Trollstigen

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So, the Norwegians love a good tunnel, but.. it appears from time to time they like a good windy road, maybe its the joy of watching people cycle up these or something to keep the motorcycle population happy, in anycase, this one (Trollstigen) is certainly a cracker, even in our little stationwagon punching on up this road it was pretty hair raising, especially when a bus came the other way!

The viewing platform up the top is neat, but I think I need a bigger camera, i could not fit all those norwegian hills in 😉 even at 16mm and 9 portrait frames stitched together I could not get all of the big waterfall in 🙂

The bottom of the where the windy bit starts is about 300m above SL, this spot here is 700m above SL, not a bad hill climb.

It would be awesome to do a night time shoot here and get the car trails in the frame, however for me with the sun not really setting until 12 midnight there was no hope, I'll let that go to the keeper for the next visit 😉

6 shot panorama, each shot in the portrait orientation
D750 coupled with Nikkor 16-35 mm f4 @ 16mm Aperture: f10 and Shutter Speed: 1/80s
ISO: 200
out front: just a few hills and a windy road with buses, summer skiers, mountain bike riders, campervans and motorbikes 😉

Morar

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Beachside in Scotland

So its summer in Europe at the moment apparently, however I think our friends on that side of the equator kinda need to have a think about what that really means, we spent our last day in Edinburgh where the summer temperature was.. 13 degrees, we flew back to sydney to the heart of our winter and it was 16 degrees… 🙂

Anyways onot those beaches, yes in Oz we have some awesome beaches and we take it for granted, however we did find a place (thanks +John G Moore ) on the west coast called Morar which had sand which was an excellent excuse for a beach 🙂 truth be told it was quite nice and we (particularly the kids) were pleasantly surprised.
Anyways, i went for a stroll after chaos and tickles were asleep and checked out the surrounding area for a seascape or two, not finding much ringing my bell, i headed up into the hills to see what was there, not much either, but I did find some sheep, lots of wet boggy pastures and some other crazy nuts out trying to get a photo, hence this shot 🙂

Its a 6 shot pano, which had some nice colour in it, however I could not quite get it to represent what I saw on the day, and it seems the BW brings out the nice texture of the clouds anyway..

6 shot panorama, each shot in the landscape orientation
D750 coupled with Nikkor 70-200 mm f2.8 @ 120mm Aperture: f5 and Shutter Speed: 1/500s
ISO: 100
out front: boggy hills and some crazies :).

Nordfjord

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I think one of the best things about holidaying with ya family (other than all the quality time you get to spend with one another of course 🙂 ) and doing photography is that it forces you to be very opportunistic rather than being able to plan everything around a shoot, this was certainly one example.
Let me paint a scene for you here (forgive the pun 🙂 ) we decided to divert our route to check out one of, if not the oldest Monasteries in Norway at Maloy and consequently checked into one of our best airbnb in our Norway trip (thanks Trygve – even though i can still not pronounce your name, sorry mate). This airbnb was located 10 kms out of Nordfjordeid in a farming area and was an old, yet amazing farmhouse with, in my opinion, an amazing view, not one from a pre-canned location or lookout, but a true-blue style view that this little village of about 5 homes shared. The place even had one of those really cool old telephones, the ones with the windy handle!

I took this shot a few times over the two days whilst sitting at the window opposite a warm wood fire, this particular one was about 11pm-ish as the sun dissapeared from view – there was no hiking, no sitting in the cold, just chilling out with a cup of tea, my tripod and camera whilst the children slept 🙂

I'll be sure to post a few of the others from this spot, which have a very different feel, it was amazing how much the scene could change with fog and rain rolling in.

5 shot panorama, each shot in the landscape orientation
D750 coupled with Nikkor 70-200 mm f2.8 @ 155mm Aperture: f8 and Shutter Speed: 1/800s
ISO: 250
out front: no filters, just another epic landscape.

Rampestreken

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Located at Åndalsnes, Norway, this particular spot is 580 metres above sea level.

Apparently I was meant to take a selfie up here, since that seems to be thing to do there 🙂 however I was not gonna spoil this view with my mug – this scene pretty well sums up alot of Norways scenery, f-off huge. The walk is classified as a moderate walk but it does, for me anyways, have a few ball hugging spots, the Norwegians are not big on handrails it seems 😉

#Åndalsnes

10 shot panorama, each shot in the portrait orientation
D750 coupled with Nikkor 24-70 mm f2.8 @ 24mm Aperture: f69 and Shutter Speed: 1/160s
ISO: 200
out front: no filters, just some epic landscape.

Looking for the perfect wave

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Norah Head

Norah head is a spot where I have seen on the map and wanted to check out, its also a popular spot for photography and you can see why, it was pretty freakin' cold here on this morning and I had just swung by to take a look, basically some reccy for a future trip 🙂
The great news is that there is a nice cafe right here on the beach and its a very popular spot for surfing.. i even saw one dude heading out with no wetsuit.. balls of steel i think 🙂

If you in the area be sure to check it out, its really accessible and the rocks are right next to the carpark.. this particular image was taken with a favourite old lens of mine, the nikkor 135mm f2.8, super compact, manual focus and very sharp.

D750 coupled with Nikkor 135 mm f2.8 @ 24mm Aperture: f8 and Shutter Speed: 1/250s
ISO: 100
out front: no filters, just a nice wave and a cool lighthouse.

Swans

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During the hustle and bustle of a weekend away with a bunch of kids and friends, i did a sneaky sunset session by the lake at Wyong, no time for tripods, all handheld and needed to get back for dinner, marshmallows and more chaotic kids 🙂

Its a really lovely little lake and the sunset was pretty with pinks, pastels and a perfectly timed pair of swans sailing on by.
Its a 4 shot panorama, handheld

D750 coupled with Nikkor 24-70 mm f2.8 @ 24mm Aperture: f6.3 and Shutter Speed: 1/160ss
ISO: 320
out front: no filters, just a tree and some swans.