Boatsheds – Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Picture of field full of dandelion flowers and a red boatshed in Northern Norway

18 Comments / Boatsheds, Clouds, Coast, Countryside, Flora, Flower, Landscape, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Plant, Rural, Shore, Sky, Snow, Spring / Thomas Laupstad

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera June 8th 2008. Click image for larger view.
I love the short period when every dandelion plant seems to flower at the exact same time. A field full of yellow flowers on a sunny day is a beautiful sight so I could not resist taking out the camera to snap some pictures. Since I’m a big fan of photographing boatsheds I had to make a composition with a shed in the picture.
As you can see there is still some snow in the mountains here in Northern Norway, but the green color is creeping pretty fast upward to the top of the mountains. Maybe it is time to go for a photo-hike up those mountainsides?

Check out a few shots of grass fields from last summer:
–Taking pictures while laying in a buttercup meadow
–Photo of old fence keeping out hordes of yellow flowers

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in Northern Norway

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Picture of European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) couple on boatshed roof

7 Comments / Birds, Boatsheds, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Sky, Spring / Thomas Laupstad

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 25th 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture you can see an European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) couple sitting on the roof of an old, decaying boatshed. Starlings are a sure sign that the spring has arrived here in Northern Norway so these birds are a very welcome sight.
From as long as I can remember starlings has been breeding in the same nest box on our barn and each spring they sit on the barn-roof singing. It is so nice to listen to the starlings mimicking other birds as the starlings are masters of mimicking. When I was a kid I used to try to get the starlings to mimic me whistling. I think I was able to do it once 🙂

Check out my other bird photos here.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 70-300mm F4.0-5.6
Location: Laupstad (AndÃ¸rja), Troms in Northern Norway

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Picture of old Norwegian fishing boat decaying on land

10 Comments / Boats, Boatsheds, Coast, Norway Norwegen Norge, Sea Ocean, Shore, Sky, Snow, Winter / Thomas Laupstad

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera March 7th 2008. Click image for larger view.
Old Norwegian fishing boats made out of wood is one of my favorite objects to photograph. In this picture you can see a fishing boat that haven’t been on the ocean for many years. It is kind of sad to see it decaying away and not being used for fisheries. Maybe one day someone will restore the boat and bring it back to the ocean where it belongs. If I only had the crafting skills..

Check out this picture of another old fishing boat on land where I have added “lomography” effect. Follow Photos from Northern Norway on Facebook.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 14 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Ã…nstad (AndÃ¸rja), Troms in Northern Norway

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Picture of old boatshed against snow covered mountains in Northern Norway

10 Comments / Boatsheds, Countryside, Landscape, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Scenery, Sky, Snow, Winter / Thomas Laupstad

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera March 1st 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture you can see the family boatshed with some snow covered mountains as background.
You can tell from the battered look that the boatshed have endured countless of harsh storms. It’s tilting a bit to left because of some extreme storms a few years ago that moved the boatshed a good 40 cm (16 inch) from the foundation. I hope it wont fall down over my boat 😉
The tallest mountain in the background is called Åtinden and is about 1000 meters above sea level.

Check out this photo of a decayed boathouse that is about to fall down.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 150 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Polarizer filter used
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in Northern Norway

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Picture of grass straws and boathouses as background – Winter scenery in Northern Norway

6 Comments / Boatsheds, Clouds, Countryside, Flora, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Plant, Scenery, Sky, Snow, Winter / Thomas Laupstad

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 22nd 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture you can see some straws growing at the coast in Northern Norway. I love the texture of this kind of straws so I thought they would look great together with the old boathouses.
I wanted to get the boathouses a bit out of focus so I pushed the aperture down f/3.5 and focused on the grass straws to get the depth of field that I thought would suit the composition.

Check out my other boathouse pictures here. I’m starting to get a nice collection of boathouse photos 🙂

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 22 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Ã…nstad (AndÃ¸rja), Troms in Northern Norway

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