. Click image for larger view.

I really enjoy taking photos of the small wonders in nature. Like these crowberries (Empetrum nigrum) that are remains from last summer.

Crowberries is a small evergreen shrub with edible black fruit. They are not used much here, but are getting more popular for making juice and wine.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad, Troms) in northern Norway

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