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Picture of wave and seagulls sailing on strong wind in Northern Norway

February 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 15th 2008. Click image for larger view.
We had another day with strong winds from the northwest, but today I dared taking my camera outside for a few photos of the great waves.
In this picture you can see some seagulls sailing on the strong winds. It looked like the […]

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Tags: Scenery · Countryside · Nature · Sky · Seagull · Storm · Shore · Snow · Mountain · Winter · Coast · Sea Ocean · Norway Norwegen Norge · Birds · Waves · Landscape

Black and white picture of rural scenery in Northern Norway - The house I grew up in

February 12th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 31st 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this black and white picture you can see the house that I grew up in. It is located at the tip of a small headland called Laupstad, one of the most idyllic places in Northern Norway (in my humble opinion).
The cloud […]

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Tags: Scenery · Countryside · Sky · Shore · Black & White · Rural · Clouds · Winter · Sea Ocean · Norway Norwegen Norge · Snow · Coast

Macro photo of pink primula flowers with water drops

December 6th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera May 3rd 2007. Click image for larger view.
Time for a picture from the spring to remind ourselves of warmer times to come
The Primula got it’s name from the Latin word Primus that means “the first one”. It got it’s name because it is one of the first […]

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Tags: Countryside · Flora · Primula · Flower · Nature · Spring · Norway Norwegen Norge · Macro

Picture of rural evening scene in Northern Norway - The days are getting shorter

November 2nd, 2007 · 15 Comments

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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Tags: Scenery · Countryside · Rural · Fjord · Sky · Autumn · Shore · Clouds · Snow · Coast · Boatsheds · Sea Ocean · Norway Norwegen Norge · Mountain · Evening · Landscape

Picture of rural winter scenery in northern Norway - The sun has just come back

October 4th, 2007 · 10 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on February 15th 2007. Click image for larger view.
In this photo you see the house where I lived my first 12 years. It looks very idyllic in this winter scenery, doesn’t it? The place where the house stands is called “Solhaug”. In English it would be called something like […]

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Tags: Countryside · Scenery · Sky · Snow · Mountain · Sea Ocean · Norway Norwegen Norge · Winter

My most popular picture on Flickr - Row of Norwegian boathouses on a winter day

August 25th, 2007 · 11 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 15th 2007. Click image for larger view.
I really liked the rural look on this row of boathouses. The grass roof doesn’t hurt the scene with it’s old look. Boathouses like this represent the old fishing culture here in Norway in a good way. I hope people will take […]

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Tags: Countryside · Scenery · Sky · Shore · Rural · Snow · Coast · Winter · Sea Ocean · Norway Norwegen Norge · Boatsheds