Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog » Long exposure 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 Picture of lichen covered rocks at high tide – 20 seconds long exposure http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/01/07/picture-of-lichen-covered-rocks-at-high-tide-20-seconds-long-exposure/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/01/07/picture-of-lichen-covered-rocks-at-high-tide-20-seconds-long-exposure/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:39:45 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/01/07/picture-of-lichen-covered-rocks-at-high-tide-20-seconds-long-exposure/ Picture of lichen covered rocks at high tide
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera December 25th 2007. Click image for larger view.

I photographed these lichen covered rocks when the tide was very high. Usually the sea doesn’t reach this high, but the lichen must be somewhat resistant to the saltwater to survive the waves.
I really love the texture and formations the lichen create on rocks.
For new readers: The foggy effect was created by using a 20 seconds long exposure of the moving water.

Check out this macro photo of a water drop with lichen as a background.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 20 sec (20)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 68 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera December 31st 2007. Click image for larger view.

New Years Eve here in Northern Norway, brought some Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) for me to photograph. I prefer this kind of fireworks to the noisy man-made fireworks that last for a couple of seconds. The spots in the sky are star trails as I used a 40 seconds exposure. I also used my LED headlight to lighten up the boatshed a bit.

This is actually my first attempt at Northern Lights photography and I’m pretty happy with the outcome, although I will do it a bit different the next time. Hope there will be lots more Northern Lights later this winter and that it will be a bit stronger.

Happy New Year! Hope 2008 will be great for you all :)

Have a look of the same boatshed when there is more light around.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 40 sec (40)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 22 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/01/01/northern-lights-aurora-borealis-in-northern-norway-on-new-years-eve-natures-own-fireworks/feed/ 32 Long exposure picture of high tide at the coast in Northern Norway http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/12/27/long-exposure-picture-of-high-tide-at-the-coast-in-northern-norway/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/12/27/long-exposure-picture-of-high-tide-at-the-coast-in-northern-norway/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:31:06 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/12/27/long-exposure-picture-of-high-tide-at-the-coast-in-northern-norway/ Long exposure picture of high tide at the coast in Northern Norway
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera December 25th 2007. Click image for larger view.
The tide have been very high the last few days so I had to take some long exposure pictures of the waves reaching the grass.
I just low the effect moving water creates when you use long exposures. Check out my other long exposure photos here.


Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 8 sec (8)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 22 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway
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]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/12/27/long-exposure-picture-of-high-tide-at-the-coast-in-northern-norway/feed/ 14 Photo of stone and seaweed in the ocean using 20 seconds long exposure http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/11/21/photo-of-stone-and-seaweed-in-the-ocean-using-20-seconds-long-exposure/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/11/21/photo-of-stone-and-seaweed-in-the-ocean-using-20-seconds-long-exposure/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:48:14 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/11/21/photo-of-stone-and-seaweed-in-the-ocean-using-20-seconds-long-exposure/ Photo of stone and seaweed in the ocean using 20 seconds long exposure
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera November 19th 2007. Click image for larger view.

As I’ve said before I love long exposure photos. In this picture I have captured a rock on the shore and some seaweed below the surface.
I used a 20 second long shutter speed to create the dreamy and foggy effect. It almost looks like a mountaintop peaking through some mist.

Check out my other long exposure photos here.

Information about the pictures:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 20 sec (20)
Aperture: f/13
Focal Length: 74 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in Northern Norway

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera November 7th 2007. Click image for larger view.

The rivers have started to freeze here in Northern Norway and in this pictures you can see drops from the small water fall have frozen on branches and straws.
I used 15 seconds exposure in this photo to get the look of the water fall. Long exposure photography have been a hit for me lately, but the weather have been very gray and boring so there haven’t been many opportunities to take photos. That is why there have been so few updates on this blog.

Information about the picture:
Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 15 sec (15)
Aperture: f/13
Focal Length: 19 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Ånstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

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]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/11/07/picture-of-river-starting-to-freeze-in-northern-norway/feed/ 10 Picture of river using a 10 seconds long exposure http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/10/22/picture-of-river-using-a-10-seconds-long-exposure/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/10/22/picture-of-river-using-a-10-seconds-long-exposure/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:45:57 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/10/22/picture-of-river-using-a-10-seconds-long-exposure/ 10 second long exposure picture of a river
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 21st 2007. Click image for larger view.

In this picture I have used a 10 seconds long exposure to create the foggy and metallic look on the river. I love the look running waters gets from long exposures.
It has to be pretty dark to be able to get long exposures or use a special filter. I don’t have a filter like that so I had to wait for twilight. The forest seems very different when it gets dark. A bit spooky ;)

Check out this long exposure picture I took of a rocky beach.

Information about the picture:
Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 10 sec (10)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 22 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Ånstadbotn (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

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Taken with Olympus E-500 digital camera
View it large for a better impression of the foreground.

In this photo I used an exposure time of 15 seconds to try get the “foggy” effect you can see on the ocean. Very fun way of photographing although very time consuming and cold when you have temperatures of -4C. ;)

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 15 sec (15)
Aperture: f/22
Focal Length: 14 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad)

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