Photo: White-Tailed Sea Eagle silhouetted against winter sky, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 6, 2026. 12:45

It took me several days this week to delete around 500gb of data or roughly 10,000 photos to clear up some hard disc space. Of those 10k photos deleted, probably 90% of them were flying puffins and other birds from a couple Scotland trips last year; mostly tiny or out of focus birds somewhere in the frame or too zoomed in and cutting off the wings, which is usually my biggest error with flying birds: Trying to get too close.

And so for this year’s eagle trips I tried to keep all my bird issues in mind. I was partially successful. I defiantly got more keepers and some interesting moments than last years attempt, but there were also many moments where I was close, but just missed something – mainly my issue with being too zoomed in and cutting off the wings.

I think this image is perhaps my favourite from the first day out on the boats. Though I do wish I was a bit wider in the overall framing, to give a bit more of a sense of place, as it was a nice sky and atmosphere in the background. But at the end of the day, I’m pretty happy with this image as well.

Camera Info:
Nikon Z8
Nikon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6
250mm
ISO 720
f6.3
1/2500 Second
WB Daylight

Photo: Winter reflections in Svolvær harbor, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 29, 2023. 19:31

Svolvær is the closest town that Lofoten has to being a modern-ish looking city, with waterfront restaurants, hotels, pubs, boat trips, etc. While Lofoten may not seem to big from an outside perspective, Svolvær is a 150km round trip for me, and so I don’t go too often unless I have a number of requirements which can only be done there. But when I’m in town, I’m always sure to have my camera with me and maybe wait around for a little photography as well.

I forget why I was in town on this particular winter day in late March. But it was a nice calm day and as blue hour approached I wandered around the sleepy harbor area to take a few images.

Camera Info:
Nikon z7 II
Nikon 14-30mm f/4
22mm
ISO 400
f 5
0.3 Second
WB Daylight

Photo: Winter on Matmora, Austvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 19, 2017. 10:33

Friday took me east to Solvær, first for a presentation by Tormod Granheim on climbing on 4000m peaks in the Alps, and then, on Saturday, an avalanche course up on Vesterålen. After the course ended in mid afternoon, we caught the ferry back to Lofoten with more adventures in mind: Matmora.

The sun was setting as we left the parking lot and headed up through the deep snow. Eventually, after some hours we cleared the trees and arrived on the flat northern ridge with leads to Matmora. In the darkness we setup camp and waited for what the morning would bring.

I was hoping for some nice pink light, but dawn broke flat and grey. Tired, I didn’t crawl out of my sleeping bag until after 8:00. Soon, we were under way through the deep snow to Delpheia and then up the ever steepening and narrowing ridge.

The weather continued to mostly deteriorate, and whatever clear moments became shorter and shorter before the passing slow flurries and sinking clouds. Had the weather been better, I might have had more motivation to reach the summit. But on this day, it was just step by step, continuing on and on. It wasn’t until the summit cairn appeared like a ghost in the fog that I was confident that we would reach the summit, and even then, I though, ‘what’s the point, I can’t see anything…’

This image is on the descent from Delpheia just before the route begins to climb again. The summit is visible in the distance, hidden in the clouds and still a couple hours away.

Camera Info:
Nikon D800
Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8
14mm
ISO 160
f 8
1/500 seconds
WB Daylight