Coast – Page 15 – Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Photo of seagull taking flight on a cold and snowy winter day in northern Norway

5 Comments / Birds, Coast, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Sea Ocean, Seagull, Sky, Waves, Winter / Thomas Laupstad

Taken with Olympus E-500 digital camera April 6th 2007. Click image for larger view.

I captured this great black-backed seagull taking flight back in April. Really enjoyed the color and textures of the ocean. In the horizon you can see snow clouds bringing in a blizzard that are so common here in northern Norway when we have winter.

Check out this close up photo of the great black-backed seagull if you want to see better what this cool bird looks like.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 150 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Ã…nstad, AndÃ¸rja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Photo of an old fishing boat being lightened by a red sunset against a magnificent mountain

6 Comments / Boats, Boatsheds, Clouds, Coast, Countryside, Mountain, Norway Norwegen Norge, Rural, Scenery, Sky, Snow, Summer, Sunset / Thomas Laupstad

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on August 8th 2007. Click image for larger view.

I found this old fishing boat when I was out photo walking on the beach. The sunsets are coming earlier now and this picture was taken at 9 PM. If you look closer at the old boat you can the red sunset light reflect on the white painting.

I used the word magnificent in the title to describe the mountain because that was the word that popped up in my head a couple of days ago when I was looking at the mountains. I see these mountains every day so it’s easy to forgot how magnificent they really are. Wish you all could see them in real life since a simple photo doesn’t do them justice.
Take a closer look at the upper right mountain. Can you see the snow spots?
That mountain is called “The Snow Peak”. Very describing name considering that there is still snow on the mountain this late in the summer.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Ã…nstad, AndÃ¸rja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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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 / Thomas Laupstad

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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Free desktop wallpaper picture of pebble rocks for download

17 Comments / Coast, Free wallpaper, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Pebbles, Rocks, Sea Ocean / Thomas Laupstad

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: Ã…nstad, AndÃ¸rja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Photo of red sunset clouds and a red boat house

10 Comments / Beach, Boatsheds, Clouds, Coast, Evening, Norway Norwegen Norge, Scenery, Sky, Summer, Sunset / Thomas Laupstad

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: Ã…nstad, AndÃ¸rja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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