Category: Nature

  • Limited lights

    Limited lights

    Some photos where I have experimented with lights shining through trees.

  • Formations

    Formations

    A collection of photos of the sea ice around Svalbard.

  • Silhouette

    Silhouette

    Silhouette photos captured in Korsvika, Trondheim.  

  • Waterfall #1

    Waterfall #1

    Two shots from a waterfall close to my hometown, up north in Norway.

  • 300 Ny-Ålesund

    300 Ny-Ålesund

    A 300 degrees panorama photo from Ny-Ålesund sticked together using nine single images. The photos are captured a few kilometers outside of the settlement. [photonav url=’http://espenraknes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_00012.jpg’ width=930 animate=1 container_height=600 mode=drag] Put the mouse pointer over the photo and use the left mouse button to move around in the photo.

  • Sørøya

    Sørøya

    Sørøya is the fourth largest island (by area) in Norway, and lies outside the coast of Finnmark. The island is famous for its rich wild life, including large amounts of ptarmigans and mountain hares. The climate so far north is extreme which results in great nature events to explore.

  • Aurora Borealis #1

    Aurora Borealis #1

    Nothern lights is maybe the phenomenon that fascinates me the most in nature. It’s always a magnificent and special feeling when looking at the waves crossing over the heaven.

  • Taraxacum officinale

    Taraxacum officinale

    Two shots of the common dandelion ; one early in the flowering season and one a bit later.

  • Double Decker

    Double Decker

    Three shots of a brown hawker (Aeshna grandis) dragonfly which was photographed by a lake close to Trondheim, Norway.