So much for the Original Idea

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It was not intentional. Though I have seen it many times. Elliott Erwitts image of the couple reflected in the side mirror of a car. I bet you have seen it too. If you don't know which image I am referring to, try searching for “elliott erwitt car couple” on your favourite search engine.

It did not occur to me as I was taking the picture. It dawned upon me as I sat down at the computer to take a look at the images I had taken a couple of days ago. It does look familiar, yet not the same. The point is, we don’t start with a blank canvas, or as Ansel Adams put it

“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved”
— Ansel Adams

Rover 100 (1/1000s @ f/2.8, 50mm, ISO 320)

The Twist

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The building The Twist is the latest adition of galleries to the Kistefos Museum. This is an image from a recent trip to the museum. I tried to avoid taking the same picture most people do, which can be a bit of a challange when you've seen a lot of those.

There is a short video on the museums web page featuring The Twist. Check it out. It is a very cool building.

The Twist (1/125s @ f/5.6, 50mm, ISO 200)

Rainy Day

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Where I live, June was very warm this year. But the weather has changed, and today we’ve had a strong winds and heavy rain. The temperature dropped quite a bit too, and it felt more like early September than the first week of July. Even if it felt like the autumn briefly visited us, it is within what we might expect. It is the high temperatures in June that are outside the norm.

Rainy Day (1/16s @ f/2.0, 50mm, ISO 320)

Magnolia

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Yes, it is that time of year. My nemesis, the magnolia, is in bloom and it is time to make another attempt at a decent image. The blooming started mid April this year, which is about the same time as last year. Which is still early for this part of Norway. Even the birches have leaves now. Ten years ago this would have been about two weeks early, but I guess this will be the new norm.

Magnolia (0.8s @ f/8, 90mm equivalent – cropped, ISO 100, evening, shade)