Friday Photo #645 – Volandstind Sunset

Photo: May sunset over summit of Volandstinden, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 16, 2020. 22:46

From mid May it is not long until the midnight sun arrives. Though as I often write, the light and temperature often do not match well at this time of year. Tomorrow the 17th of May is Norway’s constitution day – a day of parades and flags and bbq and more. And while down in Oslo it will be a sunny 20˚c, up here on Lofoten it will be a grey and maybe misty 6-7˚c – not exactly bbq weather!

Today’s photo is also from the 16 of May, but from several years ago. Lofoten had received a nice mid May snowfall, and so I headed up the mountains in the evening for a rare-ish combination of winter conditions and sun location. A couple days prior I had been on Ryten, for the evening sun to shine across the snowy bay (Friday Photo #384) , and it was a tough hike through the deep snow. On this day I took a little easier option of Volandstind, for a little rest of my sore legs.

I have already posted a different image from this evening (Friday Photo #595), showing more of the wintry landscape. This image is of the setting sun itself over the 2nd summit of Volandstind. Even at 22:46 at night, the sun still won’t set for another 45 minutes.

I was actually shooting a timelapse sequence as well. I actually shot a lot of timelapse sequences in May 2020 planning to put a short little video together, but 5 years later, I still haven’t found the time for that. Maybe one of these days, as there was some amazing light that year…

Camera Info:
Nikon D850
Sigma 14mm f/1.8
14mm
ISO 100
f11
1/30 Second
WB Daylight