Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog » Shells 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 old snail shell on withered thistle http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2010/11/21/picture-of-old-snail-shell-on-withered-thistle/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2010/11/21/picture-of-old-snail-shell-on-withered-thistle/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:23:34 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/?p=324 Picture of old snail shell on withered thistle
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera September 6th 2010. Click image for larger view.
If you pay attention to the nature around you you can find beautiful things everywhere. Here I have photographed an old snail house sitting on a withered thistle. The snail seems to have crawled up the thistle stem and died there.

I find snail shells to have a fascinating coiled structure that makes a good picture. Check other snail shell pictures here and here.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture f/7.1
Focal Length 150 mm
ISO Speed 400
Lens: Sigma 150mm F2.8 EX APO DG HSM Macro
Location: Fjellstrand in Nesodden, Akershus in southeast of Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2010/11/21/picture-of-old-snail-shell-on-withered-thistle/feed/ 0 Macro picture of yellow snail shells – Land snails eaten by mice http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/04/08/macro-picture-of-yellow-snail-shells-land-snails-eaten-by-mice/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/04/08/macro-picture-of-yellow-snail-shells-land-snails-eaten-by-mice/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:35:05 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/04/08/macro-picture-of-yellow-snail-shells-land-snails-eaten-by-mice/ Macro picture of yellow snail shells
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 2nd 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture you can see four yellow snail shells from some kind of land snail species. During the winter the markings on the shells has almost vanished so it is hard to say what species they are, but I’m guessing these are shells of white-lipped snails (Cepaea hortensis) as they are native pretty far north.
You may notice that a couple of the shells are broken. The broken shells combined with a lot of mice droppings around them make me suspect that mice have had a gastronomical meal.
Feel free to leave comment if you know what kind of snail species this is.

Check out this macro photo of a sea snail with seaweed as background.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/13
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Sørvik (Andørja), Troms in Northern Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/04/08/macro-picture-of-yellow-snail-shells-land-snails-eaten-by-mice/feed/ 11 Macro picture of common limpet (Patella vulgata) covered with barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides) http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/29/macro-picture-of-common-limpet-patella-vulgata-covered-with-barnacles-semibalanus-balanoides/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/29/macro-picture-of-common-limpet-patella-vulgata-covered-with-barnacles-semibalanus-balanoides/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:57:04 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/29/macro-picture-of-common-limpet-patella-vulgata-covered-with-barnacles-semibalanus-balanoides/ Macro picture of common limpet (Patella vulgata) covered with barnacles
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 hard surfaces and can be very hard to peel off if they sense danger.
I have been watching some TV-shows by the survivalist Ray Mears where he use a stick to whack them off using the surprise factor. I will have to try to cook some limpets later this year and I will report back here on how they taste ;)
If you look in the background you can see another limpet waiting for the tide to come back in.
The barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides) seem to get a free ride with the limpet, but I’m guessing the limpet is glad for having some extra camouflage.

Check out this photo of the shell of a limpet filled with small pieces of sand. The inside have some beautiful structures and colors.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/9
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/02/29/macro-picture-of-common-limpet-patella-vulgata-covered-with-barnacles-semibalanus-balanoides/feed/ 10 Macro picture of a butterfish (Pholis gunnellus) at the coast in Northern Norway http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/12/16/macro-picture-of-a-butterfish-pholis-gunnellus-at-the-coast-in-northern-norway/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/12/16/macro-picture-of-a-butterfish-pholis-gunnellus-at-the-coast-in-northern-norway/#comments Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:16:36 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/12/16/macro-picture-of-a-butterfish-pholis-gunnellus-at-the-coast-in-northern-norway/ Macro picture of a butterfish (Pholis gunnellus)
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 28th 2007. Click image for larger view.

In this picture you can see a small butterfish (Pholis gunnellus) that I found under a rock when the tide was out. It is about 20 cm long and got its name because it has very slippery skin.

When I was a kid I used to play at the coast all the time. One of my favorite activities was to look under rocks and seaweed when the tide was out. There was always something interesting to find, like a butterfish, a crab or some funky colored periwinkles. I still enjoy walking the coastline and I always bring the camera :)
Check out this photo of a hermit crab that I photographed on another trip at the coast.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/4
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/2007/12/16/macro-picture-of-a-butterfish-pholis-gunnellus-at-the-coast-in-northern-norway/feed/ 2 Close up picture of beach full of beautiful shells in Northern Norway http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/10/27/close-up-picture-of-beach-full-of-beautiful-shells-in-northern-norway/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/10/27/close-up-picture-of-beach-full-of-beautiful-shells-in-northern-norway/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:55:07 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/10/27/close-up-picture-of-beach-full-of-beautiful-shells-in-northern-norway/ Close up picture of beach full of beautiful shells in Northern Norway
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 27th 2007. Click image for larger view.

Found a small place on the coast that was filled with different kinds of beautiful shells. I had to take a picture of a selection of the shells.
Anyone know what the shells are called?

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Ånstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

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]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/10/27/close-up-picture-of-beach-full-of-beautiful-shells-in-northern-norway/feed/ 14 Close up picture of Ocean Quahog (Arctica islandica) shells on a sandy beach http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/10/17/close-up-picture-of-ocean-quahog-arctica-islandica-shells-on-a-sandy-beach/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/10/17/close-up-picture-of-ocean-quahog-arctica-islandica-shells-on-a-sandy-beach/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:58:51 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/10/17/close-up-picture-of-ocean-quahog-arctica-islandica-shells-on-a-sandy-beach/ Close up picture of Ocean Quahog (Arctica islandica) shells on a sandy beach
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 11th 2007. Click image for larger view.

These shells are called Ocean Quahog (Arctica islandica) and I had to take a photo of them because I liked the way the pair was placed on the sandy beach.
In Norwegian we call them Cow-Shells, probably because of their beautiful red/brown color.
According to the Norwegian Wikipedia (the English version doesn’t have an article about ocean quahog shells) there have been found individuals of these shells that are as old as 220 years!

Check out my macro photo of a limpet shell.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/10/17/close-up-picture-of-ocean-quahog-arctica-islandica-shells-on-a-sandy-beach/feed/ 4 Macro photo of limpet shell with sand http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/04/21/macro-photo-of-limpet-shell-with-sand/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/04/21/macro-photo-of-limpet-shell-with-sand/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:27:39 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/04/21/macro-photo-of-limpet-shell-with-sand/ Macro of limpet shell
Taken with Olympus E-500 digital camera 7th March 2007. Click image for larger view.

Having a macro lens is great fun. You can find interesting things to capture everywhere.
Like this small limpet shell that has wonderful colors and some pieces of sand inside of it.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: A beach in Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad, Troms) in northern Norway

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