Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog » Plant 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 A collection of berry pictures from Northern Norway – autumn is here http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2010/09/21/a-collection-of-berry-pictures-from-northern-norway-autumn-is-here/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2010/09/21/a-collection-of-berry-pictures-from-northern-norway-autumn-is-here/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:03:08 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/?p=292 Autumn is here with lots of luxuries coming from the nature. Here I have photographed a few of the berries that you can find in Northern Norway.
Read more about each berry if you click on the links above the photos.

Photo of cloudberry
Photo of cloudberry

Photo of cowberry / lingonberry
Photo of cowberry

Close up picture of ripe cherries (planted)
Close up picture of ripe cherries

Macro photo of crowberry
Macro photo of crowberry and some evergreen shrubs

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad, Troms) in northern Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2010/09/21/a-collection-of-berry-pictures-from-northern-norway-autumn-is-here/feed/ 3 Picture of Norway maple leaves (Acer platanoides) with fall / autumn colors http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/11/30/picture-of-norway-maple-leaves-acer-platanoides-with-fall-autumn-colors/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/11/30/picture-of-norway-maple-leaves-acer-platanoides-with-fall-autumn-colors/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:10:44 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/11/30/picture-of-norway-maple-leaves-acer-platanoides-with-fall-autumn-colors/ Picture of Norway maple leaves (Acer platanoides) with fall / autumn colors
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 tops unto the leaves so I just had to take a picture of them.
The autumn colors are almost gone now so it is nice to able to look some pictures and remember how nice it was.
The Norway maple is the only type of maple tree that is native to Norway. The maple trees grow in the southern part of Norway where the climate is a bit warmer.

Check out my other photo from the same trip of the forest floor covered with leaves and my other autumn pictures here. Note: This photo was taken in the southeastern part of Norway.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Fjellstrand in Nesodden, Akershus in southeast of Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/11/30/picture-of-norway-maple-leaves-acer-platanoides-with-fall-autumn-colors/feed/ 6 Picture of forest in autumn colors – Ground covered with leaves http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/10/20/picture-of-forest-in-autumn-colors-ground-covered-with-leaves/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/10/20/picture-of-forest-in-autumn-colors-ground-covered-with-leaves/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:41:21 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/10/20/picture-of-forest-in-autumn-colors-ground-covered-with-leaves/ Picture of forest in autumn colors - Ground covered with leaves
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 19th 2008. Click image for larger view.
Autumn brings us some fantastic colors to photograph. Here is a picture from a walk I had in the forest yesterday. Some places the forest the ground was completely covered with yellow leaves. It was so beautiful and of course I had to take some pictures.
I like how the sun shines through the treetops and the wooden stairs to the left, add more interestingness to the picture. The wooden stairs have been built on this wood track to help people at the steepest parts in the forest.
Feel free to click on the picture to view it in large size to see more details.

Check out this photo from last year of a stream covered with autumn colored leaves.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Fjellstrand in Nesodden, Akershus in southeast of Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/10/20/picture-of-forest-in-autumn-colors-ground-covered-with-leaves/feed/ 16 Macro picture of Meadow buttercup flower (Ranunculus acris) covered with rime frost http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/10/14/macro-picture-of-meadow-buttercup-flower-ranunculus-acris-covered-with-rime-frost/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/10/14/macro-picture-of-meadow-buttercup-flower-ranunculus-acris-covered-with-rime-frost/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:39:34 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/10/14/macro-picture-of-meadow-buttercup-flower-ranunculus-acris-covered-with-rime-frost/ Macro picture of Meadow buttercup flower (Ranunculus acris) covered with rime frost
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 I have photographed a Meadow buttercup flower (Ranunculus acris) that was covered with rime and I think it looks quite beautiful.
The Meadow buttercup flower is probably one of the last flowers I will be able to photograph in the wild this year, but the dark seasons will hopefully bring many photo opportunities too.

