Swans in the shadow

I captured these two using my little Canon G12, and not my regular 5D mark II that I usually lug around. I am not sure it is one of my greatest shots, I should have gotten a bit lower, but I do like how the shadows of an old pier kind of looms behind the great birds gliding over the surface of a cold winter sea. In some areas the ice has already covered part of the harbor, but here the water is still free. It has been a reasonably mild winter so far. Not like last year.

Swans in shadow

Swans in the shadow of an old pier.



Posted from Drøbak, Akershus, Norway.

Oslo lights

I happen to have a friend that shares my interests in photography. He lives in Trondheim, but once in awhile he visits Oslo. Last friday we got do indulge in some photography together. We brought some of our equipment and started capturing lights and shadows.

Trough

A view trough the fence while others are driving trough

A bent world view

A bent world view using a fisheye lens

Waiting

Waiting for the ferry in Oslo

You better stop

You better stop before going trough here

Update 2011-01-22: My friend has gotten is own blog now. Please give him a visit at hwfoto.net 

Posted from Drøbak, Akershus, Norway.

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.

Life in colours

Fotovideo is one of the better photography shops in Norway. Among maybe having the largest selection of photography accessories, they also arrange workshops and training in everything photography. On Thursday they arranged a quick intro to macro photography with one of their instructors, Roger Brendhagen. I was lucky enough to get one of the spots available. We started with a quick intro and tips and tricks before we went to Oslo Reptilpark (a small zoo specializing in  snakes, lizards and other slightly scary creatures.

As usual I mainly add photos to this blog, so below you will find some of my attempts at nature photography.

Life in colours

Life in colours

Redbeard

Redbeard

Tasting the world

Tasting the world

Climbing the glass window

Climbing the glass window

Not that big, but big enough

Not that big, but big enough

Not a tiger

Not a tiger

Textured colours

Textured colours

Slick texture

Slick texture

Textured in brown

Textured in brown



Posted from Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Ice roses

The old Norse people did not believe in a hell where it was very hot. The worst hell they could imagine had to be cold. Freezing cold! I guess most of the northern hemisphere has experienced that feeling this winter.

The thing with weather, snow and ice is that even though it feels kind of bad, it looks very interesting. So too with these “ice roses” as they are called in Norway.

Ice rose

Ice rose



Posted from Oslo, Oslo, Norway.