Huldra emerges from the forest to dance next to Kjosfossen Falls

On the Noway in a Nutshell tour, in the summer anyway, tourists get to experience a Huldra. She appears near Kjosfossen Falls, does a dance, and then disappears into the forest once again.

Posted on January 9th, 2012 under Other. Tags: Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, norway, norway in a nutshell, people. Comments Off on Huldra – Lady in Red of the Forest – Kjosfossen Falls

Over on my other blog, I’m posting a week’s worth of photos from a late October trip down the Historic Columbia River Highway in Northern Oregon. If you are interested, you can check it out by clicking here.

Posted on December 17th, 2011 under Oregon. Tags: Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, portland. Comments Off on Columbia River Gorge

Strøget soon after the sun set

I made good on my earlier promise to post an evening pic of one of the most picturesque shopping streets in the world.

EXIF data for this photo is:
Nikon D7000 camera body
Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens
13 seconds
f/20
ISO-200
17mm

Posted on October 27th, 2011 under Denmark. Tags: copenhagen, night photography, nikon d7000, stroget, Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8. Comments Off on Strøget just after dusk

Bergen's Bryggen (wharf)

Bryggen, in Bergen, Norway, is a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. Look closely and you’ll see that each building is tipping in a slightly different way. Some of the buildings in this area are hundreds of years old. Most have burned down once or more over the years and then been rebuilt in basically the original style. Today’s photo shows just three of the buildings, but there are actually more than a dozen lined up in a row like this.

Posted on September 24th, 2011 under Other. Tags: bergen, buildings, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, norway. Comments Off on Bryggen

“Friday, August 21, 1942

Now our Secret Annex has truly become secret. Because so many houses are being searched for hidden bicycles, Mr. Kugler thought it would be better to have a bookcase built in front of the entrance to our hiding place. It swings out on its hinges and opens like a door. Mr. Voskuijl did the carpentry work. (Mr. Voskuijl has been told that the seven of us are in hiding, and he’s been most helpful.)”

I had not done any research on what to expect when visiting the Anne Frank Museum. Normally at museums there are displays, photos, and such, but to actually encounter, and enter through, the bookcase that hid the Franks and the others in hiding at 263 Prinsengracht was a bit of a rush.

Posted on September 5th, 2011 under Other. Tags: amsterdam, anne frank, museums, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Secret Annex bookcase