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!

Wide angle picture of sunset on a beach in northern Norway

48 Comments / Beach, Clouds, Coast, Evening, Fjord, Landscape, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Scenery, Sea Ocean, Sky, Summer, Sunbeam, Sunrays, Sunset /

Wide angle picture of sunset on a beach in northern Norway
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on August 8th 2007. Click image for larger view.

We had a fantastic sunset today so I had to run down on the beach to capture a picture of the moment.
Been a very hot and nice summer day so this sunset was a perfect end to it.
I’m painting the outside of a house so the warmth can get a little too much, but I’m glad I can work outside and not be stuck in an office or something 😉
Check out other sunset pictures from Northern Norway here.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 11 mm
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Photos of cloudberry plants – different stages of flowering and berries

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Photo of cloudberry
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 27th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.

I have taken some pictures of the cloudberry plant in different stages of flowering and the final product as a tasteful berry (as you can see in the photo above).

The cloudberry plant (Rubus chamaemorus), or bakeapple as it is called some places, is slow growing sub-arctic specie that is a very important berry here in northern Norway. Cloudberries are mainly used as jam, with whipped cream, in cakes and some even make alcoholic drinks out of the berries.
When the berries are ripe there is a lot of competition among people to get a good harvest. There have even been reports of fighting 😉 Thus the price on cloudberries can be as high as 18-20$/kg.

The following pictures are of the cloudberry plant in different stages of flowering.

Photo of white cloudberry flower
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 14th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.

Notice the moth sitting on a leaf in this last picture.

Photo of red cloudberry flower
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 14th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.

Have anyone tasted cloudberries? It is not my favorite berry, but it is very nice with whipped cream and tons of sugar.

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Information about the pictures:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Focal Length: 35 mm
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

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Macro photo of hoverfly feeding on cow parsley flowers

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Macro photo of hoverfly feeding on cow parsley flowers
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 2nd, 2007. Click picture for larger view.

Time for a close up photo of a hoverfly again. This time the hoverfly is feeding on cow parsley flowers (Anthriscus sylvestris; also known as wild chervil, wild beaked parsley, and keck).

Check out my other macro photos of hoverflies:

  • Macro photo of hoverfly on a poppy flower
  • Macro photo of hoverfly on dandelion flower

    • Information about the picture:
    Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
    Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
    Aperture: f/11
    Focal Length: 35 mm
    ISO Speed: 100
    Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
    Flash: Fired
    Location: Ånstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

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    Free desktop wallpaper picture of pebble rocks for download

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    Free desktop wallpaper picture of pebble rocks for download
    Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 9th 2007. Click image for larger view.

    I got a comment on Flickr, by BobG, that this picture would be great as a wallpaper on a computer screen. Steve, author of the great blog cyrum66, recently wanted another picture as desktop background (thanks for the donation Steve!).
    So I got the idea to make this pebble picture available as a free download.

    Download the 1024×768 version of the picture here. Drop me a line if you should need an even larger version. I got it up to 3264×2448.
    The picture is only available for personal use and should not be used commercially.

    I would like to hear what my readers think of this idea. Think it can make my blog more popular?

    What you see on the picture is me experimenting with a long shutter time. I placed the camera on a tripod and made the camera take the photo for 10 seconds so small waves would roll over some of the pebbles. This make the foggy effect you can see on the right side of the picture.

    Information about the picture:
    Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
    Exposure: 10 sec (10)
    Aperture: f/22
    Focal Length: 150 mm
    ISO Speed: 100
    Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
    Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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    Photo of red sunset clouds and a red boat house

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    Photo of red sunset clouds and red boatshed
    Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 30th 2007. Click image for larger view.

    I found the red/pink clouds to match the red boat house so I thought this scene would make a nice photo.
    I’m starting to get a nice collection of photos with boat houses in them. Check them out here.

    This photo was taken as the same time period as this sunset picture.

    Information about the pictures:
    Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
    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: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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