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Macro photo of hoverfly on a poppy flower 2007-07-05 05:05:51
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 24th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
These hoverflies are so fascinating and beautiful. Their beauty doesn’t get hurt from sitting on a poppy flower
.
The blue spots in the background are forget-me-not flowers.
Check out my other hoverfly picture here.
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway
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Photo of two cruise ships sailing the Norwegian coast 2007-07-03 18:04:24 Cruise ships
are a very common sight here in northern Norway, during the summer. Often you can see several cruise liners in the horizon.
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 29th 2007. Click image for larger view.
I really liked the clouds on this photo. Can’t be too bad being a tourist on that ship with a scenery like that.
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 29th 2007. Click image for larger view.
Liked the contrast between the two ships on this picture. They are both filled with tourists, but I think I would prefer to be in the small boat.
Recent years there has been an increasing number of fishing tourists coming here from Germany, Finland and Sweden. Hope they do not catch all my fish
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway
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Photo of cows under snowy mountains - antique style 2007-07-02 18:01:24
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 19th 2007. Click image for larger view.
In this photo you can see some cows grazing under snowy mountains
. A scene like this is very national romantic here in Norway and thus I wanted to create an antique look in this photo.
Used some filters in light room and photoshop for the effects.
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway
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Photo of a Norwegian fjord and mountain photographed from up in the mountains 2007-06-29 14:10:37
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 27th 2007. Click image for larger view.
Went for a walk a up in the mountains
and this is the view I got when I turned around. It was very steep so had a hard time standing and photographing.
The fjord is called “Vågsfjorden”. The mountain is called “Drangen” and is 1022 meters above the fjord.
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 14 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Location: Å, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway
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Macro photo of a dance fly couple mating and eating a fly 2007-06-27 18:53:25 This is a horror story from my garden! I was walking around enjoying the nice weather and then I noticed some weird looking large flies. After closer inspection it wasn’t just one fly, it was three! Two dance flies were mating and consuming a fly. So I had to document it with my camera and show it to you.
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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 24th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 24th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
Dance flies (Empididae) is a family of flies with over 3000 species. This is possibly Empis tesselata.
They are hunters that capture their prey with the sharp snout as you can see on the pictures. The males swarm in small groups (thats how they got the name) and each male holds a fly. If a female should fly by, the males offer their prey to her. She chooses the best prey and mates with the male while sucking the fly dry.
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Photo from a warm day on the coast in northern Norway 2007-06-24 15:53:41
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 22nd 2007. Click image for larger view.
What beautiful and warm day here at the coast in northern Norway
. I really like it when it’s 20C and slightly overcast. Anything warmer get to hot for my arctic body
Here I’m crawling between pebbles trying to make a good composition at ground level while not getting too wet from water seeping in from the ocean. When I take pictures I always think “How can I make this scene/subject more interesting” thus I often find myself in back-breaking positions.
What are your opinions on this photo?
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 14 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway
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Macro photo of hoverfly on dandelion flower 2007-06-22 21:29:46
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 21st, 2007. Click image for larger view.
This is a hoverfly (Syrphidae), also know as flower
flies, that are feeding on a dandelion flower. I have been trying to figure out what kind of species it is and I believe it is a Leucozona lucorum. From the looks of the hoverfly it seems to be mimicking a bee.
Lately my photography have been concentrated on taking macro photos because there are so many insects buzzing around.
When I’m seen outside I’m usually on my knees hunting for new subjects to photograph. I have discovered several new insects that I have never seen before and have got to know the names of several insects.
I have been having some challenges with my macro lens. It is has a focal length of 35mm which means I have to get really, really close to the subject to get a nice close up. To get so close can be really hard with camera-shy insects like hoverflies or butterflies.
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Photo of Norwegian winter landscape in January 2007-06-21 04:33:19
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on January
30th 2007. Click image for larger view.
This was shot back in January when I had just got my DSLR camera and had no idea about what I was doing. I quite like the “postcard” feeling to it.
This house is placed directly below a mountain called Å-tinden. You can see the mountain here. You can not be afraid of avalanches and live there!
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/4.1
Focal Length: 92 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway
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Photo of a boatshed against a blue summer sky with some beautiful clouds 2007-07-12 17:51:46
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 12th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
I really liked the clouds on the blue sky today. It’s the way I remember the summer days in northern Norway from when I was a kid. Thankfully some things never change!
