Nature

Old fishing boat on a calm sea

9 Comments / Boats, Coast, Fishing, Landscape, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Sea Ocean, Summer /

Old fishing boat on a calm sea
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 1st 2007. Click image for larger view.

I find these old fishing boats made of tree very beautiful. Hope to own one myself some day..

Maybe you wont believe me, but I’m standing on a pier with the pretty large town Harstad right behind me. This scenery doesn’t look very urban, does it?
I was staying in Harstad for 3 weeks attending a course and had a real hard time finding things to take photos of. I’m glad to be back home where there are more nature to walk around in 🙂

The mountains in the back are from the islands Rolløya and Andørja (where I live).

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Filter: Circular polarizer
Location: Harstad in northern Norway

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Macro photo of forget-me-not flowers

7 Comments / Flower, Macro, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Plant, Summer /

Macro photo of forget-me-not flowers
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 9th, 2007. Click image for larger view.

Found some wild forget-me-not (Myosotis) flowers. Not sure what exact species is, but they are really beautiful!

Hoping to get into the forest or up in the mountains in the days to come. Will look for some more wild flowers to capture with my dear camera.
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Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad, Troms) in northern Norway

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Photo from a midnight stroll on the beach with the midnight sun behind some clouds

10 Comments / Clouds, Coast, Evening, Landscape, Midnight Sun, Mountain, Nature, Night, Norway Norwegen Norge, Sea Ocean, Summer, Sunset /

Photo from midnight stroll on the beach
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 11th 2007. Click image for larger view.

It had been raining all day, but as the bedtime was closing in the weather was clearing up so I had to go for a walk on the beach.
The midnight sun helped me enjoy the walk and luckily I had brought the camera.

Who needs to sleep in the summer? Lots of time for that in the winter 😉

The village silhouette you can see in the horizon is the village Laupstad where I grew up and got my last name for. The mountains are a part of the large island Senja.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 57 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Taking pictures while laying in a buttercup meadow

9 Comments / Flower, Landscape, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Summer /

Taking pictures while laying in a buttercup meadow
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 9th, 2007. Click image for larger view.

Summer is here!! What is better than laying down in a meadow full of buttercups and just listen to the birds chirping, the insects buzzing and the occasional sound of my shutter taking a photo.

I’m planing on trekking the mountains you see in the background of this photo and I will of course bring my camera so stay tuned. Up there you get a fantastic view of many of the neighbor islands and the Atlantic ocean.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad, Troms) in northern Norway

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Macro photo of kingcup flower

7 Comments / Flower, Macro, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Spring /

Macro photo of kingcup flower
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on May 13th, 2007. Click image for larger view.

This is the flower (in the early stages of flowering) of Caltha palustris, commonly known as Kingcup or Marsh Marigold.
It is one of the first willd flowers to flower in the spring up here in the north.
The plant lives in wet areas, often close to rivers or bogs.

When I was a kid we used to call it “butter flower” and place the flower under eachothers chin to see if we liked butter. We loved butter if the sunlight reflected yellow light on our skin. Great fun 😉

If you look closely you can that some kind of insect have taken a bite of the flower.

Does this plant grow where you live or is it native to arctic areas? Please leave a comment to let me know.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/13
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad, Troms) in northern Norway

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