Photography
This is an image of the buildings which are the latest additions to "Forskningsparken" complex, or Oslo Innovation Center, close to the University of Oslo. Not the most exiting angle for to shot from, but the reflection made it a bit more interesting. The pond is in front of the new building for the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo. (See post titled "Office buildings I")
This is the new building for the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo. I have used a ND graduated filter to darken the sky two steps. With the camera I used, I think I could have brought some of those details back without the ND filter, but it would have required more post processing.
As I have mentioned, I tend to be more content with simple motifs or scenes reduced to their bare essentials. This is another example of such a scene - complementary colors; branches with and without leaves.
The Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo is popular with locals as well as tourists. The park is one of the cities green lungs and a popular recreation area. The sculptures are made from cast iron, bronze and granite, and the surface of the granite sculptures is amazingly smooth. A visit to the park is highly recommended.
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.