Our family own the boatshed and it have been a good helper protecting our boat from winter storms. I love the look of the stone roof.
This is the first photo on this site with my new wide angle lens Olympus ZUIKO DIGITAL 11-22mm F2.8-3.5 so look forward to more wide angle shots
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus ZUIKO DIGITAL 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway
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Photo of roseroot (Rhodiola rosea) - natures own viagra 2007-07-11 08:56:40
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 9th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
Roseroot (Rosenrot in Norwegian) is a plant that lives in the colder climate areas like the Arctic and it’s growing throughout Norway. You can often find it growing straight out of cliff sides.
In the recent years there have been lots of fuss about the roseroot plant because it is said to have many medical qualities, but it has actually been used in folk medicine for over 3000 years.
Later studies has shown roseroot to be a great medical herb. The list of beneficial qualities is long!
Roseroot is known to improve memory, good against depression, stabilize blood pressure, reducing stress hormones, contains lots of antioxidants, stabilize cholesterol and blood sugar levels and probably much more.
There is also being done research to check its qualities against cancer.
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Photo of Arctic Skua / Parasitic Jaeger bird 2007-07-10 14:37:23
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 4th 2007. Click image for larger view.
This is an Arctic
Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) also known as Parasitic Jaeger in North America. These birds are so fascinating to observe (I know I say this a lot but there is nothing more fascinating than the nature) because they chase other birds like seagulls and terns. They are chasing other birds to get the birds to drop whatever they are eating.
Skuas are the pirates of the bird world!
I found a couple of arctic skuas on a marsh pretty far inland. They were probably breeding because a fox came by and the birds attacked it violently. Did I say that I find the nature extremely fascinating?
Here is another photo of the bird sitting on the marsh.
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 4th 2007. Click image for larger view.
This photo is cropped so it’s not as sharp as I want it to be. I’m saving for a lens with longer reach so I can take more wildlife photos.
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Macro photo of sawfly eating an insect 2007-07-14 17:33:05
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 24th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
This is some kind of sawfly (Symphyta) feeding on a fly. Please let me know if anyone know the species.
I captured this the same day as I took the photos of two dance fly mating and eating
. Check out that blog post here. Macro
photographing is so entertaining because you get to see real drama in the world of insect
s.
Feel free to check out my other insect photos.
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/13
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway
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Photo from the beach at midnight in northern Norway 2007-07-17 14:09:07
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 11th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
I love walking the beach at midnight
when it is summer. Everything is calm and all you can hear is the sound of the nature; sea gulls crying, waves rolling the beach and the sound of your feet walking the sand. Walks on the beach are soothing for my mind, body and spirit. I recommend it!
This photo was taken with my new sweet wide angle lens. So far this lens is threating me very good
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.167 sec (1/6)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Ånstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway
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Photo of sunbeams coming out of clouds over the ocean in northern Norway 2007-07-20 13:57:22
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 19th 2007. Click image for larger view.
Found this view of sunbeams over the ocean to be very beautiful so had to take a picture. Love the way the sunrays comes out of the clouds.
Maybe something divine is hiding behind the clouds?
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway
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Pictures from a mountain trip filled with fog 2007-07-19 15:40:14 These photos are from a trekking trip up in the mountains a few days ago. I saw some fog coming in from the Atlantic ocean and wanted to get high up in the mountains to get some pictures of the mountains above the fog. Arriving I found out that the fog was covering everything including the mountain peaks. The fog made the scenery looking very mystic so I had to take some photos inside the fog.
Here is a picture from a small valley filled with fog as the fog comes rolling in with the wind. This is at the highest altitude trees grow so this is the last trees you see when you trek the mountain.
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 15th 2007. Click image for larger view.
Coming down from the peak the fog was even thicker. I was glad that I found my way down.
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 15th 2007. Click image for larger view.
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Macro photo of five-spot burnet moths mating on flowers 2007-07-21 06:28:06
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 16th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.
In this picture I believe you can see some five-spot burnets (Zygaena trifolii) mating, but it could also be the similar six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) because the spots can be merged. If anyone is an expert on this please let me know by leaving a comment. I would also like to know what the flowers are called.
