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Back at Devil’s Teeth — in sunshine!

by Marc 06/04/2025 | 2 BILDER IM BLOGBEITRAG | 1 Comment

Suddenly the sun was on the Devil’s Teeth. Within a few minutes, the sun had come over the mountains to the south and bathed the entire fjord flank in bright white. As soon as this happened, the surf in the foreground was also highlighted by the sun.

How different this mood was to the morning mood in snowfall and without direct sunlight. Unfortunately, the surf was still so strong that many of the areas in the foreground were flooded by individual waves. I respectfully stood further back and, above all, higher up, but a group of photographers stood lower down and were surprised by a wave at some point. They themselves had only got wet, but one photographer had put her rucksack — open — behind her. A deadly sin, as it turned out. All her interchangeable objects and a second camera got a dip in the salt water of the Arctic Sea!

Some time later, I took advantage of a quiet period and took the reflection of the Devil’s Teeth in the foreground, of course with the photo backpack on my back!

Which picture do you like better, the cover picture or this one?

At the end of the road

by Marc 05/31/2025 | No Comments

I had driven to the end of the road. In contrast to Medfjorden, where there was a town with a hotel and lots of rented accommodation at the end of the road, there was only a lonely little village here on the Bergfjord. The road was not cleared and parking was difficult to find.

However, the turquoise water tempted me to take the drone up and see how the contrast of turquoise and snowy white would look. The whole atmosphere was frosty because it was still snowing lightly.

I would have loved to jump into the water here in summer. I was always fascinated by the fact that there are such great sandy beaches here.

I turned the drone again and saw the next snow shower approaching, but now beautifully colored by the rising sun.

Sunrise in snowfall

by Marc 05/29/2025 | 1 IMAGE IN THE BLOG POST | No Comments

In heavy snowfall, I drove to another fjord. For a brief moment, I noticed that the sun was visible through the snowfall. Fortunately, I was able to park my car well, jumped out quickly and grabbed my camera.

Only when I looked through the viewfinder did I realize that the sun was just coming out in a cut in the other side of the fjord. What a beautiful and quiet atmosphere, with the many thick flakes trickling to the ground around me.

Devils teeth on Senja

by Marc 05/23/2025 | 2 BILDER IM BLOGBEITRAG | No Comments

Devil’s teeth is what photographers call this mountain formation, which is just barely peeking out of the snow clouds here.

I finally had my snow, which is why I had come to the islands in the Arctic Ocean in winter. On my very first day on Senja, it was snowing heavily. Only briefly interrupted, new snow showers kept coming in from the northwest. There was a strong wind and the surf on the rocky coast was equally strong.

The atmosphere became even more dramatic when the snow cloud was practically on top of me:

Low hanging clouds

by Marc 05/18/2025 | 1 IMAGE IN THE BLOG POST | 1 Comment

Not only did the first day on Senja greet me with snow-covered landscapes, but snow clouds had repeatedly moved through the fjords and brought new snow. It was great to see when the rising sun broke through the clouds a little and colored the sky golden and also opened up the view of the mountains at the end of the fjord — if only for a short time.

Welcome to Senja

by Marc 05/10/2025 | 1 IMAGE IN THE BLOG POST | No Comments

What a welcome to Senja! The day of arrival had been mixed weather-wise and I had arrived on the island in the dark on slightly snow-covered roads.
But the morning was really beautiful. Still without sunlight, with lots of clouds surrounding the mountain peaks, I looked across the Medfjorden to the two well-known mountains Hesten and Segla.

The atmosphere was still characterized by the shadows on the mountains, they appeared blue in these morning hours, only partially obscured by the white clouds. The snow line had finally dropped to ground or sea level and I could look forward to a week in the snow.

Farewell to Vesterålen

by Marc 05/04/2025 | 1 IMAGE IN THE BLOG POST | No Comments

Or also: The green bay

The snowfall had changed the landscape a little. At least the mountains were covered in snow again, the only thing missing was snow on the ground! But the sandy bay, which once again made the water glow green, was once again a highlight.

For me, this was to be my farewell to Vesterålen; the next day I wanted to set off for Senja. A long journey via the mainland, as the ferry connection from Andenes on Vestålen to Gryllefjord on Senja only operates in summer.

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Or also: The green bay