Harbour of Svendborg Photo

Photographer’s Note

Ever since I saw the tugboats from Andrew (Orme) and Maria (Sunny) I be wanting to show a similar sight from my island Fyn.

This photo was taken on the way from Svendborg (on the southern of Fyn) to Aeroe. I was surprised to find six tugboats, since the harbour not that big.

The mill in the background, The Christians-mill, not in use anymore but servers as seamark and memory of older times.

Second note: The building in the rear right corner actully the policestation and yellow building (an old warehouse) now use for offices.

The big white building used to be a grain silo - but is now turned into (expensive) appartments.

You can see the same place on a 360 deg panorame here

Zanni, Burnham, cmartos, Tim, nwoehnl, bertolucci, sunny, JudyH, Rinie_Hoff, avigur_11, maphoto, pamastro, Genna7, Liora, jhm, Kenny10pin, Spoony, jrj, jhonny_blue, RGatward has marked this note useful

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Hanssie (9133) 2004-05-24 14:58

A lot of details !
Nice ships and a mill above !
It is a happy picture, yes, that's the word!

Zanni (5893) 2004-05-24 15:01

Beautiful shot as usual, Jeppe. Many colours and a lot of things to see. The float (a little white and green family)the coloured houses with thei amazing roofs and the white windmill. A fabolous harbour. TGhanks for sharing

jiherka (4465) 2004-05-24 15:13

Nice view of these tugboats. I like the green of them. It is the only part of the picture that is green so this make them special.
Well done Jeppe.

ephemere33 (9729) 2004-05-24 15:21

ce que j'aime dans ce cliché....rire...c'est le tout pti moulin sur le haut, il est là tout isolé de tout malgré...de tout ce brouaha, on imagine que ca circule dans ce port, malgré tous ces détails autour de la scene, l'oeil est bien attiré vers les bateaux verts....bien osé jeppe....bravo bi

Tim (469) 2004-05-24 15:44

Jeppe, What a great shot. Lots of good contrast and a nice note also. God's best, Tim

Didi (36654) 2004-05-24 15:48

Composition complexe, mais c'est du très bon travail; l'avant-plan est saturé de couleurs et le fond est brumeux.
Les bateaux sont bien isolés par rapport à l'arrière-plan.

nwoehnl (120) 2004-05-24 16:20

Wow, a lot of things to see in this one, Jeppe! The diagonal row of tugboats in the foreground, the harbor scenery, the distinctive buildings, and even a windmill in the upper left corner. Very nice how the view gets hazier in an ever so subtle way towards the background. The colors are great, too. Beautiful shot.

bertolucci (12014) 2004-05-24 16:39

Ha, I like this! A harbour brimful of lovely details and a profound DOF. The centrestage escadron of tugs really steals the show - the tugs are all different yet all the same. Very lively & colourful composition - a real feast for the eyes. Very fine work, Jeppe!

Piotr (0) 2004-05-24 16:54

Beautiful shot, Your photos always remind me my bussiness trips to Denmark (1998-2002)It was on the Als Island - Sonderborg, Grasten, Nordborg, becouse I'm Danfoss Poland employee. I have many fantastic pictures from Your beautiful country, but not digital yet, Your points for me today break barrier my first five hundred, Thank's , Piotr

JudyH (700) 2004-05-24 16:55

Beautiful shot of your island Jeppe. I like the boats alot (always had a thing about water), but I'm quite intrigued by the windmill, and glad you told us about it in your note. The boats looks very well maintained - actually, the whole area does! Very well done!

avigur_11 (21307) 2004-05-24 18:19

I always like those tugboats, Jeppe, there is something very touchywith their ugliness, their power and their effiecency. Your shot is so busy and interesting, so many details to exploere. Beautiful.

manny (21378) 2004-05-24 19:56

The green, yelow and red occupy their distinctive space in the frame. For that reason, the picture, though busy, looks very relaxing and well-composed. Good work.

