Svalbard Landscape

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

Yet another Svalbard landscape. Which shows that I do try to flex my landscape muscles occasionally.I just love the snow cover on the mountains and the remoteness. One day I’m going back.
Nikon D800
Nikon 300mm f/4.0 AF-S PF ED
Silver Efex ProII

Mountain in the snow

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

This is one from August last year. Taken while I was visiting Svalbard. I never have much success with landscapes However, I like how this one looked and have decided to share it with you. It was taken while standing on the tarmac of the airport runway. So real deep thought went into it was just a trail run so to speak.

Nikon D800 (How I do miss you a Lot)
Nikkor 300mm f/4.0 AF-S PF ED VR.

Doing the Twist

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

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The Twist is an art gallery about an hours drive from my home here in Norway. I have had plans to photograph it for a while now, but never got my act together to do anything about it. Well, what with all my travel plans for the summer abandoned I had to seek inspiration closer to home.

Nikon Z6
Nikkor Z 24-70 f/4.0 S
PP in PS and Silver Efex ProII.

Orchid

Black And White Photography, David, Photography
Orchid

One forgotten post. This was the post I thought I’d posted last week. This new WP editor played a trick on me. Apologies to Joe whom does such a great job on this site.

Anyway here it is a picture of one of me favourite flowers.
taken with…
…Nikon Z6
Borrowed Sigma 105mm macro f/2.8 Ver.1
PP. Silver Efex Pro II

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Black And White Photography, David, Photography

 

That was his or her number. Each miner took this token with him each shift and returned it after each one . That way they could check if everyone was out of the mine. If you forgot to deliver your token you were made to walk from the mine back to the town and return the next day. Even in winter. The guide told us you only did this once and never forgot it again.

Nikon D800
Nikon 14-24 f/2.8
PP Silver Efex Pro II

Just left where it was last used

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

Still in Coal mine #3 this time in the workshop. This looked like the workshop diary or workbook. The page was open at 10.10.1995. Everything just left where it was last used.

Nikon D800
Nikon 14-24 f/2.8
PP Silver Efex Pro II

Miners Boots Coal Mine #3 Spitsbergen

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

 


One of the things we did while on Svalbard was visit Coal Mine #3. It was in operation from 1971 until 1996. The working height was only 60-90cms Take a tape measure and see for yourselves how small that is,then imagine an 8 hour shift laying on your side.. When the mine closed in November of 1996 all the equipment was left in place. The guide told us that the word came down about the closure half way through a shift so a lot of tools and other equipment was just left as it was. A fascinating few hours well worth getting a little dirt on the camera bag.

Nikon D800
Nikon 14-24 f/2.8
PP. Silver Efex Pro II