Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog » Senja 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 Midnight sunset picture of distant village in the sea in Northern Norway http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/07/26/midnight-sunset-picture-of-distant-village-in-the-sea-in-northern-norway/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/07/26/midnight-sunset-picture-of-distant-village-in-the-sea-in-northern-norway/#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:20:35 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/07/26/midnight-sunset-picture-of-distant-village-in-the-sea-in-northern-norway/ Midnight sunset picture of village in the sea in Northern Norway
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera June 29th 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture I have captured what was a fantastic midnight sunset here in Northern Norway. The sunset created some incredible light where this village in the sea was bathed in a beam of sunshine. The picture should be looked at in large size to get a better view of the sunset.
The midnight sun is already gone (I can’t believe how fast this summer has passed), but the nights are still very light if the rain clouds could stay away.

The distant village is called Laupstad and is the place where I grew up (hence my last name Laupstad). The mountains in the background is a part of the second largest island in Norway, Senja.

I have photographed the same village from above in this picture and in this picture you can see the village with a some pink sunset-clouds as background at 01:30 AM.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 89 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 70-300mm F4.0-5.6
Location: From Ånstad viewing Laupstad (Andørja) with Senja in the background, Troms in Northern Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/07/26/midnight-sunset-picture-of-distant-village-in-the-sea-in-northern-norway/feed/ 55 Pictures of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) on the coast in Northern Norway http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/05/20/pictures-of-herring-gulls-larus-argentatus-on-the-coast-in-northern-norway/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/05/20/pictures-of-herring-gulls-larus-argentatus-on-the-coast-in-northern-norway/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 09:16:14 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/05/20/pictures-of-herring-gulls-larus-argentatus-on-the-coast-in-northern-norway/ Here are a couple of pictures of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) that I captured last weekend while collecting seagull eggs on some skerries on the coast in Northern Norway (a post about the egg collecting is coming in a few days so stay tuned).
Herring gulls live here in large numbers and the sounds of the gulls are to me very typical for summers in Northern Norway.

I love the curious expression of the herring gull in the first picture.
Picture of herring gull (Larus argentatus)
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera May 11th 2008. Click image for larger view.

In the next picture the gulls got a bit too nervous by me coming so close and are taking flight to escape the evil human ;)
Picture of herring gull (Larus argentatus) taking flight
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera May 11th 2008. Click image for larger view.
Check out my other seagull pictures here. I love these birds!

Information about the pictures:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 70-300mm F4.0-5.6
Location: West coast on Senja, Troms in Northern Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/05/20/pictures-of-herring-gulls-larus-argentatus-on-the-coast-in-northern-norway/feed/ 11 My top midnight sun pictures in Northern Norway from 2007 http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/27/my-top-midnight-sun-pictures-in-northern-norway-from-2007/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/27/my-top-midnight-sun-pictures-in-northern-norway-from-2007/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:56:44 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/27/my-top-midnight-sun-pictures-in-northern-norway-from-2007/

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 and you can buy the 2009 Norway photo calendar with some of the pictures.
You can click on the pictures to see a larger version and click on the titles to read more about the individual photos.

Photo from midnight stroll on the beach

Photo of sunset at 01:30 AM

Photo of midnight sunset and some amazing clouds


Photo of amazing red sunset at midnight in northern Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/27/my-top-midnight-sun-pictures-in-northern-norway-from-2007/feed/ 52 Picture of bad weather on the west coast of Senja in Northern Norway http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/01/28/picture-of-bad-weather-on-the-west-coast-of-senja-in-northern-norway/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/01/28/picture-of-bad-weather-on-the-west-coast-of-senja-in-northern-norway/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:31:35 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/01/28/picture-of-bad-weather-on-the-west-coast-of-senja-in-northern-norway/ Picture of bad weather on the west coast of Senja in Northern Norway
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 27th 2008. Click image for larger view.
I was visiting the island Senja this weekend, but the weather was really bad with blizzards hitting us all the time. In between the snowfalls I was able to go outside and have a look (and take a few pictures) at the ocean in turmoil. In this picture you can see the west coast of Senja where the island meets the Norwegian Sea and next piece of land is Greenland. The waves can be massive if the wind come from the right (wrong?) direction.
The mountain on the left is called “Teisten”.

Check out some of my other pictures of waves here and here.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Senja, Troms in Northern Norway
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