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Thomas Mauroschat
@thomascapes
Best of the week 9 at #nomadict 2021
We have been traveling through Norway as a small family for two months. When we started our journey our new-born son was three months old. We started in Münster, Germany and used the ferry from Denmark to get to Bergen. We drove all the way up to Senja, having many stops on the way to enjoy the beautiful landscape. We spent most of our days camping, partly in our rooftop-tent installed on top of our car, and partly in a normal tent which we used during several hiking excursions.
Of course, we planned much more time for the trip than we would have if we would have been without our son. Some distances took us twice the time because we had to do many stops on the way. Also hiking was a bit more challenging for me: I was usually carrying my son, most of our supplies and of course the camera equipment. Despite that, we enjoyed those hikes a lot.
"Also, our son seemed the happiest being carried through nature and nestled against me in his baby sling."
Arriving on Senja, we were lucky to have a holiday lodge. The weather which was in our favor for almost the entire road trip was changing so dramatically that camping with a baby was not an option any more. So, we usually did day hikes except for the rare days when better weather was forecasted and we would bring our tent.
The winning photo was taken on one of those rare days, from the top of the Husfjellet in Senja, Norway. It was intended to be more of a scouting photo for the next morning, where I wanted to shoot a panorama at sunrise. But actually, I like the light coming from the other direction even better; it gives more depth to the image, and also the mood fits much better into the Norwegian landscape.
We started our hike to Husfjellet on a Saturday in September, it was quite windy, but at least there was no rain. The hike itself is easy and the place itself unbelievably beautiful. Because of the strict corona regulations for traveling to Norway there have been only a few day hikers from the area as we reached the top. There is only a small spot close to the crest where you can pitch your tent – we were lucky having found it. After having prepared our home for that evening, we all got inside, cuddling and warming ourselves up. An hour before sunset we went to the crest again, enjoying the nature and its beauty that seemed to be there just for us.
"Those were magical moments and also some of the best of our entire trip to Norway."
As I already mentioned I looked for possible compositions for the next morning. After I found what I was looking for I did a few photos with me standing on an edge to give more depth and scale to the image. It was still very cloudy but the sun peeked through from time to time. I used one of those moments to get more contrast for my picture. Furthermore, this photo is a focus stack consisting of four shots.
After the sunset, which was actually in the other direction we headed back to our tent. Our son was already sleeping in our arms. That night we also witnessed the northern lights which made our stay there even better. Of course, I took photos of lady aurora, too. (Second Photo–“Just For us”).
"The next morning, I photographed the planned panorama and after having breakfast in the sun, we headed back to our holiday lodge."
All those memories that we collected there bind us together as a family. It changed our relationship as well as my photography. Doing this journey was the best we could have done for the three of us.
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