I went to the reindeer herds today, and I took a lot of pictures. I need some time to look at them, and here are just a few going there.
The one at the top is actually from when I started going home from the mountains, and the one just above from when I arrived a couple of hours earlier. The sun was setting, just a bit before three O’clock, but because of the clear winter sky it took some hours to get dark. With incredible colours in the meantime. Changing, and changing in whatever direction I looked. By the way, it was winter wonderland all the way from my doorstep to the mountains. The temperature: about 22-24 C below zero. Everything looks better on such days…
The reindeers were also there, but they will wait for me till later. In the meantime, here is a link to my reindeer photo galleries.
The colors of the sky are just gorgeous. You’ve captured the light so perfectly.
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I love these photos, Bente! So beautiful. But I’m so glad I don’t live there in that cold climate.It’s good enough for me to experience it through your photos.
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astonishingly beautiful!
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The frigid scenes are very lovely to look at. I’m very happy to see them from my warm house! 😉
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it is achingly beautiful, and i am always grateful that you present that world to all of us. the images are amazing, and it has to be ten times that in person. but… oh, so very cold!!!!
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That last shot looks like it’s on another planet. It goes on forever. Great shots, Bente.
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I don’t think I can stand there for a second, not because of the temperature, but is the unbearable scene!
Wow!
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How beautiful are your fairytale photos. Thanks for sharing with me, so that I don’t need to endure those below freezing temperatures myself. 🙂
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Amazing!
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Beautiful. Simply beautiful.
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I love those colors…crazy beautiful. 🙂
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To me..these are magical …Were you cold as can be?
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O this is a fantastic job, Bente. The world around you is so beautiful and you take time snapping in order to bring us the best!
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That lovely shade of blue is stunning, Bente. Makes for a really lovely image with the car lights on the road.
As you said, incredible colours.
Love the snow, but not sure about the temperatures in your winter. Hate to have a car breakdown in the middle of nowhere.
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This is truly a fairy land with the beautiful blue and white. What can be more beautiful than snow and blue skies? However the temps chill me to the bone just reading and imagining them. Thanks for coming to visit me in sunny California where we’ve had a cold streak of down into the 30s at night and recently in the 60s during the day. Come back any time! 🙂 Marsha 🙂
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again wonderful Bente
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Beautiful Bente. 🙂
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¡Que belleza de paisaje!, tiene que ser una gozada estar rodeado así de nieve, la primera me encanta, la luz de los faros le da un toque especial, abrazos
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Beautiful set of photographs!
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Wow! That are really beautiful pics. The first is my favorite.
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I haven’t seen such a beautiful blue mountains like that before… This is like a magical touches… or fairy tales… So beautiful dear Bente, Thank you, love, nia
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The colours of the landscape are just beautiful – I am envious. Our snow is rather monochrome compared to yours! Looking forward to more reindeer – what a subject!
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I love your photos of wonderwinterland. I really enjoy these long twilights in the North. Really beautiful.
Ha en fortsatt fin dag! 🙂
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Wonderful photos, such beautiful landscapes… 🙂
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Wonderful! When that blue light turns into violet shades…
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Yes, violet, pink and orange. You know all about it, Lagotto.
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Beautiful photos! reminds me of my trip to Sweden (close to the Norwegian border) and the scenery and lighting there.
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These photos are taken quite close to Sweden. It is more or less the same landscape and conditions across the border, so I can imagine it was similar. Thanks for your comment.
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Is this what they call blue hour ??? – Very nice !
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Yes, Carl, especially on very cold, clear winter days. Before the blue (and sort of in between depending on the direction you look there is pale pink, peale purple and pale orange..On cloudy days much less colours..
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I just love these winter scenes. Would like to see it one day – and see a reindeer, too.
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They are adapted to very cold climate, and so should you if you ever go to meet a reindeer, Emilie. And they live in remote areas. But they sure are nice.
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I get so excited when your reindeers pay us all a visit! Just wonderful 🙂
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I hope to bring them soon, Suzanne. I don’t have name on them though.. 😉
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Wow, Bente. What an exquisitely beautiful landscape; and extreme temperature too! You bring us magic – the landscapes and reindeer. 🙂
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Thanks a lot. It is interesting to exchange nature photos and the species living there from the opposite side of the world.
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Un paysage que j’aime! chez nous, le bétail est au chaud dans les étables, ils sont plus frileux 😉
bonne soirée
val
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Bonne jour, val, e merci. Vous êtes un connoisseur en hiver paysage.
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Stunning!! Magical!! Wonderful!! ♥
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I am glad you liked them, Wolke. Danke.
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What a magical places you´d been in, Bente… They look as if they were from another (completely white) world. Beautiful.
Jota.
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You are right, Jota, it is another world in weather conditions like this.
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Son realmente bellas. Me gustan muchísimo.
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Gracias por tu comentario, Barbara.
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cool blue tone… i would love to visit ur country Ben.. any AIX opening there… 😉
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Thanks for your comment, Mayur. I don’t know what AIX is…..
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haa haa. sorry for that. AIX is IBM’s propriety operating system based on Unix. Probably thats the only thing I can work on. 🙂
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Nice color!
I must, MUST go to Norge and Norra Sverige!
It is so pretty!
…or you are good photographer…? Maybe it is not so special! (:
d:
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I just have to laugh, Eldin, but don’t be afraid. It is special, sometimes. So you must go to northern Sweden or Norway, or the middle like me. But be prepared; nosetip, fingertips or toes can freeze….
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I know. This morrning it was -20C!!! And I forget my gloves going to work! I´d freez up!
But I´m in Skandinavia now! I can´t complain…
In Bosnia (montain contry like Norway) can be -5C, but never -20C!
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Amazing that blue and purple color in the sky. And the reindeer are spurb
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Such amazing color.
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Ah, just amazingly serene… Those colors are otherworldly! Thanks so much for sharing your world.
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You are in a magical winter wonderland over there, Bente! It’s “only” -8°C here today – wish we had as much snow as you do… It’s amazing how blue your winter light is…
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Hermosas las montañas azules, las llanuras en casi gris cielo, y los renos que ya tienen mi entera simpatía, gracias a ti, sobre Papa Noël.
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Hey Bente, I think you are right about how the cold makes everything look better. At least in some places. These are gorgeous. Beautiful light.
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I love the blue. It is so soothing with the winter wonderland 🙂
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What a beautiful place!
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It’s wonderful Scene ~
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Amazing landscape (and temperature 😉 ). I love the first photo. Here it will thaw after the weekend (temperature -13 C was the coldest)
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Thank you for showing me the colors of snow.
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Utrolig vakre og stemningsfulle bilder. Det er virkelig noe med kulden som skaper så mye vakkert. 🙂
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Oh my, I need some snow to photograph. That is beautiful.
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It seems so coold!! 🙂
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Such beautiful shots with the play of light between those beautiful blues and soft pink hues. Your magnificent reindeer look so at home!
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One thing that makes the first picture unusual is that you have brightness at the bottom (even if we know it’s from your car’s headlights) and darker shades at that top, just the reverse of the way things usually are.
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wooo~ it’s beautiful. u started your journey at night? or mid-night?
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I’m a dream land with your artic photography ! Blessings friend ~ D
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ethereal!
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I have one more ‘beautiful’ to contribute!
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Stunning!
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Gorgeous, it looks so serene and quiet!
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