Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera March 20th 2008. Click image for larger view. Here I have photographed water drops falling from some icicles that were melting on a sunny day here in Northern Norway. In the picture I used the fjord and snow clad mountains as a background to the icicle. I also used [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera March 10th 2008. Click image for larger view. We have had a couple of warm days here in Northern Norway and a few insects have been waking up from their hibernation. In this picture you can see a common housefly (Musca domestica) sitting on some snow. Usually these flies [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 28th 2008. Click image for larger view. In this macro picture you can see a common limpet (Patella vulgata) covered with barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides) at low tide. The limpets are snails that feed on algae living on hard rock and stones. They are able adhere themselves strongly to [...]

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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 [...]

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When I made the first post with my favorite pictures from 2007 I realized that I had more faves than I could fit into one post. So here is the next batch of my favorite macro photos taken in Northern Norway 2007. Click on the pictures to see a larger version and if you click [...]

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I’m a big fan of taking macro pictures, especially close up pictures of insects. Here is a selection of my favorite macro pictures that I took in 2007. Hope there will be lots of insects and other creatures to photograph in 2008 1. Macro photo of hermit crab and barnacle 2. Photo of a hoverfly [...]

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