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Photo of amazing red sunset at midnight in northern Norway

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

Photo of amazing red sunset at midnight in northern Norway
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on May 15th 2007. Click image for larger view.

This is one of the most amazing sights I have ever seen! I hope I have managed to recreate a small percentage of natures beauty in this shot.
The time was 11:30PM in the evening and whole sky and sea was red. When you see sights like this you take way too many shots. Afterwards it is really hard to decide on which picture to show.

Will be away for some time so the blog will be not be updated so frequently in the next couple of weeks, but will try to post some photos.
Please let me know if there is anything special you would like to see on my blog 🙂

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 42 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Macro photo of Ichneumon wasp

5 Comments / Insect, Macro, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Spring, Wasp /

Macro photo of Ichneumon wasp
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on May 6th, 2007. Click image for larger view.

Warmer days bring out more insects.
This is some kind of parasitic wasp (Ichneumon) that lay eggs in other insects. Their larvae feeds on the insect until it dies. This can be very useful as a biological pest control instead of using toxic pesticides.

I have tried to identify the species, but there are estimated to be over 80,000 of them so it is hard. Hope some of my readers can help me out with the ID. 🙂
Or it might be some kind of alien overlord?

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/9
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 Purple Saxifrage flower

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

Macro photo of Purple Saxifrage flower
Taken April 19th, 2007. Click image for larger view.

This is Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia), an arctic plant just living in the north or high up in the mountains. According to Wikipedia it is found at the most northerly plant locality in the world, 83°15’N in north Greenland.

Was actually the first flower I saw this year and I found it 400-500 meters up in the mountains.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/9
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Up in the mountains at Å, Andørja (Ibestad, Troms) in northern Norway

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Photo from a calm coast

4 Comments / Clouds, Coast, Landscape, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Sea Ocean, Snow /

Photo from a calm coast
Taken on May 3rd 2007. Click image for larger view.

Taking pictures while standing out in the ocean is very nice.
The island in the background is called Grytøya.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/9
Focal Length: 14 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Raven flying into Gods Eye

7 Comments / Birds, Clouds, Landscape, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Raven, Snow /

Raven flying into Gods Eye
Taken on April 17th 2007. Click image for larger view.

I was hunting down this Common Raven (Corvus corax) with my camera and suddenly it took flight. My camera was in manual mode and was not set to take a photo with the sun in it.
I must say I’m pleased with the result as it is somewhat different. Might call this photo an accident 😉

Check out my other photos of ravens:

  • Picture of flying raven against a snowy winter mountain in Northern Norway
  • Photo of raven sitting on an old tiled stone roof with snow covered Norwegian mountains as background

    • Information about the picture:
    Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
    Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
    Aperture: f/4.5
    Focal Length: 150 mm
    ISO Speed: 400
    Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
    Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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