Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog » Rural 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 field full of dandelion flowers and a red boatshed in Northern Norway http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/06/09/picture-of-field-full-of-dandelion-flowers-and-a-red-boatshed-in-northern-norway/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/06/09/picture-of-field-full-of-dandelion-flowers-and-a-red-boatshed-in-northern-norway/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:16:10 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/06/09/picture-of-field-full-of-dandelion-flowers-and-a-red-boatshed-in-northern-norway/ Picture of field full of dandelion flowers and a red boatshed in Northern Norway
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

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/06/09/picture-of-field-full-of-dandelion-flowers-and-a-red-boatshed-in-northern-norway/feed/ 18 Picture of barn in Northern Norway against a stormy ocean http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/13/picture-of-barn-in-northern-norway-against-a-stormy-ocean/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/13/picture-of-barn-in-northern-norway-against-a-stormy-ocean/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:05:09 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/13/picture-of-barn-in-northern-norway-against-a-stormy-ocean/ Picture of barn in Northern Norway against a stormy ocean
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 13th 2008. Click image for larger view.
We had some extreme winds today with speeds between 55 and 60 MPH (25m/s). In this picture you can see the view from my bedroom window with the raging ocean behind the old barn. 10 minutes later I was not able to see the ocean because it was snowing small kittens.
It is nice to be inside in a warm house on such a day :)

Here is a photo of the same barn during a blizzard.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 22 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Laupstad (Andørja) looking at Drangen, Troms in northern Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/13/picture-of-barn-in-northern-norway-against-a-stormy-ocean/feed/ 13 Black and white picture of rural scenery in Northern Norway – The house I grew up in http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/12/black-and-white-picture-of-rural-scenery-in-northern-norway-the-house-i-grew-up-in/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/12/black-and-white-picture-of-rural-scenery-in-northern-norway-the-house-i-grew-up-in/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:56:06 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/12/black-and-white-picture-of-rural-scenery-in-northern-norway-the-house-i-grew-up-in/ Black and white picture of rural scenery in Northern Norway
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 31st 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this black and white picture you can see the house that I grew up in. It is located at the tip of a small headland called Laupstad, one of the most idyllic places in Northern Norway (in my humble opinion).
The cloud formations on this day was stunning and I found them fitting as a background for the old house and barn.
I converted this picture into black and white and added some vignetting because to me this looks much like the rural scenes I have seen in old photographs from Northern Norway.

The same house can be seen in this picture where you can see how close it is placed to the wild ocean and this photo (in colors) when the sun has just come back.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 40 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 October 28th 2007. Click image for larger view.

The days are definitely getting shorter here in Northern Norway! I took this picture 4 PM in the “evening”.
I really love this scene with the combination of mountain and sea (and of course the boatsheds).

A similar scene, in a spring setting, can be seen in this photo.

Information about the picture:
Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.4 sec (2/5)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway


]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/11/02/picture-of-rural-evening-scene-in-northern-norway-the-days-are-getting-shorter/feed/ 15 First snow in the mountains – autumn soon to come in northern Norway http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/08/29/first-snow-in-the-mountains-autumn-soon-to-come-in-northern-norway/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/08/29/first-snow-in-the-mountains-autumn-soon-to-come-in-northern-norway/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:56:57 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/08/29/first-snow-in-the-mountains-autumn-soon-to-come-in-northern-norway/ First snow in the mountains
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera August 29th 2007. Click image for larger view.

I woke up today to snow covering the mountain peaks. It is a sign that autumn will soon be coming here in northern Norway, but it makes a pretty picture don’t you think?

The mountain peaks are 1000 meters above the sea.

Update: This picture is now the front page of my 2008 calendar.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/9
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/08/29/first-snow-in-the-mountains-autumn-soon-to-come-in-northern-norway/feed/ 19 My most popular picture on Flickr – Row of Norwegian boathouses on a winter day http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/08/25/my-most-popular-picture-on-flickr-row-of-norwegian-boathouses-on-a-winter-day/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/08/25/my-most-popular-picture-on-flickr-row-of-norwegian-boathouses-on-a-winter-day/#comments Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:31:32 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/08/25/my-most-popular-picture-on-flickr-row-of-norwegian-boathouses-on-a-winter-day/ Row of Norwegian boathouses on a winter day
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 15th 2007. Click image for larger view.

