At Haukelifjell II

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In my bookshelf I have a book printed in 1960. It is a high quality production, all black and white pictures. There are a few pictures of snow covered landscapes in this book, and they have a distinct look. I guess it is a result of the type of black and white film used, use of yellow or red filters, and the process required to get it printed. I have done my best to recreate the look with this image. Same view as the previous image from Haukeli, but shot a few days earlier.

Serene Scenery

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This shot is taken along route E134 near Etne on the western coast of Norway. The water was calm, and reflections near perfect. I only had a 50mm lens with me, and the boats are about 150 meters way, which meant that I had to crop tight to avoid the a bright sky at the top of the shot and it's reflection at the bottom of the frame. 

Rock by the Seaside

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Here is another shot from my trip to the seaside. It is from the same windswept area as the shot of the windswept tree trunk. You will find a lot of rocks like this in the area, and I guess they date back to the last ice-age about 11 thousand years ago, left there by the melting glaciers. The details may be lost in the low resolution version shown here, but the large print turned out quite nice.

Rockface revisited

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This is an image I have posted a different version of earlier. As part of the process of making prints I have reworked a few images, and this is one of them. Given that the previous one is on the dark side, I guess I did that one on my laptop. Even if the laptop monitor is calibrated, it is not suited for image adjustment other than for versions intended for presentation on a screen.

Windswept

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At last, I have found time to get out with my camera again. And for a change of scenery I decided to go to the seaside to see what I could find. The area I visited is a windswept stretch of coastline, and here and there you will find trees crawling along the ground seeking shelter wherever it may be found.

It was quite windy, and I decided on a long exposure with an ND-filter to convey how the branches of the fir tree were blown about. Due to the wind it was hard to get the trunk of the tree crisp and sharp, so I made a second exposure without the filter. I have combined the two images using the tree trunk from one and the branches from the other.

Looking at time

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As I have mentioned before, you will probably have seen a lot more long exposure images of running water than images shot where the motion is frozen like in the shot here. I tend to find the short exposure shots more interesting, especially when there are a lot of details for the eye to play with like here. The exposure time is 1/2000 s.

Decay

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A week ago I posted a shot of some tulips. I am not entirely happy with that image, so I tried a second shot of the same tulips in decay. The first one had a very shallow depth of field, and did not emphasize the structure of the flowers the way I wanted. This time I  have increased the depth of field, and have done some post processing to make the structure of the wilted tulips stand out.