An ever changing valley nearby

It is a short distance from where I live to this valley in the forests. The landscape is protected from exploiting, and even if there are old traces after activities, it appears quite pristine. Fallen trees are not something one sees in cultivated forests, here they are the landscape's signature. There's a creek flowing throught the valley, and after rain it flows over the uneven landscape and makes spectacular scenes. During the different seasons the landscape changes characters. A variation of broadleaf trees and vegetation at the ground change coulours at variable pace, and the landscape changes its face from day to day.

All pictures taken with a Leica M10 in the Østmarka forests in Oslo 27 Sep 2020

autumn wetness

The landscape is heavy after hours with rain the creek is big the ground is wet. The air is fresher colours deeper. The forest is darker, nature more quiet.

Lendet er tungt etter timar med regn, bekken er stor, bakken er fuktig. lufta er friskare. fargane djupare. Skogen er mørkare, naturen er stillare.

All photos taken with a Leica M10 in Østmarka near Oslo 26 Sept 2020

pine bark lit by golden evening sun

the pine's bark changes over time first clothing is fine and golden. older cover becomes coarse and cracked. the trunk under, is strong and whole.

borken til furua byttest over tid. første kledning er fin og gyllen. gammalt dekke, blir grovt og sprokke. men stammen under, er sterk og heil.

All photos shot 12. sept 2020 in the Østmarka forests near Oslo, Norway
camera used: Leica M10; 90mm elmarit lens

the playful season

Autumn is playing with merry colours,

Naturen leikar med nye fargar,

Lifted by wind and backlit by evening sun 

All photos shot 12. sept 2020 in the Østmarka forests near Oslo, Norway
camera used: Leica M10

Moody weather reveals other parts of the landscape

Rain and fog calm the landscape, the mountain's face changes expression. Boots and jacket protect the body, open mind enriches the walk.

Regn og tåke roar lendet, fjellets andlet endrar lynde. Kappe og støvlar vernar kroppen, fritt sinn gjer ferda rik.

Blue night

Reindeer hunters

My "home"

A gap in the clouds

The river's beginning

The pictures are from the south-west part of Hardangervidda in Norway, and are taken during my hike in August 2020.
Camera: Leica M9

Weather in the mountains

Weather is real outdoors in the mountains. It surrounds us totally and comes close. And we are close to it.

Vêret er ekte ute på fjellet. Det omgir oss på alle kantar og kjem tett på. Og vi er tett på det.

Rondvatnet July 2020

Besshø July 2020

River through a valley in Jotunheimen mountain area

the ice melts in the summer, flows as a blue river and make swings down the landscapes which grow greener.

isen smeltar om sommaren, flyt som ei blå elv og svingar seg gjennom landskapet som blir grønare.

Photograps shot from the mountain Knutshø in Jotunheimen this week.

The river starts with the  glacier Leirungsbreen and flows into the lake Øvre Leirungen - which in turn flows into the lake Gjende. 

Minerals from the glacier give the water a turquoise colour.

Expired analogue film

I found some really old, expired film and Loaded my Hasselblad. 
I then went out to some well-known sites in my nearby forests and shot a couple rolls.

The developed result was very difficult to scan and post process, but one of the shots from the Fujicolor PRO-film turned out quite well.

From Østmarka near Oslo

 

Hasselblad 500 c/m

Planar 80

Fujicolor PRO 160 
Aperture: small
Exp time: 8 sec - or more.. (a couple steps overexposed - since it was an old film stock)
Epson V600

LR Classic

 

Flowing water

Each spring echoes the last ice age's end, when ice and water gushed out and broke way for rivers and waterfalls.

Kvar vår er eit lite omkvede av siste istids ende, då is og vatn sprengde seg fram og grov far for elvar og fossar.

These photos were taken in the mountain area Rondane in Norway, July 2020

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All pictures were shot with 

Leica M10, 

90mm elmarit, 

10 stops ND-filter

Mountains let night be night

In the mountains the night can be night. Black as nothing, or twinkling with stars - and an ever changing moon. In the summer: never dark, but glowing in the north.

I fjellet får natta vere natt. Svart som ingenting, eller glitrande av stjerner - og ein skiftande måne. Om sommaren: aldri mørk, men glødande i nord.

The mountain Storronden in moonlight

The river Veo in Jotunheimen at midnight

The tourist hut Memurubu by the lake Gjende at midnight

The mountain Snøhetta in Dovre at midnight

Oslo's nearby forests

The old parts of the forests east in Oslo - called Østmarka, have something of the pristine and original in it - something I think we all are longing for. Landscapes that has grown naturally over a long time, and not been prepared and exploited in any human interest, but which live, grow older and are brought further into a variety of life forms, give us the deep confirmation of belonging.

Gammelskogen i Østmarka har noe av det ekte og opprinnelige i seg - noe jeg tror vi alle lengter etter. Landskap som har fått skjøtte seg selv over tid, og ikke har blitt tilrettelagt eller utnyttet i en menneskelig hensikt, men som lever, eldes, og videreføres i et mangfold av livsformer,  gir oss en dypereliggende bekreftelse av tilhørighet.

The pictures below are taken during the last 12 months.

A forest creek flowing through an autumn landscape

A cleft with old, fallen trees.

Roots of fallen trees in a marsh-land

A pond in a forest creek