good morning everyone
from what, I believe, are the lofoten islands
if this is not it, I am very close
no matter, because it's really beautiful around here
the lofoten islands are one of the main destinations of this trip of mine across norway
that means that I have big expectations for the place
I have big expectations for the images that I want to create here
this is not a small place, though
theres is a lot of exploring to do here
that's what I intend to do today
my first day here in the lofoten islands
and see what I can find
today is not ideal for my photography, for my black and white photography
but this is just perfect to drive around and get to know the place
I just saw a beautiful scene, I'm gonna go check it out
I love that contrast between the human-made structures and the nature
unfortunately, though, the light was not the best
it was very harsh... it is very harsh right now
it makes for very contrasty images
I would love to revisit this location in the next few days with different weather
hopefully, some cloudy
ideally rainy, misty weather
that would be very nice
adrian from the future here
I told you I would come back
it's almost two weeks later, but the conditions are perfect
absolutely perfect today
I'm gonna take the photo first and then I'll show you
it is so beautiful, it's absolutely perfect
hard to believe it's august
all this exploring early in the morning has made me very hungry
what a view to have for breakfast
that's such a beautiful scene right there
very, very contrasty as well... but...
that boat was cool
so... the good news is that the conditions are improving quite a lot
it's getting cloudy
the bad news is that there is something wrong with my camera
at least with the screen
it started to fail a few days ago
it would only work in some specific positions
but today it's just not working at all
it's totally black
it just doesn't work
the viewfinder works, and it takes photos
I mean, the camera works just fine
it's just the screen
but that is going to be very annoying because I use it quite a lot
if I have to take a photo, you know, from above my head
I tilt the screen this way
or if I have to bend down, I tilt the screen this way
that lets me take photos from angles that I just can't...
that is not possible to take by using only the viewfinder
so that might be a problem for those cases
I will have to use the video camera to take photos
but... I don't always have it with me
it is what it is
all right, so that was interesting
that's the aftermath after taking a long exposure
I saw this spot from the road and I had to stop
but in any case, this has been a very slow day
I was kind of expecting something like this
the whole trip has been very slow
because as you might know, I have plenty of time
I'm gonna be here in norway for the next two months
I have no plans whatsoever
I'm just going with the flow
so I might leave this place tomorrow
or I might be here for the next two weeks
I just don't know
this is a totally different approach to photography than I usually have
I usually travel... I usually go to locations with a much tighter schedule
so I'm always rushing things a little bit more
trying to cover as much ground as possible in those very limited days I have
so having the time to explore and photograph this fjord right here
is just awesome and a privilege
I'm gonna try to make the most of it
I just need to wait for the right conditions
but the good thing is: I have the time
all right, more boat houses and more rocks
the first time I saw this shot was from here, farther down
the composition here is very clear
those rocks are the leading line and that the subject is the mountain right there
but as you can see, these rocks right there fall into the reflection, the shade of the mountain
there is not enough contrast between the dark rocks and the lighter water
so what we want to do here is to move farther to the right
there you go, here, more or less
where we kind of lose the arc that those rocks were forming
but now, we do have... we do gain the contrast of the rocks against the lighter water
and I think that is going to make for a much better image
so I'm going to set up the tripod
one minute long exposure, we'll see if that's enough
or if I have to increase that to a couple minutes
I mounted the 50mm 1.4 because I wanted to increase even more
that separation, the rocks from the rest of the landscape
so I'm shooting this at 1.4
it's going to be very subtle, because the the rocks are kind of far from us
but still, it's going to be noticeable
that is interesting, but I would like to see it a little bit longer
maybe a couple minutes
because I'm shooting at such a fast aperture
I don't have a lot of latitude when it comes to increasing the exposure time
ISO is already set to 50
and of course, I can't change the aperture
so the only thing I can do is to just mount more ND filters
3 ND filters, and 19 stops to shoot this for a couple minutes at 1.4
hopefully, it's worth it
all right, let's do this
um... it's all right
I mean, not my favorite photograph but
I was right, I was not at lofoten
now, I am
I decided to leave the fjord and come here
because the conditions were not going to change that much in the next few days
so I decided to just keep exploring, and keep going on
and here I am
I still have no idea where I'm gonna be spending the night
this is a possibility, by this lake
it looks beautiful around here
it's next to the road, which is not ideal, but other than that...
what I do know for sure is that I'm gonna make a couple of little exposures here
using some of the rocks that you can see there
and see what I can get
all right
all right, two minutes
this should be a nice image, maybe the best one of the day so far
the composition is very simple
I have that rock mimicking the shape of the mountain in the background
I'm shooting this at 35mm 1.4
so, again I'm using 3 ND filters
the 3 stop ND filter, the 10 stop ND filter, and the 6 stop ND filter
so a total of 19 stops, to be able to shoot this scene for a couple minutes at 1.4
the sun is there too, so it should be very dramatic
with a very dark rock in the foreground, and very sharp
the shape should be in focus
then, the mountain should be slightly out of focus
and then, we have the the sun in the sky
that's the idea
I think it could be a very nice image, as I said
fingers crossed
you know, now I'm not entirely sure if this is a lake or if it's the ocean
there are some seaweed around
but it looks like a lake to me
I'm not sure
this is done
I like it
I think it's a little bit too dark
so it might need a little bit more
maybe 3 minutes or so
but it's looking nice
I'm gonna do it for 4 minutes, actually
yeah, definitely the exposure is better on the second shot
but I like the sky on the first one better
I don't know... if I can make the first one lighter, that will be my choice
it is getting windier now
it's supposed to be very windy here in lofoten
so I guess I was very lucky to have a first day here
well, kind of, because I wasn't really here, but I am now
very calm, windless day
the light was actually pretty good at the end
even though it's still early
almost 4 hours until sunset
I think I'm gonna call it a day, it's been a long day
a lot of exploring, and quite a little bit of driving too
and just rest so I can wake up early tomorrow
I didn't think it was going to happen, but it looks like there was some kind of sunset
there are some colors there
too bad I'm already in my pajamas and ready to go to bed
anyway, this was probably a very long and kind of boring video
but if you watched until here, thank you so much
there will be plenty more videos from here, from lofoten
so see you in the next one!