It’s been hard taking photos as the sun sets around 11 pm
And rises again at about 2.30 in the morning – and even then it’s never really dark.
Sometimes, however, you get lucky —
A cold front comes in, the fleece goes on —
And you go out to enjoy the beauty
Of a summer storm.
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that is cool…wow….like 3 hours of night….that is pretty crazy….
it is a beautiful shot though….we have been getting storms most every evening…
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our sunsets are getting later and later and sunrises earlier but never as late/early as your’s or as pretty
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If this was because of a cool front, I wish I was there!!!…:)JP
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This is beautiful but gosh I would have such a hard time adjusting to the sun setting that late and rising that early 🙂
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Oh yes, nature can be very beautiful while it is wild!
Wonderful picture, as all on your blog!
Have a happy time and all the best from Austria
Elisabeth
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Beyond the beauty……WOW…:)
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Wow, what a drama in the sky. Fantastic colors and image. Great !
Best regards, Synnöve
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Wow, that is a winner, bright sky against vermilion lake, you couldn’t have caught better.
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How beautifully dreamy looking!
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You do have your hands full with the time lapse of the time sunsets. It is lucky you can take any photos with this situation…but as always you pull it threw like magic.
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Oh WOW, just WOW….how gorgeous to be able to capture images like this.
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wow! just gorgeous!
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This looks wonderful, as always. In North Norfolk we are little bit more south and the nights are longer, but the evenings are long and we love the twilight at this time of the year.
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Glorious skies, colors and terrific capture as always!! Truly breathtaking!! Not sure how well I would adjust to such short nights!!! Have a great weekend!
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Do you ever get a scary sky, or are even the stormy ones serenely beautiful? 🙂
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Such gorgeous tones! Quite breathtaking.
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What vibrant colours – almost blinding!
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Wow, its an amazing picture (like all the others too) and such colors I don’t never sene in Germany…
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I love it – indeed very pretty!
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Lovely!
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Love the violet/purple/pink layers and how the steeple anchors the scene. Your lake is such a wonderful mirror.
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What a glorious photo! The colors are breathtaking!
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Wow! You have a lot of daylight hours. I think I would love that.
This is a truly beautiful image!
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Very pretty!
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I can’t even begin to imagine that kind of sunset and sunrise. Beautiful image.
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I’d completely forgot that you lived… up there! 🙂 Yes, you’re having long days now. How do you manage to go to sleep? Mind you in winter it’s the other way around. How do you manage to wake up? 🙂 Beautiful photos.
Greetings from London.
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Thank goodness for those ‘cold fronts’!
Beautiful photo, Fiona.
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Breathtaking image!
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Magic. Here at the moment the sun has retired to bed by five, and drags himself out again (reluctantly) at around seven the following morning.
Hooray for your cold front and storm.
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Such a stunning image Fi….the combination of heavy storm filled sky and deeply vivid reflections is delightful.
And yes I’m missing those sunrises and sunsets….although you have even longer light than we do 🙂
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Magnificent capture ….. wonderful hues. Thanks for braving the elements and sharing with us!
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I must admit to being a little envious of your long days When I once spent my summers in the North as a boy, those longest nights were put to go use. Fishing long into the next day. Or up early, on our bikes and down the hydro tower corridor to pick blue berries with the old female bear waited , so we thought, in the blush summer light of dawn.
Storms in the summer sky, we seem to see them as invaders but I suppose in actuality a storm is simple an mood of the sky we gaze into.
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adoro le sfumature dei tuoi colori cono inconfondibili
see you soon
kisses
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Oh that’s such a stunning image, Fiona. I love the colours you capture in your world. So nice to have all those hours of daylight. It’s the flip side I wouldn’t like very much.
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Fiona, How do you do it !!!! Your photos are just amazing. That has to be one of the most beautiful photos ever. The color is wonderful and the composition with the tower, the trees, and the lake is just perfect. Mickie 😉
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Many thanks! This was a lovely sight and you can really see the church across the water.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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So enjoyable, again the lighting is amazing.
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Just what we are experiencing, but not photographing so beautifully, in Alaska. I feel so stupid, because I didn’t realize that Sweden would also have such long nights . Now that I think about it of course you do. (When I was in school I spent Geography class with a comic book hidden in the pages I was supposed to be following.)
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Spectacular view.
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Fabulous Lady Fi. Thank you for losing sleep to share with us the beauty that is your world.
