Olsen Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share #261 Posted April 15, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) We were picked up at Oslo International Airport Gardermoen by my brother-and sister-in-law. - The kinds hoped - not in vain - on presents. They live close to the airport. They invitied us on breakfast and later drove us home. So, then we were home... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1984327'>More sharing options...
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k_g_wolf ✝ Posted April 15, 2012 Share #262 Posted April 15, 2012 A splendid diary! Thx for sharing so many impressive photographs. Best wishes GEORG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olsen Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share #263 Posted April 15, 2012 After about one week after having snorkled in the China Sea - with 27 c in the water, I was on a business trip to Finland in minus 10 c -and a snow storm. - Just to show you that my ordinary life is not just walking a cruise ship decks wondering what's for lunch and enjoy the tropical sun. The business trip to Finland was very important and quite dramatic. Here, driving with my Finish collegue on Ring III around Helsinki. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1984335'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share #264 Posted April 15, 2012 The Fins are used to snow and were in process of removing it from the busiest streets. Here two lorries fully loaded with snow leaves Helsinki. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1984340'>More sharing options...
gbealnz Posted April 15, 2012 Share #265 Posted April 15, 2012 Goodness Olsen, what a contrast, as you say from hot as on one side of the glove, to freezing as on the other. I appreciate the curled up newspaper with headache, this is what we are staring at later this year, to go from one side to exactly the other side. No matter, we all do it. Loved the travel blog, really did. Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadside Posted April 16, 2012 Share #266 Posted April 16, 2012 Many thanks for an excellent thread. I look forward to your next holiday! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olsen Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share #267 Posted April 23, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Somebody sent me a private message asking if the cruise was over. Well, yes. Well, no. Life is a sort of cruise. Except for that you have to do the dishwashing and tidying of the beds yourself. Where was I? In Helsinki. I stayed at Hilton Helsinki Strand. With a view over the Hagnäs Bro (bridge). The bay was all iced up and the ice fishers very eager from early morning on. View from my hotel room and the breakfast restaurant. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1991964'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share #268 Posted April 23, 2012 "Impressions of Helsinki" The light conditions in late February gave these reflective impressions of Helsinki. From the cozy bar at Hotel Kämp, interior and view out of the window at a icy cold evening. A view - with reflections, from the bar windows of Hilton Helsinki Strand Hotel viewing a bridge that was a demarcation line between the Red and the While during Finland's civil war that coin sided with the Russian Revolution. The towers you can see in the horizon is the tower of Stockman, Helsinki's Harrods, Torni Hotel, which were the local offices of KGB during the 50'. The Norwegian Trade Commission had offices right across the street... Helsinki swarmed with spies during the Cold War, it was said. The third tower is one of the towers of the characteristic railway station of Helsinki. And naturally, a view of the night train from Moscow that has just arrived. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1991986'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share #269 Posted April 23, 2012 But it was the volume of snow that made an impression. I was in Helsinki last winter of2010/2011, and said them that I had never seen so much snow in Helsinki, ever. I have gone to Helsinki regularly for 25 years. The red building is Botbygården, an old farmhouse, or estate. I was snow everywhere.... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1992004'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share #270 Posted February 13, 2014 I feel honnored that this thread has been visited more than 5000 times. I hope you enjoyed it. I look through it once a while myself too. The only exotic journey we have been to since is a flight to and from Oslo - Singapore/Tioman - last year. Areas very much covered here. Nor do we have anything more exotic planned. Unless you want to see pictures of renovations of our old summer house. I am sure you will fall asleep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olsen Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share #271 Posted May 4, 2015 My wife and I have just booked an Around the World Cruise with Fred Olsen Cruise Lines' "M/S Black Watch" again. This time going westwards from Southhampton, through the Panama Canal, across the Pacific to Australia, onwards to Singapore and India and through the Suez Canal and back to Southampton. A four months trip from early January to early may 2016. I hope to make an upgrade deal with Leica so I can bring a new M(240) on the trip. To combine video and camera in one would be practical. Besides being able to shoot with long teles too. I'll keep you posted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted June 22, 2015 Share #272 Posted June 22, 2015 Belated viewing Olsen but nevertheless insightful informative and entertaining. Excellent balance of subjects and themes. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beresford Posted August 19, 2015 Share #273 Posted August 19, 2015 What a delightful travelog. Be sure to get your M-240 well before setting off on your trip. If you have already taken 1000 photographs you can be pretty sure all the little screws and springs inside it are in place and working and will then go on for zillions of pics. A new camera is always a bit of a risk on an important assignment. (But perhaps you know that!) Anyway, I look forward to seeing the next series of photographs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olsen Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share #274 Posted September 1, 2016 Thanks for the advice, Beresford. We are back from the World cruise and I am not at all so satisied with my M-P 240 as I was with my M9. I have had problems getting to terms with the M-P exposure wise. On 'advanced' and 'multi-field' exposure is all over the place. In certain situations when fast reaction was demanded, frames turned all whilte. Which destroyed many scenes.With time I will try to make similar 'forum story' as this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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