February 2008 – Page 3 – Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Black and white picture of rural scenery in Northern Norway – The house I grew up in

11 Comments / Black & White, Clouds, Coast, Countryside, Norway Norwegen Norge, Rural, Scenery, Sea Ocean, Shore, Sky, Snow, Winter / Thomas Laupstad

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 (AndÃ¸rja), Troms in Northern Norway

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Picture of two Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) swimming in a fjord in Northern Norway

11 Comments / Animals, Harbour Porpoise, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Sea Ocean / Thomas Laupstad

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera June 22nd 2007. Click image for larger view.
Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is one of the smallest mammals living in the sea.
In this picture you can see two Harbour Porpoise swimming very close to my boat when I was out fishing last summer. They got a bad reputation of scaring the fish away so I wasn’t too happy to see the small whales.

The Harbour Porpoise can be very fascinating to observe when they hunt for fish as they swim extremely fast and make loud breathing noises when they come to the surface for a short moment. The whales can also be very curious animals (especially the young Harbour Porpoise) and can approach boats. I have several times experienced Harbour Porpoise swimming around and under my boat like some playful dolphins.
Hope I will never experience a porpoise getting caught on my fishing tackle. That would be some some ride! 😉

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 150 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: On fjord by Laupstad (AndÃ¸rja), Troms in Northern Norway

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Picture of first sunlight shining on snow cowered mountain peak in Northern Norway

4 Comments / Landscape, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Sky, Snow, Winter / Thomas Laupstad

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 31st 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture you can see the first sunlight here in Northern Norway this year, shining on a 1000 meter tall mountain peak. I loved the way the fresh snow on the top made the mountain peak look like it was made of white bricks.
If you click on the picture and look at it in large format you can see some enormous icicles hanging from the side of the mountain.

Check out this picture to see the mountain peak in full size.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 65 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Ã… (AndÃ¸rja), Troms in Northern Norway

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Picture from the beach – First sunlight this year in Northern Norway

44 Comments / Beach, Clouds, Coast, Fjord, Landscape, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Scenery, Sea Ocean, Shore, Sky, Snow, Sunset, Winter / Thomas Laupstad

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 3rd 2008. Click image for larger view.
I was taking a walk on the beach when suddenly the sun created some nice light behind the mountains. There was also some reflections in the windy ocean so I had to get down on my knees to take a picture.
The foam and rocks in the foreground makes the composition more interesting to me.

See more winter pictures from Northern Norway here.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Laupstad (AndÃ¸rja) looking at Drangen, Troms in northern Norway

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Close up picture of young European magepie bird (Pica pica) sitting in Norway spruce tree

12 Comments / Birds, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Summer / Thomas Laupstad

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera June 26th 2007. Click image for larger view.
In this picture you can see a young European magepie (Pica pica). This bird had just come out of its nest. It was not the slightest afraid of humans and thus I was able to get very close to take some photos.
The magpies are plentiful here in Northern Norway and are known to steal shiny objects like glasses or silverware. Not sure if there is any truth to this or maybe it is just a legend?

Here is some other bird photos.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 150 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Laupstad (AndÃ¸rja), Troms in Northern Norway

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