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Fantastic colors and sky. Take care.
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Simply spectacular!!
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Beautiful.
Sydney – City and Suburbs
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Beautiful colours and composition here. I like the way you managed to capture the lovely sunset underneath, concurrently with the dramatic clouds above.
Have a fantastic weekend!
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Just superb!
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wow… Iove the pink hue. Beautiful capture
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Awesome contribution to SWF!
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WOW!!! This is absolutely breathtaking!
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Stunning! What a lovely colorful sky.. Happy skywatching and have a great weekend!
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Gorgeous. Those colors are spectacular.
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Storms have a beauty and the beast relationship with us.
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A wonderful scene.
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what a stunning photo. So special.
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There are no words to describe the beauty of a Scandinavia sunset and sunrise!
Wil, ABCW Team
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Wow!
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Love it, beautiful colors and a beautiful sky!
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Superb shot!!! The water makes all the difference.
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That’s great! You’ve managed to catch some wonderful colours in this stormy shot again.
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even your storms are pink. 🙂
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Your lake is an absolute delight! What a gorgeous shot.
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I remember that midnight sun when I lived in Labrador. We had to cover out windows to be able to go to sleep while the sun was still out. Your lake shot is simply gorgeous!
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Absolutely gorgeous!
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Oh, that is gorgeous. I love how the color is reflected in the water below.
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Seems like you are similar to the Great Frozen North…Yellowknife? Land of the midnight sun.
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Majestic sky shot for SWF ~ Just beautiful! ~ thanks,
artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)
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I see you have fantastic light all day long. So, your photos are so different. In Mediterranean countries light is hardest.
Well, as usual. great photos.
· hugs
· CR · & · LMA ·
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Such intense and vivid beauty! I’m still wearing fleece here – thought the snow in my yard has finally melted.
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Magnificent sky and water scape.
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Wow – these are amazing!
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That’s beautiful. If you look closely, you can see a glowing edge on the cloud.
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It sure is so pretty!
I wish to have that long of light 🙂
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Breathtaking! I would love to experience night that isn’t dark!
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Gorgeous – there’s nothing like a summer storm. I’ve never experienced a “night” like that.
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Marvelous colors!
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Such a stunning scene! Wow! It’s like a painting. Thanks for visiting my SWF.
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Was just about to comment how you come up with so many pink shots – till I read your text! I don’t know if I would want to sacrifice my time… (which means you can tell photography is not my real passion!
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magnifique ces couleurs
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Fantastic scene capture! Pretty stormy Fantastic scene capture! Pretty stormy
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Beautiful colors! There is a new TV show coming on over here called Sweden…I wonder what it will be like:)
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What a beautiful capture of the summer sunset. With the ever changing cloud formations, it is a great time to take the photos – but the waiting is longer than usual 🙂 Take care x
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Nature has created a beautiful lighting effect. What a glorious sight. The result is a remarkable photo.
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you will never know when a beautiful one will come,
reminds me to go out an shoot some photos in a storm.
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Så vacker bild! Urläcker!
M//
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The most beautiful photo ever. I love it. It must be strange not really having any night though.
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Hello, I discover your beautiful blog
The beauty of the weather! intense colors, I love
have a nice day
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Breathtaking!
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Magnificent as always dear Fi!
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We have long days too, but not quite as long as yours. 🙂 And I never seem to find such beautiful skies either. Maybe I need to look harder. 🙂
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–This is exactly the way I see heaven))!! xxx
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Wonderful wonderful wonderful. It is a beautiful painting for one of my walls.
You know I love your skies.
· hugs
· CR · & · LMA ·
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Wonderful shot!
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Gorgeous colours, esp. as mixed in the reflection. We used to live much further north too (not quite as far as you) and it was always amazing in summer (a little less so in the winter ;>)
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Gorgeous! I am so jealous of your long summer daylight!
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came back to say congrats on your POTW!
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Lovely shot. Getting pounded with summer storms, our sun is blocked by continual clouds.
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3 and a half hours of semi darkness! In the Winter time it must really drag all that darkness and only a tiny amount of light.
However, the picture now is really outstanding. I expect you feel you need to make the most of every moment the sun shines.
Maggie x
Nuts in May
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Sublime image Fiona, you certainly captured that ‘in-between’ time beautifully!
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Stunning beauty!
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Stunning mood and photo, nice colors and reflections
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Fiona, the sky’s swatch of colours are quite pretty to these eyes.
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