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Kungsleden Photo Gallery

February 9, 2010/1 Comment/in Landscape, Mostly Photos, Mountains, Panoramics, Sweden, Travel/by Cody

I’ve created a image gallery from my hike on the northern section of the Kungsleden trail in Swedish Lapland. Weather was pretty bad – Sept 17 was the first day I was snowed on – so most of the pictures are of clouds. When I go back again one of these years, I think I would like to be there for the beginning of September. Though I was told that the autumn/winter came early last year and that it was colder than normal, so maybe I just had a bit of bad luck. Still, it’s an amazing place so I would not complain about going back and wandering around for a few weeks.

Outdoor lifestyle photo - Solo hiker on Kungsleden trail, Lapland, Sweden

Brecon Beacons Winter Photo Gallery

January 26, 2010/0 Comments/in Landscape, Mostly Photos, Mountains, Panoramics, Stock Photography, Wales/by Cody

Brecon Beacons December 2009 photo gallery

I’ve uploaded about 40 new photos so far from the mountains after the snow in December. I made a few trips up Corn Du and Pen Y Fan and once up Fan Fawr. Recently added photos appear at the top of the gallery, which I’ll still be adding to during the next weeks as I get more photos processed. There’s also a few old photos from 2006, you can tell which ones they are as there’s no snow.

Corn Du – Brecon Beacons

January 24, 2010/0 Comments/in Landscape, Mostly Photos, Mountains, Panoramics, Wales/by Cody

View from Pen Y Fan of Corn Du partially hidden in Clouds, Brecon Beacons, Wales. December 21, 2009

Super cold and lots of snow, but the winds were calm. The clouds were slowly blowing over the summits creating total whiteouts with occasional moments of visibility. Would have been easy to get lost if I wasn’t familiar with the area.

Lofoten Islands – Flakstad

January 24, 2010/2 Comments/in Landscape, Lofoten Islands, Mostly Photos, Norway, Panoramics, Travel/by Cody

Flakstad, Lofoten Islands, Norway.

In summer under blue skies, this is a wonderful beach that is often crowded with people. In early January it is a cold and windswept place – which is perfect for me because there are no footprints.

Nikon D700, 24mm tilt-shift lens.

Lofoten Islands – Kjerkfjord

January 20, 2010/0 Comments/in Landscape, Lofoten Islands, Mostly Photos, Mountains, Norway, Travel/by Cody

Landscape travel stock photography: Kjerkefjorden, Reine, Lofoten islands, Norway

Kjerkfjord as seen from near Reine, Lofoten islands, Norway.

This is the light at around 1:30 pm on the afternoon of January 6, the first day since mid December where the sun once again appears on the horizon at 68˚ north. Got lucky to have calm winds and mostly clear skies on this day. Imagine more or less the same light like this lasting for hours. Magical.

Lofoten – Haukland Beach

January 19, 2010/2 Comments/in Landscape, Lofoten Islands, Mostly Photos, Norway, Travel/by Cody

Haukland beach in winter, Lofoten islands, Norway: Travel Landscape stock photography

Haukland Beach winter, Lofoten islands, Norway.

When the sky is clear, the light as this amazing diffuse glow to it. Due to being so far north, the sun travel at much more of a horizontal angle than what occurs as one approaches the equator. So due to this, the period of ‘sunset’ or ‘sunrise’ light is extended into hours, not just minutes. In early January, the sun barely rises above the horizon so there is not really any direct sunlight, more like a 4-5 hour sunrise-sunset until the darkness of night comes by about 2:30-3:00 pm.

Brecon Beacons Winter

December 23, 2009/1 Comment/in Landscape, Mostly Photos, Mountains, Panoramics, Wales/by Cody

We’ve had a fair bit of snow here in the south of Wales (and the UK as a whole, causing quite a bit of chaos) over the last week (snowing right now as well). My current location is right on the edge of the Brecon Beacons national park, so it’s been nice to get up into the hills over the last days. On Sunday and Monday I was up on Pen Y Fan and Corn Du. Tuesday was a wonderful day up on Fan Fawr and this morning (Wednesday) was a dawn patrol run up Pen Y Fan and Corn Du again in hopes of a nice sunrise, which never materialized.

Panoramic image of view from Pen Y Fan looking towards Cribyn. Sunday was a day of 50-60 mph winds blasting across the summits and ridges throwing snow everywhere. A layer of clouds sat about 200 meters above the mountains forming a constantly changing show of light and shadow. A constant struggle to keep the lens free from spindrift – actually better to keep the lens hood off, as it would create some weird wind vortex that would bring more snow.

Brecon beacons national park winter snow december 2009. Pen Y Fan in clouds

Pen Y Fan concealed behind clouds as seen from Corn Du. Monday was a much calmer day with slow moving clouds forming over the summits and then clearing again.