Shutter-life|Adaptive photography and more, by Henrik Johansson

About a month ago, I visited Lofoten Islands in northern Norway. The islands enjoy the midnight sun for about a month each year, as Lofoten is situated quite a bit north of the arctic circle. The area is extreme beautiful with mountains and fjords dropping steeply into the Atlantic Ocean. The hiking and climbing is nothing short of spectacular.

This photo of the midnight sun (the sun is actually behind the small island to the right) was shot from a small pier at our camping. Instead of going for the natural colors in the photo, like I did in this shot, I decided to try out something different. I played a bit with my presets in Lightroom and one of them seemed just right (ST High Contrast 1, available at Inside Lightroom) for this photo. Except for the split toning preset, I only made some minor changes to the contrast and the brightness of the photo. The hardest part was to find a suitable crop since the shapes of the two islands tended to not work together.