Anyways. It looks like the insects are having a really good time
Check out my other insect photos.
Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway
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Photo of clouds hugging a Norwegian mountain peak 2007-07-25 09:42:26
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 23rd 2007. Click image for larger view.
I enjoy watching clouds and I enjoy watching mountains so why not take pictures of them together. Looks like the clouds are hugging the mountain
The mountain peak is called “Drangen” and is about 1000 meters above sea level.
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 150 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway
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Summer in northern Norway - Photo of boatshed in a meadow 2007-07-24 05:53:45
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 23rd 2007. Click image for larger view.
In this photo you see the family boathouse again (check this photo to see it with the fjord as a background). Loved the way the blue sky, clouds and the mountain created a nice background to the boatshed.
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway
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Close up photo of a common frog 2007-07-23 15:23:06
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 15th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.
This is a close up photo of a common frog (Rana temporaria) being very camera shy. I found the frog pretty far up in the mountains and I was surprised because I have never seen frogs in this area before.
Frogs are supposed to be an biological indicator that are able to tell us whether the environment is healthy or unhealthy. The reason for this is that frogs are very sensitive to pollution and habitat degradation.
I’m very happy that I found this frog because it means the nature around here is healthy
If you view the picture large you can actually see an ant below the frog on left side. Maybe it was the frogs next meal?
Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Flash used
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway
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Close up pictures of bumblebees - our chubby insect friend 2007-07-30 09:19:58
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 23rd, 2007. Click picture for larger view.
I have always been fascinated by bumblebees and whenever I get the opportunity I try to photograph these chubby insect
s. It’s not always so easy because they can be very camera shy and get annoyed if you get too close.
In the first picture you can see a bumblebee relaxing on a leave. If you click the picture and look at it large you can see that bumblebees have claw like feet. Must be great to have feet like that when you are clinging to flowers.
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on May 6th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.
Here you can see a bumblebee head down in a crocus flower (mooning to the camera!). Notice the pollen on its behind. Bumblebees are important pollinators in nature.
They are also been used as pollinators in agriculture. When I studied organic farming we had a bumblebee nest inside the tomato greenhouse to pollinate our tomato plants. Let me tell you that the bu Read more:Close
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Picture of Fireweed / Rosebay Willowherb flowers - sign of coming autumn 2007-07-28 05:21:35
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 28th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.
The fireweed, also known as Rosebay Willowherb in Britain, (Epilobium angustifolium) have started to flower so I had to take photos of them.
They are very nice to look at, but I have some mixed feelings about fireweed. The reason for this is that they start to flower late in the summer. Some weeks later they will produce millions upon millions of seeds (80,000 per plant!) that have white silky hairs and can be carried with the wind. It often looks like it’s snowing if there are lots of fireweed growing in the area. For me this is a clear sign of autumn and I would like the summer to last a bit longer
I looked up fireweed on Wikipedia and I had no idea that it could be used for food. Native Americans collects young shoots and mix them with other greens. They also use it for medicine.
Have anyone tasted fireweed? Would be cool to try it in a salad.
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Photo of red sunset clouds and a red boat house 2007-08-01 16:38:26
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 30th 2007. Click image for larger view.
I found the red/pink clouds to match the red boat house so I thought this scene would make a nice photo.
I’m starting to get a nice collection of photos with boat houses in them. Check them out here.
This photo was taken as the same time period as this sunset picture.
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.25 sec (1/4)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 22 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway
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Photo of old rowboat at sunset on a Norwegian fjord 2007-07-31 09:45:14
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 30th 2007. Click image for larger view.
Last night I was out on the beach late at night taking pictures of the sunset. A tern couple landed on this old rowboat so had to take a picture of it against the beautiful sunset.
The sun is not up 24/7 anymore (though it’s still light 24/7) so there will be some incredible sunsets in the months to come. Hope my readers doesn’t get tired of sunset pictures
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 150 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway
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Free desktop wallpaper picture of pebble rocks for download 2007-08-02 18:01:56
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 9th 2007. Click image for larger view.
I got a comment on Flickr, by BobG, that this picture would be great as a wallpaper
on a computer screen. Steve, author of the great blog cyrum66, recently wanted another picture as desktop background (thanks for the donation Steve!).
