Weather has been cold and clear here for the last 3-4 weeks. Fortunately, we got a modest dusting of snow early on, giving some light to the landscape.

I have been out photographing a lot in this period. Sunrise is around 0930 am and sunset at 0230 pm. Between that, we have more or less continuous golden hour. Nights are obviously dark and long, giving ample space for photographing moon, stars and even the odd aurora borealis which under good conditions can be seen as far south as here in Trondheim.

These photos were all captured the same morning. I headed out at around 6 am and worked my way through a forested area lit up by a half moon. The 5-10 cm of snow was easy to walk in, I didn’t need skis or snowshoes. Add that the bogs and lakes was frozen underneath, getting around was a breeze. The thermometer said -13 deg C, but having dressed up for that and continuously moving around meant that I didn’t feel cold at all. I spent many hours in this area, until the sun was well above the horizon. My trusty Hasselblad X2D didn’t have a single hick-up in the low temperatures, and to my surprise I didn’t need more than one battery for the around 100 exposures I made. I believe I got away with a few keepers. Hope you like them too!