This is taken from the road that follows the Flåm Railway. The road is part of the "Rallarvegen" which was used by the workers building the railway. Today the road is used by hikers and cyclist. The road starts at Haugastøl and goes down to Flåm.
Time to start posting again. This is an image I shot a few weeks ago in Sognefjorden on the west coast of Norway. I have to admit that "grand view landscape photography", or the "broader view" if you will, is not my strong point, but I keep trying.
Some say that the elements for the painting "Bridal Party" ("Brudeferden i Hardanger") by Adolph Tidemand (wikipedia link) and Hans Gude, is taken from Luster in Sognefjorden rather than the Hardanger area. That island on the right there could have inspired the island on the left in the painting (wikipedia link) - there are no islands like this in the Hardanger fjord.
If you have a size 10 boot, you will be able to put the heel of your boot on one side of the tiny stream and the toe on the other side.
The view here is from a place called "Stegasteinen" a viewpoint above the fjord Aulandsfjorden, which is a branch of Sognefjorden. Stegasteinen is on the historic route between Laerdal and Aurland, a road taking you over the mountain up to 1300 meters above sea level. The mountains you see in this picture are about 1200 meters above sea level. If scenic routes are not your cup of tea, you could take the tunnel through the mountain instead. The road tunnel is said to be the worlds longest, and it is 24km long.
Summer vacation has started and the weather is nice, so for a few weeks posts will be few and far between. Hope you enjoy todays post, and stay tuned.
Another BW image, perhaps one that needs to be printed big so that the viewer can really appreciate the level of detail in the foliage. The raw-file has very little contrast, so I have increased it slightly and added a slight vignetting.
This is from the same fountain as the image in the previous post, "Long exposure". Here the the shutter speed is 1/2000 second, and the movement is frozen making the water look more like glass than water.
This is a 30 second exposure made with a 10 stop ND filter. The 10 stop filter can be a bit challenging to work with when the light changes a lot in a short time. Here the sun was out just a few seconds and gone again. So I experimented to see what worked best, and after a series of shots I had a bit of luck and the sun was out for most of the exposure.