Hello from Norway

[sharkbait]

Hello everyone! My name's Geir, and I currently live and work in the Norwegian capital city of Oslo. I actually created my account here at Digigreen last year, but a dismal, rainy summer and autumn kept me away from both the water and this forum (I'm a semidry diver, so winter is off-season for me). Hence the belated introduction.

Anyway, I've been diving since the summer of 2005, and got interested in UW photography almost right away. I started out with an old Olympus digital Mju camera (can't remember the model number) and nothing else on a liveaboard trip to the Great Barrier Reef at the end of 2005. The Olympus has since been traded in for a Fuji Finepix F30 and an Epoque ES-150 DS Alpha strobe. Given both visibility and equipment restrictions, I tend to gravitate towards the macro end of UW photography, though I'm currently very much tempted to add a wide-angle conversion lens to the rig (being on a budget, probably an Epoque DCL-20). I'm especially fond of shooting flatfish - they are nature's own caricatures, and always make for an interesting photo.

[Cussy]

Welcome Geir, always nice to see our Scandinavian friends here.

With work I'm supposed to be going to Lakselv in a few weeks (or may be diverted to Finland). Is there any diving up there or are you just restricted to the south?
Rob

[sharkbait]

Thanks! I'm just a southern diver (so far, at least), but I generally hear good things about the diving in northern Norway - especially if you're into wreck diving. Lots of WW2 wrecks up there.

[DDT uk]

Hi Geir.

Welcome to the group. I will look forward to seeing some of your shots.

We have been talking about diving in Lysekil where my partner learnt to dive. Not Norway I know but not too far away. I would imagine that some of those walls would be good for wide angle.

Daniel