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Picture of snow covered forest and small village at the coast in Northern Norway

March 18th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera March 17th 2008. Click image for larger view.
We had some fresh snowfalls overnight so the forest got a beautiful layer of snow. Seems like the spring is set back a few days..
The small village by the ocean is called Å, which is a very common village name in Norway.
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Tags: Scenery · Countryside · Sky · Shore · Forest · Nature · Snow · Coast · Winter · Sea Ocean · Norway Norwegen Norge · Landscape

Picture of lonely straw and winter mountains in Northern Norway

March 11th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera March 7th 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture you can see a lonely straw against some snow covered winter mountains in Northern Norway. I love the deep blue color on the sky in contrast to the white mountains.
I used a low f-stop, f/2.8, to get a shallow […]

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Tags: Clouds · Scenery · Plant · Nature · Snow · Winter · Norway Norwegen Norge · Mountain · Landscape

Picture of old boatshed against snow covered mountains in Northern Norway

March 6th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera March 1st 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture you can see the family boatshed with some snow covered mountains as background.
You can tell from the battered look that the boatshed have endured countless of harsh storms. It’s tilting a bit to left because of some extreme storms […]

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Tags: Nature · Countryside · Scenery · Sky · Snow · Mountain · Boatsheds · Winter · Norway Norwegen Norge · Landscape

Picture of sjark fishing boat sailing in evening scenery in Northern Norway

March 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera March 4th 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture you can see a small fishing boat that is called “sjark” in Norwegian, sailing on the fjord. These small fishing boats are very typical for the fisheries on the coast in Northern Norway and I’m hoping that some day […]

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Tags: Fjord · Scenery · Clouds · Boats · Sky · Dusk · Shore · Seagull · Nature · Snow · Sea Ocean · Winter · Coast · Norway Norwegen Norge · Evening · Fishing · Sunset · Landscape

My top midnight sun pictures in Northern Norway from 2007

February 27th, 2008 · 44 Comments

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Here is a selection of my personal favorite midnight sun pictures that I photographed during the summer 2007. The season for midnight sun is closing very fast so stay tuned for more midnight sun photos.
You can click on the pictures to see a larger version and click on the titles to read more […]

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Tags: Sunrays · Scenery · Sky · Shore · Senja · Summer · Clouds · Sea Ocean · Coast · Norway Norwegen Norge · Midnight Sun · Nature · Landscape

Photo of wave crashing over a small headland in Northern Norway

February 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 14th 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture you can see a wave crashing over a small headland about 1km away from where I was standing. The small headland is called Hesteneset, directly translated “The Horse Headland”. The headland got it’s name because in older times all […]

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Tags: Nature · Scenery · Shore · Storm · Snow · Waves · Coast · Winter · Sea Ocean · Norway Norwegen Norge · Landscape