Kategori: The Quiet Picture
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I had an itch to go somewhere because the local walks just aren’t interesting to me. So in order to get my butt off the couch, I drove to Järvzoo. It was an overcast day but the cloud cover was very thin, so there was plenty of light for shooting in the zoo, even at…
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Well, I did get out after all. In search of good aurora viewpoints, I took the small dirt road (emphasis on ”dirt” – you can’t drive it by car) that leads from Föne to the foot of the old abandoned ski slope at Vallåsen, which is the mountain that obscures the winter sun for my…
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I have a problem. Ever since I realised that there is no good skiing (=skiing with photo potential) to be done in Föne, I totally lost interest in it. I’m not going on walks either, unless it’s clear skies with a chance of aurora, obviously… So, I’ve become passive and lazy and I’m probably gaining…
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I would normally not think that -20°C is any temperature for outdoors activities. But these clear cloudless nights are so rare that I felt it was a shame to waste it, especially now that there was a little bit of moonlight (37% crescent). I was determined to do some starry sky photography and had a…
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I had some trouble falling asleep last night, this Iceland trip kept playing in my head. Inevitably while awake, I felt the nature calling and when I was going through the kitchen, I was wondering why the sky seemed so light. On with the glasses – and I was looking at just about the best…
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Since my trip to Canada many years ago, I’ve been saying that I’ve lost my travel lust. And that’s true – I really haven’t felt like going anywhere. Especially after I got the cabin. But at the same time, every time somebody brings up the topic of travelling, I join in and say that I…
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After all the excitement yesterday, I forgot that I had some night sky pictures I took on Friday when we had one of these rare cloudless skies and almost no wind. Too bad there was no snow on the trees, but it’s such a long time I’ve made any major effort with night sky photography…
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I have a lot of respect for ice. I’m a downright coward – even when my head tells me that the ice is thick enough, my heart chickens out. A lot of times it has meant that I have had to abandon some photo opportunities or do re-routes just because I don’t dare to cross…
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Another year has come to an end, so I will do my traditional month by month review. 2012 was bit of a ”meh” year. I moved from Loos to Föne in March, which naturally affected my photography a great deal, both for the better and for the worse. The best part is that I found…
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Going fullframe meant that I might occasionally feel that 300mm is not enough as a telephoto lens (although, if I had a 1200mm lens, I would probably occasionally think it’s not enough anyway). I have a Kenko Pro 1.4x teleconverter which I hardly ever used with the 40D. It didn’t seem worthwhile to lose a…