Photography
Last week it rained for several days. This late in the autumn very little of the water is absorbed by the vegetation, and by now the ground is saturated with water. Small streams and creeks appear all over the place and create opportunities for capturing a great shot. I think this one worked out quite well.
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The scene in itself was nothing special, but I happened to catch a glimpse of the reflection as I walked by. The tiny ripples and waves on the water surface made the image a little more interesting. Processing the image I increased the saturation slightly and added a little more contrast to emphasize the reflection of the branches.
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I have driven past this scene numerous times on my way from Oslo to the west coast along route E134. This is shot from roadside just as you cross over from Hjartdal and make your way down towards Flatdal, looking south down the Flatdal valley. The light was a flat and the image a bit dull so I used CaptureOne's local adjustments to emphasize the valley floor and tone down the hillsides.
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This picture is taken at just before 10 PM early in July on the shores of a fjord on the western coast of Norway. I just caught a glimpse of the scene driving past, and decided to stop and shoot a few frames. And being mid summer, there was enough light to freeze the reflections.
It feels like the autumn is almost over already and the gray transition from autumn to winter is just around the corner. There are still a few trees dressed in autumn colors, but as you venture away from the urban areas bare branches dominate the scene and the ground is strewn with more or less colorful leaves.
I set out to take some pictures of trees covered in veils of colorful leaves, but it turns out that it was at least a week too late. Wind and hard rain over the past week have stripped most trees bare. But I came across a patch of straws near the shore of a small lake. So I shot a few frames, and with a little post processing I think this one worked out quite well. Hope you enjoy it.
I tend to be more content with simple motifs, or scenes where I can reduce the subject to its bare essential, than by complex scenes where there is a lot going on. This image of a few straws is an example of such an image. I have converted it to a black and white image and applied some toning; the original colors where kind of gray-ish and did not convey the mood of the scene the way I wanted.
This picture is shot on slide film almost a decade ago. It is slightly underexposed, but a little post processing turned it into a decent B&W.
Original shot with an A1 loaded with Fujichrome Sensia, scanned and converted to B&W.
Along the many fjords of Norway you will find traces of human activity, be it small communities or an isolated farm like in this picture. This picture is taken from the ferry which runs along the Geiranger fjord, from Hellesylt to Geiranger. The mountains lining the fjord to the north and south are steep and up to 1200 to 1400 meters tall. (4000 - 4500 feet) The landscape is picturesque and dramatic to say the least.
The nights are getting cooler and we have had the first nights with sub zero temperatures (below 32F). The first sheet of ice is very thin, and even a slight breeze will shift the ice around if there is even a small patch of open water. The result can be patterns like these.
On the way home from work I saw the mirror image of the old main building of the national weather service, met.no, in the windows of their new building, "TallHall" at Blindern. The next day I brought my camera and tried to get a shot of the scene. It did not work out exactly as I had hoped, but it is close enough. I'll try again, the architecture of the new building is quite exiting.
The history of the Norwegian national weather service, met.no, runs back 150 years. The main office has been at Blindern in Oslo since the mid forties when the main building was built. Blindern was a rural area back then, but today it is part of the town and the main location for the University of Oslo.
The first university buildings where built around the same time, and are built in a style of architecture inspired by functionalism, as for example the Pharmacy building. The architecture of me.no's old building may also be inspired by the functionalist movement.
A couple of months back I spent a week in Iceland attending a PODAS (Phase One Digital Artist Series) photographic workshop. It was a huge boost for my favorite hobby, photography, and I decided to create a site to showcase some of my work and last but not least to keep the momentum going.
Near Vik, southern Iceland
I hope you enjoy it, and perhaps find some inspiration as well. Thank you for stopping by.
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