It has been quite hot here over the past couple of weeks, and I have to admit that I long for some rain and cooler weather now. But it seems to be so hot that showers and thunderstorms dissipate as soon as they start to move in over the town, and the forecast indicates that we will have to wait a few more days before this heat wave ends.
Power production in Norway is mainly hydropower based, but the production is not located where most people live. This means that the electricity have to be transported to where the main part of the population live. To do so you have to have massive cables and pylons like you see here. They are not pretty, but they are a necessary evil for modern day life as we know it.
This is an image from a recent road trip with the British photographer Steve Gosling and his wife. We came across this derelict house in the little village Marifjøra in Sognefjorden. A nice old house, but now apparently abandoned and neglected.
About a year ago I shot a series of images at and inside the Oslo Opera House. I visited the Opera House again a few weeks ago as part of a "photo walk" with a friend of mine. I still find the installation "The Other Wall" quite fascinating.
A detail from the installation "The Other Wall" by the danish-icelandic artist Ólafur Éliasson.
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.
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.
This shot is taken just a few days ago at Haukeliseter Fjellstue at about 1000 meters above sea level. Still a lot of snow there, and they have had several meters of snow this winter. There was even a hint of snow in the air as I was there. The view here is towards south west, and the mountain range in the background is Kista.