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My photo buddy played with the tripod, doing some long exposures.

I didn't have my tripod at hand, so I thought I'd let got, and see what came out of a little experiment.

I semi liked the result, so here you are; what I see as a slice of time.

Grus grus

Just a little appetiser.
I'll probably spend more time with these birds (if they decide to settle down).

(Grus grus is the latin name for Common crane, eller trane på norsk)

Last batch from Runde

Tomorrow I'm setting of to a journey to Runde. So it felt right to get these shots out before I start working on the new files.

Panorama - Movatnet-1

Stitcha i Elements Photomerge.

Ser tydelig at Elements har sine begrensinger her, men la gå, siden det er mitt første forsøk.

Runde at wintertime

It is kind of strange visiting the bird island Runde at wintertime. Most of the birds are gone, many of them are out at the open sea, other has gone south for the winter.It seemed that the gulls and the eagles where the only one left. The first Oyster catchers (tjeld) where ahead of us, so where the Eurasian curlew (storspove).

It gave me the similar feeling as visiting a festival city, outside festival season. Never the less, it was an interesting experience. Gave me another perspective and another photographic eye on the island.

The guy on the right is Jostein Øksne, klimbing on the slippery cliffs looking for different angle on the waves.
Øystein Torheim is behind me, as far as I recall.

In absence of birds I spent some time waiting for better light on these Harbor seals. This was the best shot. Not much really.

While waiting for light on the seals, I had this opening in the other direction.

As you can see, the light shifts a lot.

More Autumn reflections

Autumn refletions

It's white outside. Pretty.
But, when diving into my archive, this was what caught my attention.These pictures where hard to make, nature tends to be rather chaotic.
I honestlydon't know what to think about them. One moment I like them, the next not. What's your say? Feedback appreciated.

Had a bit of rendering fun with these. All done in Lightroom.

Kind of Blue

I've had an idea for a project for quite a long time. Simply to make some pictures inspired by Miles Davis titles.
This is the first attempt to make it real. Kind of Blue was where Miles started. Ok, that's a lie. But it's almost true :-) It was MY first Miles album.

The photo is a lie to. This is not the scene as I saw it while driving threw the landscape.  The original file was a disapontment, looking dull and flat. While playing with it, looking for a solution to make the light in the end of the tunnel shine, I came up with this.

And suddenly I was humming to the melody All Blues from Kind of Blue. I said to myself:
That's it, the first picture of this series.
But I'm not 100% sure. It's not my usual style to render a picture this heavily. Have I taken it over the top?

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EDIT: After Godfreys comment below, I decided to make a slightly different rendering. Tuned down the magenta a squash (or whatever the word is), and lightened and sharpened the foreground a tad (my spell checker suggests toad, instead of tad. That, I know is a bad idea :-) )

Hangin out, looking cool

I'm mainly a bird and nature photographer, but the last month I've been busy posting event shots.

So now I think it is time to post a picture of some Grey Herons hanging out.
Alas my photo companions cell phone scared them away a few seconds later, so this one shot was all I got.

A Room Sourounded by Water.

Nothing special really.

I just needed a brake from all the peoples shots. So here you are.

From a walk with Tommy Bredesen, and Viv, my trusty old mate (Vivitar 28mm f:2).

Seljetur med Nordfjord Fotoklubb - dag 1

First a note to non Norwegian readers. Don't feel bad about not being able to read the text. The pictures are the main thing here.

Nordfjord Fotoklubb sin første skikkelige tur gikk til Selje.

Værprognosene var sånn midt på treet. Men hva gjør vel det når man skal drive med noe artig, i godt selskap og med god mat og drikke? Selv Canonister uten værtetting kan ha det bra da (så lenge de ikke hiver seg overende i fjærsteinene).

Så ti glade fotografer trosset værmeldingene.

Etter å ha installert oss på Seljevågen Appartement i to bra leiligheter, la vi kursen mot Hoddevika i håp om å fange surfere i aksjon.

På vei ned møtte vi disse livsnyterne.













Vel nede fikk jeg en følelse av å ha havna i et parallelt univers. Ganske forskjellig fra hverdagen hjemme på Eid. Surfere er liksom noe for seg selv, enten de er ekte surfebomser, eller bare nybegynnere. Vi støtte på begge kategoriene.

Han som sitter i grønn jakke virket som han hørte med til den første kategorien. Han stirra ut i det store intet, mens han venta på den store bølga. Aspirantene hadde nok med det havet hadde å by på den dagen.

Alle var hyggelige og smilte og hilste. Veteranen veksla jeg noen ord med. Han var opptatt av forholdene neste dag. Nybegynnerene snakka om det store kicket.

Underlig gjeng. Men vi var nok litt underlige vi og. Følte meg som en turist, og det var vi vel egentlig.

Ikke bare surferere som er noe for seg selv. Naturen på Hoddevikssanden er og særprega.

Særlig om høsten, en halvkald høstettermiddag. Det gir en ekstra dimensjon til opplevelsen. Lukta er den samme, sanden er den samme. Men lydene er ikke de samme. Ungene plasker ikke rundt og hyler. Måsene maser mindre, hvsi de i det hele gider å gi lyd fra seg.
Volleyballnettet er heller ikke i bruk. Hele stranda er i ventemodus.

Ok, nok prat, nå bilder:






Kamomønstra lavvo, det er hardcore.


Venter på sin eier.


Venter på den store bølga, som kanskje kommer i morra.


Venter på motiv.


Litt action var det, men MaritimTim hadde for kort optikk.


Mer venting.


Det en del av gutta venter på, en strandbabe.





Venter på neste år?

Etterord:
Mens jeg satt å venta på den store bølga, og gjerne en surfer som kunne ride den, gikk tankene mine til Mark Dimalanta, en livsstilsfotograf som virkelig kan dette med surfing. Blogen hans anbefales.