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A Wet Walk in The Valley (Bondhusdalen, Norway)

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The entrance to the valley. You can walk for about 3 km on gravel road.

More than 100 years ago the Bondhusdalen valley was one of the most popular tourist attractions in Norway, bringing noble people from England and Germany to fjord landscapes and the Folgefonna glacier.



The Fjord horse, (“Fjording” in native language), welcomes any visitor to the valley. A horse made for rough terrain and historically widely used in small farms in these parts of the country. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fjord_horse



It's been a very wet autumn so far, giving very much life to any rivers in the area.



These signs show various routes. “Isvegen” (Ice road) stems from the time, about 100 years ago, when the locals exported big ice blocks from the Bondhus glacier to Europe. “Fonnabu” and “Breidablikk” are two popular cabins situated close to the Folgefonna glacier (T means hour). To reach the cabins you have to climb the Keiserstien. In English that should be The Emperors Path – says something about history. We are heading for “Bondhusvatnet” (lake) and “Bondhusbreen” (glacier).



This is the end of the valley with the lake Bondhusvatnet and the glacier Bondhusbreen, a small arm coming from the glacier Folgefonna on the top left. Bondhusbreen is withdrawing year by year. You can easily see how big it used to be.



IS on E-3 is a very good idea! Handheld with 50-200mm: 200mm, f.4,5, 1/320, ISO 400, +0,7.



What more can I say? Thanks for watching!

 
Thanks for sharing your part of the world. Scandinavia is lovely. I equally appreciated the explanations you provided with the pictures. Nice shooting!

And what a beautiful horse.

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Susan
1 old farmhouse, 2 dogs, 5 cats, 3 computers
 
I like most of the pictures and the landscapes and subjects in the photos are fantastic.

I think that your pictures could have benefited from the use of a graduated neutral density filter to equalize the brightness between the sky and the landscape. This would have allowed you bring up the brightness of the landscape without clipping the sky.

I laughed at the donkey sticking his tongue out.

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Chuck Dyer
HolyGrail Media
E-30, 14-54mm II, 70-300mm
 
Thanks for sharing, it is another of thousands stunning places in Norway. Norway is my most favourite country and it would be nice if you share more - I am very interested because I spent last two years with exploring the beauties of Sogn og Fjordane, More og Romsdal and Oppland counties and preparing long trip to Finnmark next year. Hopefully I will spend few weeks in the Hordaland and Rogaland countires with my family next year too, so any tips and pictures are very welcomed!
 
chuck_dyer said:
I think that your pictures could have benefited from the use of a graduated neutral density filter to equalize the brightness between the sky and the landscape. This would have allowed you bring up the brightness of the landscape without clipping the sky.
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That's actually the next item on my shopping list. I also discovered that raw-conversion in CS3 did a better job with the highlights than Studio.
chuck_dyer said:
I laughed at the donkey sticking his tongue out.
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A very friendly horse it was ;)
chuck_dyer said:
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Chuck Dyer
HolyGrail Media
E-30, 14-54mm II, 70-300mm
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