Norway

Quintuplet Prism

This is from a mountain trip up the mountain top called Saksa, basically meaning scissors as it comes so close to another top making a pair of scissors, to the far right the top of Slogen is seen one of the tallest mountains in sunnmøre at 1564 while we are at 1073 and we started at about 100 or 50meters up, so we went about 1000 meters up, and the craziest thing is that we managed to get all the way to the top with my 87 year old Grandfather! :O, I sure hope Im still that fit when I get that old if I even manage to make it that old. He is a great inspiration to me in so many ways and is also a great painter and a pioneer in our family. I was blown away when we got to the very top of the mountain just a few meters above the clouds or even in the clouds it gave a surreal atmosphere and was nice to still see the neighbouring mountain tops but what I was astounded by was the rainbow in the clouds opposite the sun, when I popped the CPL filter on 5 bows appeared, there is two in the center though they are small and then three big ones but the biggest is mainly just a nice white frame to the inner bows. Truly an experience worth the effort, time and energy and the muscle pains that lasted about 5 days later. Would be nice sometime in the future to try camping on top of a mountain like this, and this one was nice and soft still here on the top from the moss which is unusual. Autumn provided a lot of nice colors along the way as well as a stunning sunset on the decent and red leaves from the blueberry bushes all the way up and down the mountain. The image has a little bit of toning done and fixing up mistakes of the camera but very little was need to have this image scream, and I feel it stands on its own as a masterpiece without me having to do my magic on it. Have you ever seen this light phenomena and if so with 5 rainbows? Tell me about it if you have and if you havent I hope you will someday see it! Prints are available at http://fineartamerica.com/featured/quintuplet-prism-iwan-groot.html?newartwork=true

Glaciers Giveth Forth

This is one I've been meaning to upload but for a long time but still didn't get to it. I've been trying out a few more techniques in editing, and liking the results. this shot was actually a lot wider, but was actually better with a tighter image. Hope you all will enjoy. You can follow me on Facebook at Iwan Groot Artwork. =D

On Top of the World

I was lucky that the sun moved right in front of the sun for that part of the panorama, the mountain straight ahead in the middle of the frame is called Storhornet if I remember right, and the fjord to the left is the one that goes to Geiranger a very famous fjord here in norway. The mountain range is quite impressive though it is not the great alps of italy or switzerland, or the dolomites of lofoton or chile. Still love them. This photo is right above the ski center in stranda.

Adventure Around the Corner

This summer Im planning a few trips, to scout, to photograph, to enjoy nature, to take a helicopter ride and hold workshops in this fjord and mountainous region of norway. This is a fjord many around the world come to see, with the beautiful waterfalls on the sides of the mountains falling in the fjord from steep mountain sides, beautiful color water from the snow and glaciers melting in spring, lush green grass and forests, dramatic mountains, old houses and farms, and a very quaint village. This fjord often during the summer has queues of cruise ships lined up to dock, enter or exit this fjord and can be tight for them. A film was made based off that there is a part of mountain not far from here that is bound to fall off sometime and will make a tsunami in this fjord and other fjords around it. The crack is always being watched, and helicopters are very often heard over head in the area.  If you are interested to taking a ride with me in a helicopter check out this link for the event  https://www.facebook.com/events/229045930793371/ Prints of this image at http://fineartamerica.com/featured/adventure-around-the-corner-iwan-groot.html

I Like that Boulder

Sorry for the name change, i called it "Rock at Alnes" but decided to use a quote from Shrek "I like that boulder, thats a nice boulder" 6 vertical shots to make another great panoramic, this is an old shot from the summer that i made a bit sharper and darker with some new techniques. you can follow me here or at https://www.facebook.com/artiwangroot Like, Favorite, Comment, Share, Enjoy! =D also check out my Facebook page for a giveaway!

Sunset at the Edge

This is a shot from the summer, and I actually took over a 100 exposures a few HDRs and 100 for a simulated ND long exposure, how ever the individual exposures of the waves and them residing are more interesting, All of the other versions of sequence and scene made good ratings, In this version I took the best of the three other versions, and combined them and used another flow that are not in the other shots. Also in this case I made things smoother, and sharper while maintaining very low noise. Nowadays the the sun is making things dark around 9 and it is making me look forward to the light of summer with long days and a bit of warmth, and sunshine but it is bittersweet and I will miss the Stars, planets, milky way and Auroras dancing and filling the dark night sky. I like the light of summer which I find is warm but I love the options that Autumn, Winter, and Spring bring. This shot is on the edge of Bjørnøya where you have a good view of vigra, lepsøya and haramsøya, I love this little island that has so much untouched nature, and embedded with WWII bunkers.

Fossilized

This is a really cool location, It would be interesting to do some starry sessions here, and I wonder what it looked like here on march 17th when the northern lights went way down south. The special turquoise color in the water comes from the water melting off the glaciers in the area, where there are quite a bit of them. I personally love this photo because of the pointy top of the mountain Eggenibba and the calm colorful water of Bergheimsvatnet as well as the fossil that I saw trapped in the rock right before me. you might seen the pattern of planks that formed the outer part of the rock, but those has rotted away while there is still one embedded in the rock that has been transformed into a fossil, I love fossils, I guess one reason is because they are evidence of how fast things can happen and actually more likely prove the existence of the God in the Bible and how Scientist often use it to support there biased theories for own beliefs rather than seeing stuff like it is.

Summer of Light

This is from last summer and wish spring around the corner we will be getting some of this light again! though I will miss the northern lights and stars it is also very refreshing to have so much light, and warmth. This sunset was special to me with the first time I've seen a ring around the sun during sunset none the less. giving a little spectrum with some other colors as well. this is pretty close to midnight where the sun goes down right before the point of midnight and doesn't get dark. i had uploaded a version of this before, but didn't make it into an HDR before and and this time I processed it differently so that there wasn't annoying noise and refractions. the processing this time was simpler but more time consuming if that makes sense. I love living by the ocean.

Geological Exploration

I like this version better, where I used more exposure to make a clean transition to the light coming into the tunnel, a better texture, and the various colors that is in the geology of the cave. For me it is a magical place that I really want to go back to make a star trail photo. maybe some steel wool. According to a sign outside of the cave it is the largest Ocean Cave in Scandinavia Located in Løvsøya in Haram kommune in Norway. check out the location if you want to see where. goes about 70 meters inwards. there was a little area you might be able to crawl a bit further but would be probably be too tight for most people.

Parasite of the Fallen

Great details in the woods when you take the time to look If you like it You can follow me here or at https://www.facebook.com/artiwangroot Like, Favorite, Comment, Share, Enjoy! =D

Take Some Time

There were really nice colors today so my brother basically told me to go out and take a photo of it. I was too far away from any place I wanted to take photos of in time for the peak of colors, then I took a trip down to the shoreside here in town to see if there was anything worth taking photos of with the sunset. Also is another photo to add to my Winter collection. the mountains with snow on them and the sunset. I believe it is 3 or 4 exposure blended together, the tripod was in the water to capture the lone rock with the dock. you can follow me here or at https://www.facebook.com/artiwangroot Like, Favorite, Comment, Share, Enjoy! =D