So I got the idea to make this pebble picture available as a free download.
Download the 1024×768 version of the picture here. Drop me a line if you should need an even larger version. I got it up to 3264×2448.
The picture is only available for personal use and should not be used commercially.
I would like to hear what my readers think of this idea. Think it can make my blog more popular?
What you see on the picture is me experimenting with a long shutter time. I placed the camera on a tripod and made the camera take the photo for 10 seconds so small waves would roll over some of the pebbles. This make the foggy effect you can see on the right side of the pi
Photos of cloudberry plants - different stages of flowering and berries 2007-08-06 12:32:26
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 27th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.
I have taken some pictures of the cloudberry plant in different
stages of flowering and the final product as a tasteful berry (as you can see in the photo above).
The cloudberry plant (Rubus chamaemorus), or bakeapple as it is called some places, is slow growing sub-arctic specie that is a very important berry here in northern Norway. Cloudberries are mainly used as jam, with whipped cream, in cakes and some even make alcoholic drinks out of the berries.
When the berries are ripe there is a lot of competition among people to get a good harvest. There have even been reports of fighting Thus the price on cloudberries can be as high as 18-20$/kg.
The following pictures are of the cloudberry plant in different stages of flowering.
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 14th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.
Notice the moth sitting on a leaf in this last picture.
Taken with Olympus E500
Macro photo of hoverfly feeding on cow parsley flowers 2007-08-05 05:02:26
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 2nd, 2007. Click picture for larger view.
Time for a close up photo of a hoverfly again. This time the hoverfly is feeding on cow parsley flowers (Anthriscus sylvestris; also known as wild chervil, wild beaked parsley, and keck).
Check out my other macro photos of hoverflies:
Macro
photo of hoverfly on a poppy flower
Macro photo of hoverfly on dandelion flower
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Flash: Fired
Location: Ånstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway
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Macro photo of potato flower - soon time for harvest 2007-08-09 19:24:03
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on August 8th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.
In this photo you can see that my potato plants (Solanum tuberosum) have started to flower
. These flowers are of a Norwegian potato species called Troll. When the potato plants start flowering you know that they are soon ready for harvest. I can’t wait to start digging up the potatoes and serve them with fresh fish that I have caught in the sea! Nothing taste better than food you have produced or caught yourself.
When I was studying the potato flower I noticed that they look very similar to tomato flowers. It’s not so weird since they are both in the Solanaceae family, but I have never noticed the similarity before.
Anyone else growing their own vegetables?
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Tro
Wide angle picture of sunset on a beach in northern Norway 2007-08-08 19:04:12
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on August 8th 2007. Click image for larger view.
We had a fantastic sunset today so I had to run down on the beach to capture a picture of the moment.
Been a very hot and nice summer day so this sunset was a perfect end to it.
I’m painting the outside of a house so the warmth can get a little too much, but I’m glad I can work outside and not be stuck in an office or something
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 11 mm
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway
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Photo of an old fishing boat being lightened by a red sunset against a magnificent mountain 2007-08-12 19:01:20
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on August 8th 2007. Click image for larger view.
I found this old fishing boat when I was out photo walking on the beach. The sunsets are coming earlier now and this picture was taken at 9 PM. If you look closer at the old boat you can the red sunset light reflect on the white painting.
I used the word magnificent in the title to describe the mountain because that was the word that popped up in my head a couple of days ago when I was looking at the mountains. I see these mountains every day so it’s easy to forgot how magnificent they really are. Wish you all could see them in real life since a simple photo doesn’t do them justice.
Take a closer look at the upper right mountain. Can you see the snow spots?
That mountain is called “The Snow Peak”. Very describing name considering that there is still snow on the mountain this late in the summer.
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Photo of seagull taking flight on a cold and snowy winter day in northern Norway 2007-08-16 06:49:35
Taken with Olympus E-500 digital camera April 6th 2007. Click image for larger view.
I captured this great black-backed seagull taking flight back in April. Really enjoyed the color and textures of the ocean. In the horizon you can see snow clouds bringing in a blizzard that are so common here in northern Norway
when we have winter
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Check out this close up photo of the great black-backed seagull if you want to see better what this cool bird looks like.
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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 150 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway
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