Not Drawn

Posted on June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 Posted in Landscape, Nature, Norway, PhotographyTagged black and white, earlymorning, fog, graphic, leica, leicaq2monochrom, Monochrome, nature, q2m, travel, weather4 Comments

Another shot from my early morning commute. Every now and again I see a black and white photo that looks like it could have been drawn by some artist. Just simple lines on paper. When I got home and saw this shot on a large display I got the that feeling that it had been drawn by my camera. The magic ends when I tell you that it is the remains of an old dock in the local river taken early one foggy morning. So just imagine I painted it instead.

Leica Q2 Monochrom
Frame add in Silver Efex Pro III

Early mornings

Posted on June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 Posted in History, Landscape, Nature, Norway, Photography, TravelTagged black and white, Drammen, early, fog, landscape, leica, monochrom, mornings, outdoors, q2m, weather3 Comments

I get up early most days, it’s one of the few advantages of being a boarder line insomniac. It meansI have plenty of time to cycle the 18 km’s to work before the local town is awake or have even thought about waking up.

I’m lucky in that at least nearly a half of my route takes me along the river path where there are lots of things I can record and the weather is never the same.

This Picture was taken at around 04.30 in the morning everything was totally quiet even the ducks were sleeping when I rolled to a stop by this old stone quay.

It was a foggy start that day so there was plenty of atmosphere I took this low shot which a mate said looked like the cover of some new Scandinavian Crime novel. Anyway just to show the difference I took a similar shot next day without fog and a different aperture setting.

Leave a comment and let me know which you like best.

Doing the Twist

Posted on May 18, 2021May 18, 2021 Posted in Architecture, Art, Landscape, Norway, PhotographyTagged blackandwhite., kistefoss, nikonz6, Norway, thetwist, travelLeave a comment

One of my fav shots from last summers lockdown summer holiday. It’s an art gallery not far from my home. I had to photoshop out the crowds and a large crane over the trees but overall not a bad result.

Whispering Grass

Posted on March 21, 2015 Posted in Landscape, NatureTagged black and white, blackandwhite., Denmark, leica, m9p, Monochrome, Summilux 35mm f1.4 asph, travel6 Comments

Winter is here.

Posted on December 28, 2014 Posted in Landscape, Nature, Norway, PhotographyTagged leica, m9p, norway nature, snow, summicron 90mm asph4 Comments

A little winter shot from todays walk in the woods.

Avsluitdijk

Posted on August 11, 2014 Posted in Landscape, People, Photography, TravelTagged black and white, blackandwhite., holland, leica, Leica Summilux 50mm f1.4 ASPH, m9p, Monochrome, people, travel4 Comments

Worldwide Pinhole Day:Ypsilon Bridge

Posted on May 7, 2014May 7, 2014 Posted in Landscape, Norway, Photography, TravelTagged 6X17, black and white, bridge, curvedplane, Drammen, kodak, norge, Pinhole, Tmax, v700, vermeer, wwphd, ypsilonLeave a comment

WWPHD was a wonderful sunny one. I was down to 6-7 second exposure for this shot. I must learn to tilt the camera up a bit as I cut the top of the bridge and have a little to much foreground. But it’s pinhole so you live and learn to put up with small framing mistakes.

Film: Kodak T-Max 120 roll film 100 ASA
Dev: Adox Adonal 1:100 stand developed for 60mins at 20˙C Inversions for the first minute and 3 at the half way point.
Scan: Epson V700 using Silverfast SW and a Betterscanning .com Holder with anti-newton glass

Worldwide Pinhole Day

Posted on April 28, 2014April 28, 2014 Posted in Landscape, Norway, PhotographyTagged 6X17, adox adonal, black and white, Drammen, Norway, Pinhole, stand develop, Tmax, vermeer, worldwide pinhole dayLeave a comment

Union Brygge Drammen.
Taken with my Vermeer 6X17 curved plane pinhole camera. Exposure was 30sec at f/300.
Film Kodak T-Max 100ASA
Stand developed for 60 mins in Adox adonal 1:100 at 20˚C.Inversions for the first minute and 3 at 30mins.
Scanned on an Epson V700

Fiskum Church Pinhole.

Posted on April 18, 2014April 19, 2014 Posted in History, Landscape, Nature, TravelTagged 120, adox adonal, black and white, curved plane, epson V700, f300, kodak, Monochrome, Norway, Pinhole, Tmax, vermeer6 Comments

Taken with the Vermeer 6×17 Curved plane Pinhole camera
Exposure was 25 seconds
Film Kodak T-Max 100asa
Developed in Adox Adonal for 6 mins at 20°C
Scanned via Epson V700 using Silverfast SW

Waterfall in the woods

Posted on April 17, 2014April 19, 2014 Posted in Landscape, Nature, Norway, TravelTagged 120, black and white, blackandwhite., f300, kodak, landscape, Monochrome, nature, Norway, Pinhole, T-Max, vermeer, waterfall4 Comments

Vermeer pinhole camera 2nd try. Living in Norway you are never too far from a river or stream. This one is a short 15 minute drive from my home. I set the Vermeer up on a tripod and took a light reading which was 57 sec and 100ASA .
Not a bad shot considering the weather which was overclouded.

Light measured with Pinhole Assistant App on my iPhone 4s
Film T-max 100 ASA
Developed in Adox Adonal for 6 mins at 20°C
Scanned on a n Epson V700 using a betterscannig.com holder and Silverfast software
Post in Siverefex pro 2 and PS CC