Thomas Laupstad – Page 48 – Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Photo of cherry blossom in northern Norway

5 Comments / Cherry, Flora, Flower, Macro, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Plant, Spring / Thomas Laupstad

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 3rd, 2007. Click image for larger view.

Planted a cherry tree last week and yesterday the first flowers started to blossom.
Will be interesting to see if the fruit will be edible so far north 🙂

Planting stuff that you can eat is so rewarding!

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad, AndÃ¸rja (Ibestad, Troms) in northern Norway

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Photo of snowy seawall in the winter

4 Comments / Clouds, Coast, Landscape, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Sea Ocean, Seawall, Snow, Winter / Thomas Laupstad

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on February 26th 2007. Click image for larger view.

The summer is upon us so it is nice to look back at the colder season and enjoy the warmth!
Thought the sky over the seawall was beautiful so had to take a shot.

Got some other photos of the seawall with waves hitting it, here and here.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 16 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Location: Laupstad, AndÃ¸rja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Photo of Long-tailed Duck

2 Comments / Birds, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Sea Ocean / Thomas Laupstad

Taken on May 10th 2007. Click image for larger view.

This beautiful bird is called Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis), formerly known as Oldsquaw.
It lives in the cold northern oceans and large lakes in the North Atlantic region, Alaska, northern Canada, northern Europe and Russia.

In this shot you can see the summer plumage of the male of the species.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 150 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Out on the ocean by Laupstad, AndÃ¸rja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Macro photo of hermit crab and barnacle

15 Comments / Coast, Macro, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge / Thomas Laupstad

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on May 18th, 2007. Click image for larger view.

Close up shot of a common hermit crab (Pagurus pubescens).

These critters are so funny to observe. Each have their own personality. Some are really brave and fights everyone and some hide in their shell at the smallest sign of danger.
When I was a kid I used to drop empty shells among a bunch of hermit crabs. They would always check out the shell and if they liked it, they changed shells.
If a bigger hermit crab likes the shell that another crab has, it will force it out to get better housing!

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad, AndÃ¸rja (Ibestad, Troms) in northern Norway

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Photo of amazing red sunset at midnight in northern Norway

37 Comments / Clouds, Coast, Evening, Landscape, Midnight Sun, Mountain, Nature, Night, Norway Norwegen Norge, Sea Ocean, Sunset / Thomas Laupstad

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on May 15th 2007. Click image for larger view.

This is one of the most amazing sights I have ever seen! I hope I have managed to recreate a small percentage of natures beauty in this shot.
The time was 11:30PM in the evening and whole sky and sea was red. When you see sights like this you take way too many shots. Afterwards it is really hard to decide on which picture to show.

Will be away for some time so the blog will be not be updated so frequently in the next couple of weeks, but will try to post some photos.
Please let me know if there is anything special you would like to see on my blog 🙂

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 42 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Location: Ã…nstad, AndÃ¸rja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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