# 2025 showcase **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** weekly-challenge\ **Created:** [December 16, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/2025-showcase/49069 "2025-12-16T10:32:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ola\_Jovall](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Ola\_Jovall](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ola_Jovall)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/2025-showcase/49069/1 "2025-12-16T10:32:59Z")
### Image(s) ![A Salten.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/8/6/8640c3feaed3b08bb11ca0d66762f3a8ecb11e6d.jpeg) ![B Lofoten.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/8/9/8962f3b07d9feff4b283239a63cc42229f65a681.jpeg) ![C Lofoten.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/e/8/e81e644d76aaf529575b5bb58f9c6c9412ac63e6.jpeg) ![D Vesterålen.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/9/a/9ad820ba0264170c521410b1e2fd4437e101361b.jpeg) ![E Vesterålen.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/1/2/125069bb701e7aea0f9ab59ff1c33df02e871746.jpeg) ![F Lofoten.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/5/5/55d92919051347d04c4fb26c8a4198385598aa20.jpeg) ![G Helgeland.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/a/9/a92f1ac0873770a087eec2a20c07bb7a841fdfa3.jpeg) ![H Härjedalen.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/a/9/a92906255e7eebd75e06c4c9e0e1338f447806a3.jpeg) ![I Härjedalen.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/2/c/2cd2e028ca33d86cf665852ad32e7b6953d6cd5d.jpeg) ![J Härjedalen.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/c/0/c034b2254dbf8e24ad185a303cd075398d3533b4.jpeg) ### Image Description This year I have primarily photographed when on photo tours to different places in Norway and Sweden, such as Lofoten, Vesterålen, the region south of Bodö and Härjedalen. Since a few years ago, I have shifted from photographing only smaller scenes to also include larger landscapes. The 10 images included in the showcase has been chosen to reflect this , ranging from larger landscapes to smaller scenes to macro. You could find more of my images at my very new (and first) website [https://www.jovall.photography/](https://www.jovall.photography/) ### Feedback Requests Which image(s) do you like the best? ### Pertinent Technical Details The only interesting technical note is that the last image is a macro image of a very small thing, just a few millimeters in size. To achieve this I used the Olympus 90 mm macro (4x in full frame equivalent) focus stacking 200 images, to make the BG calm and at the same time get enough DOF. ---
**Author:** ![bryannelsonca](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/bryannelsonca/32/25301_2.png) [@bryannelsonca](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/bryannelsonca)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/2025-showcase/49069/2 "2025-12-16T11:33:04Z")
Love the monochrome images ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Seaver](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mark_seaver/32/231_2.png) [@Mark\_Seaver](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mark_Seaver)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/2025-showcase/49069/3 "2025-12-16T13:19:00Z")
Ola, good to see a post from you. These are all fine images. The Aurora shows very good structure and a fine reflection. You’ve got some amazingly stormy skies and that glacial river with sculpted rocks is realy eye candy. ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/2025-showcase/49069/4 "2025-12-16T15:07:28Z")
It looks like you had a great year, Ola. Every image in this group is stunning in it’s own way and I just had to laugh at the surfers. I know photographers do crazy things, but that just looks insane. ---
**Author:** ![Marylynne\_Diggs](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/marylynne_diggs/32/87403_2.png) [@Marylynne\_Diggs](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Marylynne_Diggs)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/2025-showcase/49069/5 "2025-12-16T20:58:36Z")
You had a fantastic year @Ola_Jovall. I would be proud of this collection of images, all captured in a year. What variety! So many great ones. I am mesmerized by the diptych. What am I looking at in those two images? ML ---
**Author:** ![Bonnie\_Lampley](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/bonnie_lampley/32/4825_2.png) [@Bonnie\_Lampley](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Bonnie_Lampley)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/2025-showcase/49069/6 "2025-12-17T19:47:00Z")
How nice to see your work again, Ola! These are wonderful. The human element in the third one really makes the scene - those guys/gals are tough! The subtle reflection in the fourth one is mesmerizing, as is the tiny settlement with lights. The dewdrops on the floating leaf makes me think of an alligator poking its head out of the water. All are great, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ronja\_Linssen](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ronja_linssen/32/51669_2.png) [@Ronja\_Linssen](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ronja_Linssen)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/2025-showcase/49069/7 "2025-12-17T22:33:59Z")
