Jan
27
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- Wearing stylish black business suits, Midget Base team members run off the big wall of Kjerag in Norway
- Close up of the action and motion of running off the cliff for a base jump in Norway
- Yellow helmet, music playing on the ipod, black business suit, gun in hand, ready to jump off Kjerag
- Carrying their parachutes in lightweight stash bags, these base jumpers make their way up the mountain to the 1000 meter vertical walls of Norway
- Base jumpers making their way up the famous Kjerag hiking trail. Most people go to see the Kjerag Bolten, but not these guys.
- 4 Wingsuiters and trackers making a plan for their jump at Kjerag exit 4. Lot’s of onlookers in the background.
- Australian in his all blue tracking suit, suspended in mid air, before gravity takes over and accelerates him to near terminal speed. Silence, stillness, freedom!
- Shifting into a body position that allows humans to experience flight
- A base jumper performing a gainer – or also known as a backwards somersault
- You see the motion as well as that feeling of being suspended in mid air just after exit. Photo by Anders Lau Nielsen
- Danish base jumping doctor after exit a Kjerags famous exit 6. Blue sky and fantastic view of the mountains and fjord
- I followed this danish gymnast in free fall with my Canon 5D – as he performed this perfect backwards somersault exit
- Base jumper landing at teh Lysebotn camping in the sunset. The setting sun, the fjord and the Smellveggen big wall in the background.
- If you manage to land perfectly on the tiny trampoline, after your base jump from Smellveggen, you get a free beer – sponsored ny Olavs Pub – this australian dude sure wanted that free beer
- Black and white Apex base Flik canopy coming in for landing – seen from below
- Bright green and black Flik base canopy following a black and white Flik into the Lysebotn Campground
- On display every night in Lysebotn – base jumpers landing at the camping after jumping from Smellveggen
Jan
25
Free Fall photography
Posted by Anders
- Brotherhood – 3 way base jumping Friskus Base Team all run off the exit together. Sharing this moment.
- Adventure Photographer Anders Lau Nielsen following Patto Base off Kjerag exit 6 for a photo shoot in free fall. Summer day in Norway
- Pure joy! Hand shake with fellow base jumper Patto. Happy smile to the photographer after a fantastic jump.
- Under open base canopy over the sunny Lysefjord of Norway.
- Accelerating from zero to fast after jumping of a big wall in Norway – majestic view of the Lysefjord below
- Giving the double v-sign after exit. There’s a 1000 meters to the ground, and this moment after exit feels like you are just suspended in mid air.
- Base jumper Patto running towards the mountain edge. This moment captured just before the final big step into 1000 meters of free fall.
- Free fall photography is about being “in there” with your subject. So running in complete sync is important
- Plan is ready for the base jumping fun – relax, smile and enjoy this sunny day in Norway