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Skyscraper

nobody@flickr.com (benjeev) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:40:00 -0700

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Here's another one taken in Ingierstrand on the Oslofjord a few weeks back. The clouds turned out rather apocalyptic! It's skies like this that make me want to keep on shooting.

Having said that, I've been having a bit of creative brainfreeze lately. Hopefully it won't last too long.

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Edge of light

nobody@flickr.com (benjeev) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:22:21 -0700

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I've often read that the best images are those taken at the edges. The edge between surfaces, the edge between day and night etc. I buy into that.
This one's a bit of an experiment with some low key processing. A bit minimalist with no real subject, but I feel it has enough to hold interest.
Would you agree?

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Alone

nobody@flickr.com (benjeev) — Mon, 30 May 2011 07:59:33 -0700

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This is one of the more popular beach areas on the Oslofjord. This past weekend though was anything but summery so this remained unused while I was there. I love the way the whole structure looks - there's something lonely and forlorn about it. It's a popular place to shoot so this isn't breaking new ground but I had to put my stamp on it while I was there ;)
It's a bit of an unconventional composition I think with the subject being dead centre but I felt that it was the best crop. I played around with other compositions but nothing felt quite as balanced. I'd be happy to hear your thoughts on that so feel free to chip in with your 2c.

Hope y'all had a great weekend!

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EDIT: Sorry for the re-post, just fixing some issues which I didn't notice before.

Aurora

nobody@flickr.com (benjeev) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:04:52 -0800

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Spent a week in the Arctic Circle in Norway, specifically to see the Northern Lights and boy were they spectacular! We had cloud cover for most of the week and it was a bit hit and miss. I was beginning to think we were never going to see them but on the very last day, we struck gold!

It was very faint for most of the night (we spent almost 2hours outside in -20deg temperatures) but for a period of about 2mins, it went ballistic, which is when I shot this.

It was rather interesting shooting in such cold weather. After about 20mins, my camera lcd screens slowed down to the point where they were almost unusable so I pretty much had to get the settings right at the beginning and then hope and pray it works. Also, my tripod became almost impossible to adjust. It must have been something to do with the metal shrinking or something because the legs and handles became so stiff.

Norway's such an amazing place, I think we'll be heading back sooner rather than later.

Needs more noise work (my camera really doesn't handle noise too well) but I'm rather tired of looking at it now so this will have to do ;)

Enjoy!

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Snowy Michelle

nobody@flickr.com (benjeev) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:39:08 -0800

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An image taken in Karasjok, Norway on a dog sledding trip.