The Leirdal Blog

There are a lot of beautiful subway stations all over the world. For a quick example I recommend you to do a quick Google image search on the subway in Moscow. In Oslo they have also used some resources on beautification. Last night my girlfriend and I happened to walk in one of the tunnels down to the railway and subway station at "Nationaltheatret" station in Oslo, and we were alone down there. I did not bring my tripod or my SLR camera, but my G9 was put to the test.

Me: Are you that Evert Taube (in Swedish) guy?

Evert Taube: ... Y..yees?

Me: Did you write "Flickan i Havanna" ?

Evert Taube: ... Yes?

Me: Did you write "Så länge skutan kan gå"?

Evert Taube: Yes?

Me: Did you write "Så skimrande var aldrig havet"?

Evert Taube: Yes...

Me: I don't like those songs, or that kind of music.... (turns away and walks)

Evert Taube: ....

A few weeks ago I attempted to create an HDR-image of some ruins near where I live. That did not turn out very good. This is my second attempt, and this is based on a RAW picture that I took with my G9 in Asker. I felt it had the same balance as the picture of the trees below, and that it might turn out to be quite an interesting picture when both the sky and the statues were visible.

In my family there seem to be some that carries "artsy" genes. Kristofer Leirdal is maybe the best known of these people. During WWII he spent some time with his brother on the family farm, and among else he created a lot of figures in plaster. They were mainly models for bigger statues, some of which he did in stone later on. This is a picture of a window on the farm where some of his plaster figures is put on display.

Moody picture from a little walk earlier this autumn. A few colleagues and I had a joint walk near my workplace. All of us brought our cameras. And we did get a few nice pictures.