Winter storms in the arctic
During the Christmas-holiday, I had just one opportunity to do some photography due to very bad weather and difficult road-conditions at the island of Senja, Norway.
Senja is located approximately 69 degrees north, but does enjoy a slightly milder climate than normal, due to the golf-stream. Still, it can be both wild and challenging during the winter-months, due to shifting weather-conditions and temperatures.
When it blows from Russia, it can get down to -20 to -25 degrees Celsius even here....and with the humidity and added wind, it can be very uncomfortable to be exposed to. The roads over the various passes can close in short notice and several places are vulnerable to avalanche.
Due to the bad weather, I had another Christmas-celebrations with no aurora......it's becoming a theme =D
On one of the final days of my stay, the weather let up just enough to allow for a round-trip with my camera, no roads over the passes were closed, to it went smooth.
So, I went for a 4 hour round-trip of the island (that's when you have some of the limited light). Icy roads and downpours varying from rain to snow and all kinds of slush in between, made that quite interesting, especially since the roads were shiny ice. ^^
The landscape is mostly monochromatic during winter, so i opted for some moody black and whites.
During the trip, I tried to spend my 2-3 hours of decent light well, to find some good compositions.
My 5D mk III and lens got a bit of water here and there, but no real danger to the equipment.
Too bad the conditions were so difficult this year, I would have liked to work longer at these locations, to find more exiting ways of photographing this landscape.
I had to work quickly though, since the driving rain/slush/snow was getting into my lens (and down my neck) and the light was just fading slowly away.
45 minutes after the last photo was taken, it was dark as the night....and the clock in my car showed 14:15.
Next year then ^^
Senja is located approximately 69 degrees north, but does enjoy a slightly milder climate than normal, due to the golf-stream. Still, it can be both wild and challenging during the winter-months, due to shifting weather-conditions and temperatures.
When it blows from Russia, it can get down to -20 to -25 degrees Celsius even here....and with the humidity and added wind, it can be very uncomfortable to be exposed to. The roads over the various passes can close in short notice and several places are vulnerable to avalanche.
Due to the bad weather, I had another Christmas-celebrations with no aurora......it's becoming a theme =D
On one of the final days of my stay, the weather let up just enough to allow for a round-trip with my camera, no roads over the passes were closed, to it went smooth.
So, I went for a 4 hour round-trip of the island (that's when you have some of the limited light). Icy roads and downpours varying from rain to snow and all kinds of slush in between, made that quite interesting, especially since the roads were shiny ice. ^^
The landscape is mostly monochromatic during winter, so i opted for some moody black and whites.
During the trip, I tried to spend my 2-3 hours of decent light well, to find some good compositions.
My 5D mk III and lens got a bit of water here and there, but no real danger to the equipment.
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| Steinfjord Canon 5D MK III Canon 70-40 F4 L ISO 50(L), 10s @ f16 |
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| Bergsbotn Canon 5D MK III Canon 70-40 F4 L ISO 50(L), 12s @ f16 |
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| Black rock formations at the point between Steinfjord and Ersfjord. Looking south-west, due to the wind and the ice-slush coming from the open ocean here. Canon 5D MK III Canon 70-40 F4 L ISO 50(L), 20s @ f16 |
Too bad the conditions were so difficult this year, I would have liked to work longer at these locations, to find more exiting ways of photographing this landscape.
I had to work quickly though, since the driving rain/slush/snow was getting into my lens (and down my neck) and the light was just fading slowly away.
45 minutes after the last photo was taken, it was dark as the night....and the clock in my car showed 14:15.
Next year then ^^
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