Long exposure

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A couple of days ago a friend of mine and I visited a park downtown to do some photography. The light was kind of flat and the autumn colors where not quite as bright as we had hoped. I guess we need a night or two with frost first. So I decided to try to make an image of this artificial waterfall instead. It is a merge of two 30 second exposures, one with the plant in the foreground in focus, and one with the background in focus. A bit tricky to merge the images as there was a slight breeze moving the straws around during the exposures. 

The Black Diamond

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Last Friday I was in Copenhagen for a one-day workshop with the danish architect and photographer Adam Mørk. The workshop was organized by ALPA and Photografica, and we got to try a range of ALPA cameras. The image here is taken with a 12STC hooked up to the FPS module, a Rodenstock lens (I forgot to make a note of which one, but I guess it was a 40mm focal length) and a PhaseOne IQ180 back. The low quality JPEG here does not convey the image quality, but trust me, the level of detail captured by this package is stunning.

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Grand Entrance

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I find this building quite fascinating. Someone has returned from his travels throughout Europe and has been inspired by grand buildings, perhaps in Paris or London, and have tried to mimic the grandeur of those buildings. This may look like masonry and plaster, but it is all wood.

Nigardsbreen revisited

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Here is another shot from Nigardsbreen I tok this summer. I visited the area almost 15 years ago, and what struck me this time is that the glacier has retreated quite a lot from last time I was there. The area it has retreated from so far is relatively flat, but once we get to the steep part of the valley things will happen very quickly. Perhaps five to ten years from now you will have to climb the up the valley to get to the foot of the glacier.

Fountain Detail

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This is a detail from a fountain in Oslo, near the National Theatre. There was enough light to use a shutter speed of 1/4000s to freeze the motion of the water, without pushing the ISO setting too much. I many situations I find this more interesting than using a long exposure to blur the water. 

Edlingham

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It was quite windy when I visited Northumberland earlier this year, and we tried get away from the wind by driving inland. We came across the ruins of Edlingham Castle, but we could not escape the strong wind, so we decided to visit the nearby church where this image is taken. 

Northumberland, Edlingham Church, Saint John the Baptist, in the parish of Whittingham & Edlingham

Triumph Bonneville

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This is an image of a Triumph Bonneville parked just up the street from where I live, and I have to admit that I like this bike. I guess it is a relatively new bike, although it looks like a 1960's model, which gives it a bit more character than the plastic wrapped modern bikes.