wow such a wonderful collection! I love these images! Especially the monochrom images! The water in the Third one is amazing! Did you shoot that in infrared? wonderful series and a very inspiring photographic year! ---
**Author:** ![stephen\_rauch](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@stephen\_rauch](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/stephen_rauch)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/2025-showcase/49069/8 "2025-12-18T02:02:40Z")
Very nice set of photographs @Ola_Jovall . I like the fourth and fifth ones down… the colors are beautiful. Keep experimenting new approaches… it’s a journey. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Lowe](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/michael_lowe/32/7118_2.png) [@Michael\_Lowe](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Michael_Lowe)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/2025-showcase/49069/9 "2025-12-18T19:12:10Z")
One word. Amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Ola\_Jovall](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Ola\_Jovall](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ola_Jovall)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/2025-showcase/49069/10 "2025-12-19T10:34:40Z")
@Marylynne_Diggs, @Michael_Lowe, @stephen_rauch, @Dennis_Plank, @Mark_Seaver, @Ronja_Linssen, @Bonnie_Lampley and @bryannelsonca thanks for your kind words. > [@bryannelsonca](#): > > Love the [monochrome](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/npn-acronyms-and-terms/12151#black-and-white) images > [@Ronja\_Linssen](#): > > I love these images! Especially the monochrom images! When taking images I have always been drawn to color, but when looking at images taken by others I have always loved B&W images. Therefore, I have since a while tried to force my brain to see the world in B&W when out photographing. So I am very pleased that you liked the momochrome ones. > [@Mark\_Seaver](#): > > Ola, good to see a post from you. > [@Bonnie\_Lampley](#): > > How nice to see your work again, Ola! Thanks! I do not post very often here at NPN, and that is primarily due to that I have not been very keen to commenting on images. But with this post I just want to show that I am still alive! > [@Marylynne\_Diggs](#): > > I am mesmerized by the diptych. What am I looking at in those two images? These two images were taken during the same day in the same area (Lahko National Park, Norway). The one to the right is a balancing approximately man-high boulder, the one to the left show five small pebbles less than an inch long laying on a rock surface with grooves created by the inland ice approximately 10 000 years ago. I liked the juxtaposition here between large and small, but also between the unchangeable (grooves and boulder itself) and easily moved (pebbles)/unstable (boulder position). > [@Bonnie\_Lampley](#): > > These are wonderful. The human element in the third one really makes the scene - those guys/gals are tough! > [@Dennis\_Plank](#): > > and I just had to laugh at the surfers. I know photographers do crazy things, but that just looks insane. They were acually out surfing a few moments after I took this image. Crazy! We were a bit worried but they seemed to manage it well. > [@Ronja\_Linssen](#): > > The water in the Third one is amazing! Did you shoot that in infrared? No, it is an ordinary digital image taken just when the light of the day were fading away for the darkness. > [@stephen\_rauch](#): > > Keep experimenting new approaches… I will for sure! ---
**Author:** ![madd\_laura](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/madd_laura/32/83885_2.png) [@madd\_laura](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/madd_laura)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/2025-showcase/49069/11 "2025-12-19T21:40:55Z")
A beautiful collection, so varied, but each technique mastered. Those photo tours often bring out the best in each of us:) ---
**Author:** ![Ola\_Jovall](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Ola\_Jovall](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ola_Jovall)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/2025-showcase/49069/12 "2025-12-20T15:12:38Z")
@madd_laura thanks for your kind comments. Yes, I really love to be on photo tours and often create my best images during such events. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Williams](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/john_williams/32/28797_2.png) [@John\_Williams](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/John_Williams)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/2025-showcase/49069/13 "2025-12-25T15:51:53Z")
It’s so good to see what you’ve been doing this past year Ola. And, congratulations for such an amazing collection of images. I enjoy your small scenes, but am really enjoying your journey into the large scenes too. All of these are exceptional, but that surfer image is a real treat. Merry Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![Ola\_Jovall](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Ola\_Jovall](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ola_Jovall)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/2025-showcase/49069/14 "2025-12-30T07:26:42Z")
@John_Williams thanks for your kind words. Yes, the surfer image is one of my all time favourites!