http://framedandshot.com Sun, 13 May 2012 14:22:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://framedandshot.com/2012/04/21/pilot-station-at-dawn/ http://framedandshot.com/2012/04/21/pilot-station-at-dawn/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:05:21 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1895 We can all need some help every now and then, as we are navigating through our lives as best as we can… – this is a small pilot station at dawn, ready to help those who need navigation through this little part of the Norwegian coastline. The word LOS means pilot in Norwegian.]]> http://framedandshot.com/2012/04/21/pilot-station-at-dawn/feed/ 25 http://framedandshot.com/2012/02/11/winter-fishing/ http://framedandshot.com/2012/02/11/winter-fishing/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:10:28 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1882 Fishing vessel coming in – and since our fingers are ice cold from snapping photos, we start to wonder how the fishermen’s fingers feels like…..]]> http://framedandshot.com/2012/02/11/winter-fishing/feed/ 11 http://framedandshot.com/2011/10/10/utsira/ http://framedandshot.com/2011/10/10/utsira/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:01:58 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1978 Utsira Is the smallest municipality of Norway in population. It consists of an island located in the North Sea, 18 km west of Haugesund – and the closest we get to The United Kingdom while still standing in Norway. When we were visiting there were 213 people living at Utsira. Probably the only municipality where [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2011/10/10/utsira/feed/ 44 http://framedandshot.com/2011/06/11/norway-in-ir/ http://framedandshot.com/2011/06/11/norway-in-ir/#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 07:00:07 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1822 The view from our cabin in Synnfjellet – Captured in IR (infrared)]]> http://framedandshot.com/2011/06/11/norway-in-ir/feed/ 39 http://framedandshot.com/2011/01/23/the-boat-of-longing/ http://framedandshot.com/2011/01/23/the-boat-of-longing/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:00:00 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1867 The days of January are short and dark in our place of the world. We think we are living our lives a bit like this boat: laying still and longing for better times, because we remember and know that they will return; those wonderful summer nights – when the sun never sets, the dark never [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2011/01/23/the-boat-of-longing/feed/ 33 http://framedandshot.com/2011/01/18/morning-glory-ii/ http://framedandshot.com/2011/01/18/morning-glory-ii/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:00:13 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1790 Morning glory, this time from the Palo Duro Canyon, The Grand Canyon of Texas. Sometimes it is hard to get up early enough to see the sun rise, but as we all know – the light, the light is so much better …. ! And there is some truth in these wise worlds of Monica [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2011/01/18/morning-glory-ii/feed/ 38 http://framedandshot.com/2010/12/22/snow-chaos-in-europe/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/12/22/snow-chaos-in-europe/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:00:47 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1854 We are finally home for Christmas – but as you probably are aware, the heavy snow disrupted air traffic all over Europe, and gave us some extra days waiting for the flight to return to Norway. And this is how Europe look like right now, all covered in snow. Photo taken from the plane, north [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/12/22/snow-chaos-in-europe/feed/ 24 http://framedandshot.com/2010/06/17/brave-new-world-here-we-come/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/06/17/brave-new-world-here-we-come/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:00:05 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1769 This little fellow who leads his sibling into the brave new world are among the cutest thing we can imagine! (And the book “Brave new world” was ranked number five by the Modern Library on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.)]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/06/17/brave-new-world-here-we-come/feed/ 56 http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/26/infrared-week-reflection-in-a-pond/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/26/infrared-week-reflection-in-a-pond/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 05:05:12 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1718 We have converted a Nikon D200 to near Infra Red Photography.  Please see this post for details: Infra Red photography is usually converted to Black & White. The  sensor captures a full colour image, but the colours have nothing to do with reality (as we perceive it) and will in default processing come out strongly red. [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/26/infrared-week-reflection-in-a-pond/feed/ 26 http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/24/infrared-ir-week/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/24/infrared-ir-week/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 23:00:40 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1697 We have converted a Nikon D200 to Infra Red photography, and we are having fun using it. It is a new way to see the world. Places and objects seen in the NIR (Near Infra Red) is both very familiar and very strange. Sometimes even hard to recognize. Our senses tells us how to understand [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/24/infrared-ir-week/feed/ 20 http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/20/norway-series-sensual-rock/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/20/norway-series-sensual-rock/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 01:00:27 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=736 OK – it might be because one of us is a geologist – but we find the rocks at the coast of Norway, described as “svaberg”,  very sensual. The hard rock have over time and with the movement of sand and water turned into soft folds, sleek rock – it is still “hard as rock” [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/20/norway-series-sensual-rock/feed/ 22 http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/15/norway-series-the-frugal-tree/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/15/norway-series-the-frugal-tree/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 00:00:54 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=731 In a way this is quite symbolic – a lonely, frugal tree has managed to grow, even though there is very little soil. Most of Norway is rock, and the pine has adapted quite well to the environment! Like Norwegians in all time – or at least in the time before the oil…. they have [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/15/norway-series-the-frugal-tree/feed/ 25 http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/22/flower/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/22/flower/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:29:05 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1433 Some sweet summer memories…. We have spent a week in Norway – enjoyed the snow and cold, so although we have a nice, warm day in Houston at the moment, we are fully aware that not everyone of you have flip flops on…. This is for you ~ summer will return! And until it does, [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/22/flower/feed/ 22 http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/03/golden-kiss/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/03/golden-kiss/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:34 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1436 Sunshine and summer…. something to long for!  Houston is much colder than normal at the moment…..]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/03/golden-kiss/feed/ 28 http://framedandshot.com/2009/12/04/the-joker/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/12/04/the-joker/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:00:23 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=887 ….or the ugly duckling… We captured these creatures in Brazos Bend State park. They remind us a bit of “The Joker” from the Batman movie – evil looking.  Let’s hope they will be better looking when they grow up. .]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/12/04/the-joker/feed/ 16 http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/26/flying-ducks/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/26/flying-ducks/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:00:02 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1213 Another capture from the borrowed Sigma 150-500mm. This one is hand held and cropped to about 1/4 of the frame. All in all, we had a lot of fun using the super-tele zoom. A super-tele is on the wish list for this Christmas. . This post is featured in I and the bird, a series [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/26/flying-ducks/feed/ 27 http://framedandshot.com/2009/09/28/scorched-earth/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/09/28/scorched-earth/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:43:05 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=977 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 6 of 25 It has been a very dry summer in our part of Texas. Thankfully not as dry as the summer of 1980 when President Jimmy Carter came to show his concern. The President said the Government was trying to do everything it could, and added  “We’ll be [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/09/28/scorched-earth/feed/ 10 http://framedandshot.com/2009/09/26/corn-was-here/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/09/26/corn-was-here/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:27:50 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=974 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 5 of 25 There is a lot if corn production in Texas. We were a bit late in the season. Corn is important for Texas. Corn, sometimes called maize, covers Texas chronology from prehistoric to present times. A close relatives of corn, have been found in caves in the [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/09/26/corn-was-here/feed/ 11 http://framedandshot.com/2009/09/24/an-early-morning/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/09/24/an-early-morning/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:34:58 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=972 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 4 of 25 This is the first picture from our trip. We wanted to start early to get the good light. . Want to go to see the first post of our trip, or the map? Just click here!]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/09/24/an-early-morning/feed/ 36 http://framedandshot.com/2009/09/10/another-flower/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/09/10/another-flower/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:32:56 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=883 We are a bit geeky in the way of reading about and wanting to try out new equipment, and when we had a chance to borrow a Sigma 150-500mm lens for a few days we made the most of it! Big and heavy but it definitely brings objects closer   and we are fascinated by [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/09/10/another-flower/feed/ 18