Aurlandsfjorden

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The view here is from a place called "Stegasteinen" a viewpoint above the fjord Aulandsfjorden, which is a branch of Sognefjorden. Stegasteinen is on the historic route between Laerdal and Aurland, a road taking you over the mountain up to 1300 meters above sea level. The mountains you see in this picture are about 1200 meters above sea level. If scenic routes are not your cup of tea, you could take the tunnel through the mountain instead. The road tunnel is said to be the worlds longest, and it is 24km long. 

Looking up

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Another BW image, perhaps one that needs to be printed big so that the viewer can really appreciate the level of detail in the foliage. The raw-file has very little contrast, so I have increased it slightly and added a slight vignetting. 

Long exposure

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This is a 30 second exposure made with a 10 stop ND filter. The 10 stop filter can be a bit challenging to work with when the light changes a lot in a short time. Here the sun was out just a few seconds and gone again. So I experimented to see what worked best, and after a series of shots I had a bit of luck and the sun was out for most of the exposure.

Hraunfossar, Iceland

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This image is shot at Hraunfossar, and is one of the images from last years POADS workshop in Iceland. The waterfall is kind of puzzling. The water just seems to emerge from the riverbank, which is lined with basalt rock; the water flows from a waterfall a bit further up the river and along the basalt rock through the looser material which covers the basalt and pours out of the riverbank here.  

PhaseOne 645DF, IQ160, PhaseOne 150mm f/2.8 IF, ISO50 f/6.3 at 1/200s