Photography
I was browsing through some old photos, and found myself returning to this image. The image is taken a couple of years ago, and it is taken in the Lofoten Islands. The weather was like this for almost 10 days in a row. Nice "holiday weather", but for photography it can be a bit too nice. On the other hand, perfect conditions at night for watching the aurora.
Sjøbakken, Haukland (0.2s @ f/11, 28mm equivalent, ISO 50)
Reflection, Lærdalsøyri (2,5s @ f/11, 35 mm equivalent, ISO 50)
Tree trunks (1/250s @ f/2, 75mm , ISO 400)
The old house (1/160s @ f/5.6, 35 mm equivalent, ISO125)
“Autumn leaves” is perhaps the jazz standard, composed by Joseph Kosma with lyrics by the French poet Jacques Prévert. Both audience and musicians seems to never tire of that song. And I guess those of us who live in a parts of the world where we are fortunate enough to experience the changing seasons never tire of the colourful autumn leaves.
Autumn leaves (1/90s @ f/4, 50mm, ISO 200)
Mirror Image II (1/1000s @ f/2.8, 50mm, ISO 200)
This image was shot the same day as the previous post, “Coastal Landscape” dated September 17, 2019. Same area and technique, but different subject and expression.
Coastal Landscape II (30s frame average, 60 frames 1/20s @ f/11, 35mm equivalent, ISO 64)
This long exposure is done with a technique where you average a series of frames with a more “normal” exposure to emulate a longer exposure. The final image is created with an average of your frames, and the image here from a series of frames over a 30 second period, each individual exposure at 1/20s. The resulting image here is from about 60 individual frames. Very convenient when it is done “in camera”.
Coastal Landscape (30s frame average, 60 frames 1/20s @ f/11, 35mm Equivalent, ISO 64)
If you like to travel and take photos, like I do, you may have heard comments like “You drove half way across the country to take a picture of that? You could have taken an image like that anywhere!” Good point, but guess what, the location for this image is just as much anywhere as, well, anywhere else.
Anywhere (0,1s @ f/5, 35mm equivalent, ISO 50, cropped to 40%)
Rjukandefoss waterfall near Hemsedal, Norway (1/6s @ f/8, 50mm equivalent, ISO 50)
Autumn is here, and the insects seems to be trying to make the most of the late blooming flowers such as this echinacea purpurea.
One more for the road (1/250s @ f/8, 35 mm equivalent, ISO 100)
Botanists say that there are more wild flowers this summer than usual. The main reason for this is the dry, hot summer we had in large parts of Norway last year. The drought last summer caused a stress reaction for many plants and trees, causing them to produce more seeds. Apparently it is a survival mechanism. Since we have had a more "normal" summer in terms of temperature and precipitation this year, the results is an abundance of wild flowers.
Stress reaction (1/180s @ f 4, 50mm, ISO 200)