I really liked the rural look on this row of boathouses. The grass roof doesn’t hurt the scene with it’s old look. Boathouses like this represent the old fishing culture here in Norway in a good way. I hope people will take care of these beautiful buildings!

This is also my most popular photo on Flickr. It has received almost 11,000 views and been made favorite 70 times. It reached the fourth position in Flickr Explore on the day the picture was uploaded.
Flickr Explore is an algorithm that chooses the 500 most popular pictures (out of millions!) being uploaded to Flickr each day so it is quite an honor to reach the fourth position.

In this picture I have used something called HDR (High dynamic range) to make the picture look a bit different.

Check out my other boatshed pictures here.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/6,3
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/08/25/my-most-popular-picture-on-flickr-row-of-norwegian-boathouses-on-a-winter-day/feed/ 11 Photo of an old fishing boat being lightened by a red sunset against a magnificent mountain http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/08/13/photo-of-an-old-fishing-boat-being-lightened-by-a-red-sunset-against-a-magnificent-mountain/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/08/13/photo-of-an-old-fishing-boat-being-lightened-by-a-red-sunset-against-a-magnificent-mountain/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:01:20 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/08/13/photo-of-an-old-fishing-boat-being-lightened-by-a-red-sunset-against-a-magnificent-mountain/ Photo of an old boat being lightened by a red sunset against a magnificent mountain
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on August 8th 2007. Click image for larger view.

I found this old fishing boat when I was out photo walking on the beach. The sunsets are coming earlier now and this picture was taken at 9 PM. If you look closer at the old boat you can the red sunset light reflect on the white painting.

I used the word magnificent in the title to describe the mountain because that was the word that popped up in my head a couple of days ago when I was looking at the mountains. I see these mountains every day so it’s easy to forgot how magnificent they really are. Wish you all could see them in real life since a simple photo doesn’t do them justice.
Take a closer look at the upper right mountain. Can you see the snow spots?
That mountain is called “The Snow Peak”. Very describing name considering that there is still snow on the mountain this late in the summer.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 11th, 2007. Click image for larger view.

I love walking the beach at midnight when it is summer. Everything is calm and all you can hear is the sound of the nature; sea gulls crying, waves rolling the beach and the sound of your feet walking the sand. Walks on the beach are soothing for my mind, body and spirit. I recommend it!

This photo was taken with my new sweet wide angle lens. So far this lens is threating me very good :)

Information about the pictures:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.167 sec (1/6)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 11 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/2007/07/17/photo-from-the-beach-at-midnight-in-northern-norway/feed/ 17 Photo of a boatshed against a blue summer sky with some beautiful clouds http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/07/13/photo-of-a-boatshed-against-a-blue-summer-sky-with-some-beautiful-clouds/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/07/13/photo-of-a-boatshed-against-a-blue-summer-sky-with-some-beautiful-clouds/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:51:46 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/07/13/photo-of-a-boatshed-against-a-blue-summer-sky-with-some-beautiful-clouds/ boatshed against a blue summer sky with some beautiful clouds
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 12th, 2007. Click image for larger view.

I really liked the clouds on the blue sky today. It’s the way I remember the summer days in northern Norway from when I was a kid. Thankfully some things never change!

Our family own the boatshed and it have been a good helper protecting our boat from winter storms. I love the look of the stone roof.

This is the first photo on this site with my new wide angle lens Olympus ZUIKO DIGITAL 11-22mm F2.8-3.5 so look forward to more wide angle shots :)

Information about the pictures:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
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

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/07/13/photo-of-a-boatshed-against-a-blue-summer-sky-with-some-beautiful-clouds/feed/ 19 Photo of Norwegian winter landscape in January http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/06/21/photo-of-norwegian-winter-landscape-in-january/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/06/21/photo-of-norwegian-winter-landscape-in-january/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:33:19 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/06/21/photo-of-norwegian-winter-landscape-in-january/ Photo of Norwegian winter landscape in January
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on January 30th 2007. Click image for larger view.

This was shot back in January when I had just got my DSLR camera and had no idea about what I was doing. I quite like the “postcard” feeling to it.

This house is placed directly below a mountain called Å-tinden. You can see the mountain here. You can not be afraid of avalanches and live there!

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/4.1
Focal Length: 92 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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