Øygarden Landscapes and Views

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Øygarden is not just a great place to go birding or fishing but it looks pretty good too. I almost never have a landscape lens with me so many, if not most, of my landscapes are taken with a hand held 400mm telephoto lens. More pictures can be seen on the Øygarden birds and Øygarden Ships pages.

Spectacular waves like this are a common sight during and after heavy weather - just the kind of thing a telephoto lens is useful for.

Spectacular dawns and sunsets are common all year round and especially obvious during the winter. During the summer months the sun seems to barely set, just dipping below the horizon for a few hours.

View from "Hjelme Vest", February 2010

With big skies, plenty of water, islands and bridges the landscape motives are endless in Øygarden. I tend to take pictures whilst waiting for it to be light enough to bird but sometimes I just have to stop and take a picture. One could surely do better with more targetted effort....and with a landscape lens!

Summer dawn over Nord Straumsundet bridge

Northern Lights over Nautnes, near Bergen, Norway

The Northern Lights are a regular feature during the winter - periods of cold, clear weather are best for this.
These two photographs were taken using a compact superzoom on the longest possible manual exposure.

Northern Lights over Nautnes, near Bergen, Norway