Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 2nd 2008. Click image for larger view. After a period of not taking any pictures I got some inspiration today and went out on a photo trip. I found an area where some Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) were growing wild. I really liked the form on this [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera March 14th 2008. Click image for larger view. In this picture you can see a traditional, old Norwegian summer barn with some mountains as background. In older times these barns were used to house livestock during the summer season. The summer barns were often located a bit away from [...]

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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 17th 2008. Click image for larger view. I was out rowing, for the first time this year, when I saw this herring gull (Larus argentatus) standing on a seawall. Had to take a picture of the seagull with the snow covered forest as background. Let me tell you [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera March 17th 2008. Click image for larger view. We had some fresh snowfalls overnight so the forest got a beautiful layer of snow. Seems like the spring is set back a few days.. The small village by the ocean is called Å, which is a very common village name [...]

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