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Spent 5 days in this amazing place, and luckily have a (photographer) friend living and working there so stayed with him and his girlfriend (who also luckily works for the main tourist company). I flew fairly cheaply from Oslo to Longyearbyen with Norwegian Air (I live in Sweden a few hours drive from Oslo).
All but one day we drove to the edges of Longyearbyn and either took shots there or walked for several hours. It wasn't that cold as had half decent Swedish winter clothing, but I do wish I'd taken decent welly-type boots instead of winter hiking boots (we jumped across a lot of freezing streams and rivers!). I was very glad I took my full-blown tripod but it did make for hard walking with that, all 3 lenses and camera plus a rifle. You're not allowed out of the town unarmed and the stories my friend relayed really did hammer home why...even a quick walk up a hill on the edge of town can lead to a problem.
Critique very welcome, especially as a lot of shots look too noisy. (Not the only problems with them IMO)
Out and about:
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Svalbard
2
Svalbard
3
Svalbard
4 Arctic fox
Arctic fox
5
20150824-_DSC3060
6 Reindeer in the sun
[url=https://flic.kr/p/y71smF]20150825-_DSC3467 [/URL]
7 Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen
8
20150827-_DSC4102
There're more shots on my Flickr if interested, thanks for looking and happy to answer any questions!
All but one day we drove to the edges of Longyearbyn and either took shots there or walked for several hours. It wasn't that cold as had half decent Swedish winter clothing, but I do wish I'd taken decent welly-type boots instead of winter hiking boots (we jumped across a lot of freezing streams and rivers!). I was very glad I took my full-blown tripod but it did make for hard walking with that, all 3 lenses and camera plus a rifle. You're not allowed out of the town unarmed and the stories my friend relayed really did hammer home why...even a quick walk up a hill on the edge of town can lead to a problem.
Critique very welcome, especially as a lot of shots look too noisy. (Not the only problems with them IMO)
Out and about:
1
Svalbard
2
Svalbard
3
Svalbard
4 Arctic fox
Arctic fox
5
20150824-_DSC3060
6 Reindeer in the sun
[url=https://flic.kr/p/y71smF]20150825-_DSC3467 [/URL]
7 Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen
8
20150827-_DSC4102
There're more shots on my Flickr if interested, thanks for looking and happy to answer any questions!
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