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 goes on

Earlier this year our old cat of more than 15 years got sick and had to pay her last visit to the veterinarian. She had her special moods and loved her “mother” and “father”, but did not appreciate that many other people. She could tolerate a few, but preferred to be left alone by anyone else but us.

Friday one week ago we got another little member to our family. Say hello to a modest little girl, that probably will happen to visit this site in between my other pictures. I promise not to only show you sunsets and kittens, but I guess there will be some pictures like that as well.

A new houseguest

A new houseguest



Posted from Drøbak, Akershus, Norway.