Check out this picture that I have taken laying down in a buttercup field in the beginning of summer.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flash used
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Fjellstrand in Nesodden, Akershus in southeast of Norway

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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 some pictures. Since I’m a big fan of photographing boatsheds I had to make a composition with a shed in the picture.
As you can see there is still some snow in the mountains here in Northern Norway, but the green color is creeping pretty fast upward to the top of the mountains. Maybe it is time to go for a photo-hike up those mountainsides?

Check out a few shots of grass fields from last summer:
-Taking pictures while laying in a buttercup meadow
-Photo of old fence keeping out hordes of yellow flowers

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 11 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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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 beautiful small flowers are also known as windflower, European thimbleweed and smell fox.

The wood anemone flowers is a sure sign that the spring is here and that summer is right around the corner.
Flowers are popping up everywhere now so expect more pictures of flowers from Northern Norway in the near future. You can also check out my previous pictures of flowers here.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in Northern Norway

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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 depth of field to get the mountains and the rest of the scenery a bit out of focus, while the straw is in focus.

I’ve done something similar in a scene with some grass straws and boatsheds.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 11 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/2008/03/11/picture-of-lonely-straw-and-winter-mountains-in-northern-norway/feed/ 7 Macro picture of Wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) sprouts covered in snow – Global warming? http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/26/macro-picture-of-wild-daffodil-narcissus-pseudonarcissus-sprouts-covered-in-snow-global-warming/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/26/macro-picture-of-wild-daffodil-narcissus-pseudonarcissus-sprouts-covered-in-snow-global-warming/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:53:40 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/26/macro-picture-of-wild-daffodil-narcissus-pseudonarcissus-sprouts-covered-in-snow-global-warming/ Macro picture of Wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) sprouts covered in snow
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 good so I think these sprouts will survive.
In Norwegian this plant is called “Påskelilje” (Easter lily) because it usually show us its beautiful yellow flowers around Easter.

Yesterday I heard a meteorologist saying that so far this have been warmest winter ever recorded in Norway. I know that doesn’t prove anything, but it sure smells like global warming…

I can’t wait for the spring to come so I can photograph the flowers in full bloom. Meanwhile you can see some of my flower pictures from last year here. If I had to choose the picture of the Purple Saxifrage flower are my favorite because they were the first wild flowers I saw last spring.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/26/macro-picture-of-wild-daffodil-narcissus-pseudonarcissus-sprouts-covered-in-snow-global-warming/feed/ 8 Picture of grass straws and boathouses as background – Winter scenery in Northern Norway http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/23/picture-of-grass-straws-and-boathouses-as-background-winter-scenery-in-northern-norway/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/23/picture-of-grass-straws-and-boathouses-as-background-winter-scenery-in-northern-norway/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:24:04 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/23/picture-of-grass-straws-and-boathouses-as-background-winter-scenery-in-northern-norway/
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 bit out of focus so I pushed the aperture down f/3.5 and focused on the grass straws to get the depth of field that I thought would suit the composition.

Check out my other boathouse pictures here. I’m starting to get a nice collection of boathouse photos :)

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 22 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Ånstad (Andørja), Troms in Northern Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/23/picture-of-grass-straws-and-boathouses-as-background-winter-scenery-in-northern-norway/feed/ 6 Picture of icicles hanging from a common juniper branch http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/01/08/picture-of-icicles-hanging-from-a-common-juniper-branch/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/01/08/picture-of-icicles-hanging-from-a-common-juniper-branch/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:42:55 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/01/08/picture-of-icicles-hanging-from-a-common-juniper-branch/ Picture of icicles hanging from a common juniper branch
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 8th 2008. Click image for larger view.
I was walking in the forest when I stumbled across some icicles hanging from a common juniper (Juniperus communis) branch. Might not be the most exciting thing to photograph, but I really enjoy the small details in nature, that make you stop in your tracks to make a closer look.

It was pretty hard to focus because there is so little light at the moment, hence the long exposure.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 6 sec (6)
Aperture: f/3
Focal Length: 14 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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