In between some recent more local visits, I have been plugging away at the photos taken on the fourth day of this trip - Wednesday 20th March. Leaving Batsfjord, it was a long journey to Vardo on Varangerfjord where the weather was rather poor - intemittent snow, a heavy grey sky and -10 degrees.

After booking into the hotel with a lovely room overlooking the harbour, it was time to photograph the Kittiwakes that nest in the town on the buildings. Photographing a mainly white bird in this weather was never going to be easy with little contrast to brighten up the images and show plumage detail omega replica watches

but they were perched on their nesting sites on the sides of the painted wooden buidings for which the area is well-known so that helped, with the lack of contrast although achieving feather detail in the whites was impossible.

There were often territory disputes, even in this close-knit community and these allowed some interesting shots.

A heavy snow storm then curtailed all but a brief visit to the harbour where a juvenile Glaucous Gull was showing but the weather was far from ideal - 1/150th second at f4 and ISO800 - reasonably sharp flight shots few and far between.

Back to the hotel room where Purple Sandpipers were feeding at the harbour edge with a few gulls around but the weather was too poor for any meaningful shots so it was off to the bar for a drink at the local equivalent of £9.00 a pint. Needless to say, no-one was the worst for wear afterwards and an early night was in order ready for the early start tomorrow!!!