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Åsmund Keilen | Sundance

Name: Åsmund Keilen
Picture title: Sundance
Category: Birds
Nationality: Norway
Occupation: I am not a professional photographer and have no education in photography. For me, photography is a passion and it sharpens my senses in my encounters with nature. I am educated as a general practitioner.

Technical information
Camera: Canon EOS 5 DS R
Lens: EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6l is ii usm and Helios 44-2
EXIF: 1/8000 sec at unknown aperture (-1,33 e/v ISO) 640
Accessories: –

Åsmund Keilen​ says:

The photo was taken just outside Oslo on a hot summer day. I was on my way to the store to buy food. I have a habit of leaving my coffee cup on the roof of my car when unlocking our old blue Mercedes, and more than once I’ve forgotten it there and driven away.

That day, when I backed out of the driveway, the cup tipped over but somehow stayed on the roof. A little discouraged, I reached to pick it up – and immediately saw what would become this photograph. Small orange birch seeds had fallen onto the blue roof during the night, and the summer sun reflected alongside dancing common swifts in the sky. Freedom seemed to take form in chaos.

With the help of in-camera multiple exposure, I was able to recreate what I saw and felt that day: an impression of a reflection – or perhaps a reflection of an impression.