Sea and snow meet at Vik Beach, Vik, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #16 – Vik Beach Winter

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Photo: Winter tide, Vik Beach, Vestvagøyå, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Feb. 16, 21013.  17:19 For several days a layer of low clouds had enveloped the islands and concealed the sun.  Flat, gray light was all there was to be found over…
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Lofoten Islands Norway

Back to Lofoten

It's barely been six weeks since I left the islands, but another journey to Lofoten begins this morning.  From leaving my home in California to when I arrive at the hostel in Stamsund will be somewhere around a 38 hour journey.  Needles to…
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Summer evening twilight, Stamsund, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo # 15 – Stamsund Summer Twilight

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Photo: Late Summer twilight, Stamsund, Vestvagøyå, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Aug 24, 2012.  00:59 Even one month after the Summer's first sunset, the northern horizon of late August still glows throughout the night. After several…
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Pink winter sunrise over Olstind, Reine, Lofoten Islands, Norway

New Lofoten Prints Added to Gallery

I've added a few new (10 in total) prints from my last couple lofoten trips into my print gallery. - click here to checkout the gallery - As my last few journeys to the islands have been with my D800, I've increased the size in which these…
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Traditional Rorbu cabin reflects in fjord in evening light, Valen, Reine, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #14 – Winter Rorbu

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Photo: Valen Rorbu, Moskenesøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Feb 17, 2013.  17:00 Heavy skies had covered the islands for several days.  After spending the afternoon at Å, waiting for a sunset that would never arrive, I returned to…
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Haukland beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #13 – Haukland Beach Winter

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Photo: Haukland Beach winter, Vestvågøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Feb 20, 2013 After a week of fairly cold temperatures and calm conditions, the weather began to change on this day.  Winds and increasing temperatures swept across…
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Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights shine in sky over snow covered mountains from Vik beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #12 – Northern Lights Over Vik

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Photo: Northern Lights fill sky over Vik beach, Vik, Vestvågøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 19, 2013.  21:48 I almost missed this one due to laziness. One of the, if perhaps the only, benefits of sleeping in a car during Winter…
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Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights shine in sky over snow covered mountains from Vik beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

New Northern Lights Photo Gallery

As I mentioned last week, I've now added a new gallery of Lofoten Northern Lights images. -CLICK HERE- the view the gallery A few of the images are older, but most are from my February 2013 trip, which was by far my most successful time…
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Boats at Rest, Agvatnet, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #11 – Agvatnet

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Photo: Row boats float in Ågvatnet, Å I Lofoten, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  July 2001 This is the oldest Lofoten photo I'll ever post on this site. But this photo is perhaps the whole reason this website exists. It was…
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Winter sunrise on snow covered Olstind mountain peak rising from Fjord, Toppøya, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

New Winter 2013 Gallery

New images from February 2013 are now in a new gallery.  Yay! -CLICK HERE- to checkout the Winter 2013 photo gallery. Where are the Northern Lights photos?  I had a fair bit of luck with the Northern Lights this last trip.  So instead…
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Haukland beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Lofoten Winter Journeys

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-- Here is a bit of a summary of my February Lofoten trip.  I posted it on my photography blog a few days ago, but figure I might as well put it here too.  And if you're interested in keeping updated on things, be sure to checkout my Facebook…
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Vågakallen mountain peak rises from sea above Henningsvaer, Norway

Friday Photo #10 – Vagakallen Summer Twilight

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Photo: Vågakallen summer twilight, viewed from Stamsund, Vesgvågoya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  July 28, 2010.  23:23 A true night never comes to the Lofoten Islands in the weeks following the end of the midnight sun season.  Instead,…
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Frozen tide at Haukland beach in winter, Vestvagøy, Lofoten islands, Norway

Friday Photo #9 – Winter Dawn at Haukland Beach

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Photo: A frozen tide line on Haukland Beach in the day's first light, Vestvågøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Jan 6, 2010.  09:55 Having arrived on the islands the previous day, I spent the night sleeping in my rental car out by Utakleiv…
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Snow covered Unstad Beach in Winter, Lofoten islands, Norway

Friday Photo #8 – Unstad Winter

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Photo: Snow covers Unstad Beach in the day's last light, Unstad, Vestvågøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Jan 7, 2010.  16:30 A second composition following on the footsteps of Weekly Photo #1, Winter at Unstad Beach.  You can read…
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Kvalvika beach from Ryten, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #7 – Kvalvika Beach

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Photo: Golden evening light shines on Kvalvika Beach, Moskenesøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway. Aug 26, 2012.  20:04   There were only two of us camping on Kvalvika Beach this day in late August, myself and a young German guy.  It is…
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Dramatic light over mountains and coast, Maervoll, Lofoten islands, Norway

Friday Photo #6 – Maervoll Autumn

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Photo: Afternoon light shines over Mærvoll and Himmeltindan, Vestvågøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Oct 7, 2011.  17:17 Thus far the day had consisted of flat, misty light and I'd only taken a couple boring photos.  As evening approached…
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