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Picture from a polar day in Northern Norway – Distant sunset

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Picture from a polar day in Norther Norway
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera December 30th 2007. Click image for larger view.
The polar days (I guess the correct term would be polar night day?) are pretty dark here in Northern Norway, but there are some nice sights to be seen. The sun made some nice colors at midday so I had to take my dear camera out in the cold weather.

The same mountains, in an autumn setting, can be seen in this picture.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.125 sec (1/8)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 71 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: From Ånstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

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Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) in Northern Norway on New Years Eve – Natures own fireworks

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Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) in Northern Norway on New Years Eve
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera December 31st 2007. Click image for larger view.

New Years Eve here in Northern Norway, brought some Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) for me to photograph. I prefer this kind of fireworks to the noisy man-made fireworks that last for a couple of seconds. The spots in the sky are star trails as I used a 40 seconds exposure. I also used my LED headlight to lighten up the boatshed a bit.

This is actually my first attempt at Northern Lights photography and I’m pretty happy with the outcome, although I will do it a bit different the next time. Hope there will be lots more Northern Lights later this winter and that it will be a bit stronger.

Happy New Year! Hope 2008 will be great for you all 🙂

Have a look of the same boatshed when there is more light around.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 40 sec (40)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 22 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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Long exposure picture of high tide at the coast in Northern Norway

15 Comments / Coast, Long exposure, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Sea Ocean, Shore, Winter /

Long exposure picture of high tide at the coast in Northern Norway
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera December 25th 2007. Click image for larger view.
The tide have been very high the last few days so I had to take some long exposure pictures of the waves reaching the grass.
I just low the effect moving water creates when you use long exposures. Check out my other long exposure photos here.


Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 8 sec (8)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 22 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 moon over a snow covered Senja – the second largest island in Norway

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Picture of moon over a snow covered Senja
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera December 27th 2007. Click image for larger view.

The moon was very beautiful today so I had to take a picture when it was about to disappear behind a mountain on the island Senja. Senja is the second largest island in Norway with its 1586,3 km². I see the island every day in the horizon so that is why Senja often appears in my pictures.
This picture was taken midday so you can see how little light we have right now, but the days are getting longer and longer 🙂

Check out my other pictures of the moon:

A late merry Christmas to everyone!

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.5 sec (1/2)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 150 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: From Laupstad (Andørja) viewing Senja, Troms in northern Norway

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Close up photos of an Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) – My favorite fish

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Close up photos of an Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera June 10th 2007. Click image for larger view.

In this picture you can see a close up shot of an Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) that I fished earlier this year. This fish is so tasteful that my mouth waters just by writing this and despite it looks, its my favorite fish to eat 😉
The Atlantic halibut is one of the biggest flastfishes on our planet. It can become over 3 meters long and weigh well over 300 kg. The one I caught wasn’t not even close to those sizes and weighed about 4-5 kg. It still gave me quite a fight when I tried to reel it in with my fishing rod.
If you should ever have to luck of getting a big Atlantic halibut you have to be careful when you get it into your boat. I have heard a story about a man that was found dead with the halibuts tail deep inside his breast. They are very powerful!

Check this picture for a view from my fishing boat and this one of my uncle steering the boat to rich fishing grounds. Also follow Photos from Northern Norway on Facebook.


Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Flash used
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

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