One Each Day

Just a few Norwegian kroner. Be got those especially for the Challenge during a trip to Tromsø - you can get along there without cash perfectly fine! (Yes, the holes are not aligned well, but I didn’t want to risk another collapse of my arrangement.)

Taken somewhere near the E8 in Finland/Norway. A little beach walk to stretch the legs on the long drive.

Schmelzwasser, dass sich unter dem Eis einen Tunnel gegraben hat.

Blubberblasen, die verkehrt herum unter dem Eis wandern.

Ein kleines Schmelzwasserbächlein im Moor.

Felsige Eindrücke vom Ounasvaara.

Taken last weekend by a path that got washed over by melt water. The water had already carved some gouges into the earthly ground. Some places where at the same still covered by ice. Just like here where I fearlessly held my phone above the blustering waves. Further shots had not been possible due to ... well, shoes and the like. 

Ein Pärchen Haselhühner. Das Männchen hat eine rote Zeichnung am Auge. Liefen uns einfach so über den Weg. Sehr süß!

Buntspechte. Männchen mit rotem Fleck am Hinterkopf, Weibchen in Schwarz. 

Eichhörnchen gibt es hier auch.

Vogel-Mix: Unglückshäher, Gimpel und (vermutlich) Erlenzeisig.

Kürzlich sind die Möwen eingefallen.

Ein paar weitere Bilder von unserer bislang einzigen Rentier-Begegnung.

In a forest around the mountain Ounasvaara we discovered a little feeding place for birds on one of our hikes. So by the topic “Nature” I thought: that fits perfectly well, I can use this chance to put my new lens to good use! Indeed we spotted a bunch of birds, two of them we even never saw in the wild before. We were so taken in by the feathery crowd and photographing that it took us a while before we checked what was making those rustling noises all the time behind us - and were very surprised and a little (a lot!) overwhelmed when we saw two free-roaming reindeer! Most cute creatures with at least for us unexpected low flight distance.

I find it difficult to capture snowy landscapes with the appropriate amount of brightness. Without exposure compensation the pictures usually come out way to dark, but when overdoing it all the snow gets overexposed all at once. This scene I captured from different angles with different exposure times. On the camera’s display some looked almost like a painting - this impression doesn’t arise here fully, but I like how the snow covered hill, the sky and the clouds all blend into each other.

A wall with snow on top and in front at the bottom. Somewhere in Lapland.

If you look at it, plants come with a lot of lines. Here a cactus with it’s many thorns I found in the greenhouses of “Planten un Blomen” (”Plants and Flowers”) in Hamburg. The depth of field is a little too shallow for my taste, but I did only notice at home.