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Picture of Fireweed / Rosebay Willowherb flowers – sign of coming autumn

8 Comments / Fireweed, Flora, Flower, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Plant, Sky /

Picture of fireweed flowers
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 28th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.

The fireweed, also known as Rosebay Willowherb in Britain, (Epilobium angustifolium) have started to flower so I had to take photos of them.
They are very nice to look at, but I have some mixed feelings about fireweed. The reason for this is that they start to flower late in the summer. Some weeks later they will produce millions upon millions of seeds (80,000 per plant!) that have white silky hairs and can be carried with the wind. It often looks like it’s snowing if there are lots of fireweed growing in the area. For me this is a clear sign of autumn and I would like the summer to last a bit longer 🙂

I looked up fireweed on Wikipedia and I had no idea that it could be used for food. Native Americans collects young shoots and mix them with other greens. They also use it for medicine.
Have anyone tasted fireweed? Would be cool to try it in a salad.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

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Photo of clouds hugging a Norwegian mountain peak

24 Comments / Clouds, Landscape, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Sky /

Photo of clouds hugging a Norwegian mountain peak
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 23rd 2007. Click image for larger view.

I enjoy watching clouds and I enjoy watching mountains so why not take pictures of them together. Looks like the clouds are hugging the mountain 🙂

The mountain peak is called “Drangen” and is about 1000 meters above sea level.

Check out my other mountain pictures.

Information about the pictures:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 150 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Summer in northern Norway – Photo of boatshed in a meadow

7 Comments / Boatsheds, Clouds, Coast, Flora, Landscape, Mountain, Norway Norwegen Norge, Scenery, Sky, Summer /

Summer in northern Norway - Photo of boatshed in a meadow
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 23rd 2007. Click image for larger view.

In this photo you see the family boathouse again (check this photo to see it with the fjord as a background). Loved the way the blue sky, clouds and the mountain created a nice background to the boatshed.

Information about the pictures:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Pictures from a mountain trip filled with fog

6 Comments / Fog, Landscape, Mist, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Summer /

These photos are from a trekking trip up in the mountains a few days ago. I saw some fog coming in from the Atlantic ocean and wanted to get high up in the mountains to get some pictures of the mountains above the fog. Arriving I found out that the fog was covering everything including the mountain peaks. The fog made the scenery looking very mystic so I had to take some photos inside the fog.

Here is a picture from a small valley filled with fog as the fog comes rolling in with the wind. This is at the highest altitude trees grow so this is the last trees you see when you trek the mountain.

Picture from a mountain trip filled with fog
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 15th 2007. Click image for larger view.

Coming down from the peak the fog was even thicker. I was glad that I found my way down.

Picture from a mountain trip filled with fog
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 15th 2007. Click image for larger view.

Information about the pictures:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Up in the mountains above Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Photo from the beach at midnight in northern Norway

17 Comments / Beach, Boatsheds, Clouds, Coast, Countryside, Fjord, Landscape, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Rural, Sea Ocean, Summer /

Photo from the beach at midnight in northern Norway
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 11th, 2007. Click image for larger view.

I love walking the beach at midnight when it is summer. Everything is calm and all you can hear is the sound of the nature; sea gulls crying, waves rolling the beach and the sound of your feet walking the sand. Walks on the beach are soothing for my mind, body and spirit. I recommend it!

This photo was taken with my new sweet wide angle lens. So far this lens is threating me very good 🙂

Information about the pictures:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.167 sec (1/6)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Ånstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

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