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!

Photo of winter mountain and pebble beach

22 Comments / Beach, Clouds, Coast, Costal Express, Countryside, Cruise, Hurtigruta, Hurtigruten, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Norwegian Coastal Voyage, Sea Ocean, Snow, Winter /

Photo of winter mountain and pebble beach
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on March 23rd 2007. Click image for larger view.

This photo was taken back in March when there was still lots of snow around.
I really love this beach full of millions of small pebble stones. It is very special to walk on it and listen to waves rolling in.

The reason I’m posting this photo today is that I was contacted on Flickr about this particular picture. The person contacting me are making a book about “Hurtigruten” (English: Costal Express) in Norway and wanted to use this shot in their book. I’m very excited about this because I have never been printed before!
The project is very low budget so all I’m getting from it is a free book and of course my name in it, but the satisfaction of getting printed is payment enough.

Huritigruten (or Hurtigruta as we call it in northern Norway) is a passenger and freight line that sails daily along most of of our long coastline. The trip takes 11 days and is very popular among tourists.


Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 14 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Photo of old fence keeping out hordes of yellow flowers

18 Comments / Countryside, Flower, Norway Norwegen Norge, Rural, Summer /

Photo of old fence keeping out hordes of yellow flowers
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 14th 2007. Click image for larger view.

Really like the texture of the this old fence. I think it gives the photo a rural feel to it.
The meadow behind the fence is full of buttercups and dandelions that want to take over the garden 😉

This photo actually got popular on Flickr explore and made it number 120 on June 15th.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 118 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway
Effect: Orton, to make the background more out of focus

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Photo of midnight sunset and some amazing clouds

17 Comments / Clouds, Coast, Landscape, Midnight Sun, Mountain, Nature, Night, Norway Norwegen Norge, Sea Ocean, Summer, Sunset /

Photo of midnight sunset and some amazing clouds
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 12th 2007. Click image for larger view.

This photo was taken through my bedroom window at midnight. I guess it’s not really a sunset because the sun is not setting in the horizon. The midnight sun is just hiding behind the mountains.

What I really found striking with this scene, was the massive cloud formations. Don’t you want to fly up there, lie down in the cotton clouds and get a tan from the midnight sun? Sounds like a nice dream to me 🙂


Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Old fishing boat on a calm sea

9 Comments / Boats, Coast, Fishing, Landscape, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Sea Ocean, Summer /

Old fishing boat on a calm sea
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 1st 2007. Click image for larger view.

I find these old fishing boats made of tree very beautiful. Hope to own one myself some day..

Maybe you wont believe me, but I’m standing on a pier with the pretty large town Harstad right behind me. This scenery doesn’t look very urban, does it?
I was staying in Harstad for 3 weeks attending a course and had a real hard time finding things to take photos of. I’m glad to be back home where there are more nature to walk around in 🙂

The mountains in the back are from the islands Rolløya and Andørja (where I live).

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Filter: Circular polarizer
Location: Harstad in northern Norway

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Macro photo of forget-me-not flowers

7 Comments / Flower, Macro, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Plant, Summer /

Macro photo of forget-me-not flowers
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 9th, 2007. Click image for larger view.

Found some wild forget-me-not (Myosotis) flowers. Not sure what exact species is, but they are really beautiful!

Hoping to get into the forest or up in the mountains in the days to come. Will look for some more wild flowers to capture with my dear camera.
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Check out my other flower photos.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad, Troms) in northern Norway

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