Winter beauty

As a hobby photographer, it is mostly during the weekends that I am able to play around with my camera and my computer. During the weekdays, work and other social responsibilities normally take up too much time to really spend some hours just clicking.

I happen to live near the cost, and while enjoying a sunny -1 degrees Celsius, I walked down to a beach called “Elleskjær” near me.

The usual suspects

The usual suspects greeted me when I got down to the beach. They were alert though and flew away when I tried to get a bit closer.

Tracked

I tracked them, but as most of you know, seagulls are capable of escaping in 3 ways; walking, swimming and flying. I was prepared to engage in only one of those activities.

Print

A seasoned tracker could probably tell the sex or something like that from this print. All I can tell is that it most probably was a bird that can swim. And most likely a seagull.

Northern view

This is a northern view in two ways I guess. It is the view towards the north, and as you probably have guessed; this was photographed in Norway.

Row row row your boat

During the summer most boats you see are slick, big, fast motor powered boats. During the winter the "real" men are out using other means of propulsion.

Whiteout

The sun got down to my height after a while, and the snow almost went totally white.

Into the sun

It is always nice when the sun shines trough the trees.

 

Posted from Drøbak, Akershus, Norway.

Winter is near

Frozen beach

Frozen beach


The winter is fast closing in, we have had temperatures below -10 degrees Celsius for a while (slightly above 10 degrees Fahrenheit) and the snow seems to have settled for the season in Asker. A little while ago my girlfriend and I went for a walk down by the sea, and the frost had taken hold down there as well. The low sun was glittering over a frosted autumn scenery that was good looking even though you knew that most life was shutting down for the winter.
Frosted grass

Frosted Grass

Traveling again

It seems that I always am out traveling. Not really, but I just came back from a little winter holiday. Norwegians have a lot of vacation protected by law. I guess this is some of the benefits of living in one of the Scandinavian countries.

My last visit was to Gran Canaria, one of the Canary islands. One morning I woke up early and went for a walk on the beach outside our hotel. Not many people visible, but I saw some traces of life.

All these images are also available at my flickr account