Thomas Laupstad

Hi there :) My name is Thomas Laupstad and I recently picked up photography as my favorite activity. I want to show you northern Norway from my point of view. Hope you enjoy the blog!

Macro photo of Wolf spider on birch bark

6 Comments / Macro, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Spider /

Macro photo of Wolf spider on birch bark
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 19th 2007. Click image for larger view.

In this macro photo you can see a wolf spider (Lycosidae). The wolf spiders got their name from the way they hunt as they run down their prey much like wolves do.

It is usually very hard to get close to wolf spiders to get a picture, but this photo was taken back in April when there was still patches of snow here in northern Norway. This spider was warming itself in the sun and didn’t care about me coming very close with my camera.
Please at the picture in large size to get a view of all the details of the wolf spider.

I don’t have many pictures of spiders, but I have one of an ant dragging a spider. Check it out if you are interested in insect photography.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

Macro photo of Wolf spider on birch bark Read More »

Picture of an autumn stream littered with autumn colored leaves

9 Comments / Autumn, Leaf, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Plant, Rocks /

Picture of an autumn stream littered with autumn colored leaves
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 4th 2007. Click image for larger view.

Found this stream when I was walking in the forest and since I love photos of running water I had to take a picture of the stream with autumn colored leaves laying around.
I used a longer shutter speed to create the “foggy” effect on the water.

View more autumn pictures from northern Norway here.

Information about the picture:
Exposure: 0.25 sec (1/4)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 22 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

Picture of an autumn stream littered with autumn colored leaves Read More »

Picture of rural winter scenery in northern Norway – The sun has just come back

10 Comments / Countryside, Mountain, Norway Norwegen Norge, Scenery, Sea Ocean, Sky, Snow, Winter /

Picture of rural winter scenery in northern Norway
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on February 15th 2007. Click image for larger view.

In this photo you see the house where I lived my first 12 years. It looks very idyllic in this winter scenery, doesn’t it? The place where the house stands is called “Solhaug”. In English it would be called something like “Sun Hill”.

The picture was taken on 15th of February so the sun had just come back here in northern Norway. The sun was still very low in the horizon so that is why it creates this beautiful and special light.

Check out this photo of the same house, but from another angle where you can see how close it is located to the ocean.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 34 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

Picture of rural winter scenery in northern Norway – The sun has just come back Read More »

Photo of incredible red sunset in northern Norway – The sky and clouds are on fire

50 Comments / Clouds, Coast, Evening, Landscape, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Scenery, Sea Ocean, Shore, Sky, Sunset /

Photo of incredible red sunset in northern Norway
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on September 30th 2007. Click image for larger view.

The last day in September brought us some very nice weather here in northern Norway. I had to take a photo of this incredible red sunset that topped the day.

I hope my readers haven’t become tired of all my sunsets pictures 🙂

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/4.1
Focal Length: 104 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

Photo of incredible red sunset in northern Norway – The sky and clouds are on fire Read More »

Privacy Policy