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I have just been to Lofoten for the third time, but this was the first when I had the opportunity to calm down and enjoy the scenery with a camera. Luckily for me, I was there during a snowstorm. Yes, l regard that as being lucky The weather was very challenging at times, with the wind strong enough to push me quite far from where I was initially standing. I had to hold the camera super hard, and at times I could only take pictures when the wind took a small break, before regaining its energy and all its anger. Naturally, northern light conditions were not good, but I was ok with that. After all, I have been living a year in the north before.
Shooting with colour in these conditions is challenging, and I often find that I achieve a better balance by using black and white. It can add more drama and direct more of the attention to the light and the shapes. So for a majority of my days up there I used my Leica M246 (Monochrom) instead of my Sony A7.
The images I want to show in this thread are some of my favourites. They might not be technically perfect, and I might have added too much contrast to them. But for me they capture how I felt Lofoten for this week. It was dramatic, dark and raw. And it was always changing. I could have five minutes of sunlight that was instantly replaced by a crazy snowstorm. I feel that this is particularly captured in the fist image, which is taken at Yttersand looking over to Stortinden and Flakstad, but to some extent also in the the two next (from Haukland beach and Rørvika)
Comments and feedback is highly appreciated. Please be honest if you think things can be improved. That is, after all, the only way I can be a better photographer.
Thanks for viewing.
Ole
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