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Entries Tagged as 'Flora'

Picture of Norway maple leaves (Acer platanoides) with fall / autumn colors

November 30th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 19th 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture you can see some Norway maple (Acer platanoides) leaves that I photographed this autumn. I really like the shape of maple leaves and with autumn colors they can be a stunning sight. The sun were shining through the tree […]

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Tags: Tree · Forest · Leaf · Autumn · Flora · Nature · Plant · Norway Norwegen Norge

Macro picture of Meadow buttercup flower (Ranunculus acris) covered with rime frost

October 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 14th 2008. Click image for larger view.
The winter is getting closer here in Norway and some nights have been below the freezing point. If you get up early before the sun starts to warm up the place you can discover that the landscape is covered with rime (frost).
Here […]

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Tags: Autumn · Ice · Norway · Flora · Plant · Nature · Flower · Macro

Picture of field full of dandelion flowers and a red boatshed in Northern Norway

June 9th, 2008 · 16 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera June 8th 2008. Click image for larger view.
I love the short period when every dandelion plant seems to flower at the exact same time. A field full of yellow flowers on a sunny day is a beautiful sight so I could not resist taking out the camera to snap […]

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Tags: Countryside · Rural · Flower · Plant · Flora · Shore · Sky · Clouds · Nature · Coast · Boatsheds · Spring · Norway Norwegen Norge · Snow · Mountain · Landscape

Picture of wood anemone (nemorosa) flower with purple primula flowers as background

June 5th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera May 31st 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture I have photographed a wood anemone flower (anemone nemorosa) with some purple primula flowers as background. I loved the contrast with the sun shining on the white wood anemone flower and the the primula flowers in the shadow. These […]

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

Macro picture of Wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) sprouts covered in snow - Global warming?

February 26th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 25th 2008. Click image for larger view.
The Wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) have been sprouting as early as mid January this year. This is extremely early for us in Northern Norway. Although we have had frost, snow and thawing several times the Wild daffodil can handle extreme conditions very […]

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Tags: Plant · Flora · Wild daffodil · Nature · Snow · Winter · Norway Norwegen Norge · Macro

Picture of grass straws and boathouses as background - Winter scenery in Northern Norway

February 23rd, 2008 · 6 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 22nd 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture you can see some straws growing at the coast in Northern Norway. I love the texture of this kind of straws so I thought they would look great together with the old boathouses.
I wanted to get the boathouses a […]

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Tags: Scenery · Plant · Flora · Sky · Countryside · Clouds · Winter · Norway Norwegen Norge · Snow · Nature · Boatsheds