maphoto (8076) 2004-05-24 21:39

Wonderful boat again, very beatiful and coloful shot, the depth, the details wow everythings works great for me....and the windmill, simply beautiful, very well done.

pamastro (7213) 2004-05-25 2:19

Very nice colors and lighting. The depth is great with this fog and the buildings moving farther back one over another. It looks very full of energy and life here with the boats and the density of the town from this point of view. And the tugboats are like a little armada here ready for battle. Nicely seen and photographed.

cmartos (6086) 2004-05-25 3:04

That's an excellent composition! The boats lead in a nice diagonal, with bright green/white colours. The yellow facade leads us to the mill in background. And in between all those houses with reddish roofs and in a hazy mood. Yes, a beautiful one, very well composed. Congratulations Jeppe!

Rinie_Hoff (9334) 2004-05-25 3:16

Wow, Jeppe, you have the eye for great scenes, I still have not rated yesterday's cattle ferry, and now here's the next one.
Very good and clear view on this harbour, the botes are nicely tied up, watign for their next tug. The view further on to the city is great, wile gradually gettign hazier.
Great one.

sunny (3068) 2004-05-25 3:25

Wow! These tugboats set in neat rows are so captivating, Jeppe! :-) Very colourful image with a lot of details to enjoy and at the same time you managed very well to keep the tugboats as main subject. There is a lot of depth in the composition and I like how the wind mill in background is staying so proud on top of it all. ;-) Very good job!

yesterday (9787) 2004-05-25 3:42

Flot billede, jeg var slet ikke klar over i havde så mange både:-))

Flot med møllen i hoizonten, og som sædvanlight, lys - kontrast og farver i orden.

Liora (1857) 2004-05-25 5:31

What a magnificent view! Everything in this photo is beautiful - the tug boats, the city, the windmill, the colors, I love it!

jhm (83684) 2004-05-25 7:21

Wonderful boat again Jeppe, very beautiful and colourful shot, nice depth, the windmill on the background is nice detail, excellent job.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-05-25 10:42

I like the green boats alongside each other here, you have captured it well, the houses in the background make this shot too and the smog

Georges (11185) 2004-05-25 13:23

Uperbe presentation pleine de couleurs et je trouve que les images de ce style sont difficile a realiser.
Trés bons détails presents pour ce cadrage interessant bravo Jeppe

cdewet (0) 2004-05-25 13:45

A powerful school of tugs you have here very busy but a good PJ shot of the harbour. Your focus is just a bit too soft to really add puch to the whole image, but I think it is the camera.

Burnham (2426) 2004-05-25 14:18

True, alot of details, maybe abit to many for the rather small TE format, it's hard to make out everything. I like the tugboats, they are cute in a way (if you can use that very american word about ships used for hard work...? ;o).
I think the yellow house sort of works as an arrow to point ones eye towards that old mill, so in a way that becomes the main focal point for me, and I like that. Good shot Jeppe.

Spoony (3539) 2004-05-25 14:31

What a confusion! ;)
Your photo is very rich about elements and details... very, very fine!
Great colors and perspective.
Well done and seen.

jrj (34779) 2004-05-26 4:24

Good capture from this very charming little town. The many details and the fine setting of light works well together. Good job, interesting notes

jhonny_blue (4954) 2004-05-26 4:28

Very beautiful picture of a wonderful place Jeppe !
This place is amazing and the colours perfect !
Congratulations

dominique (11414) 2004-06-01 12:39

Pas mal ce melange de couleur et d'architecture et avec en premier plan les bateaux vert . un bon cadrage .

RGatward (19751) 2004-06-02 18:01

I'm back from a trip, so some catching up to do. This caught my eye most from your recent ones. The repitition in the tugs anchors the rest of the image. Very nice overall effect, which looks a bit like lego land in its clean prettiness.

bebel (7415) 2004-09-12 17:00

Belle perspective portuaire rendue plus imposante par l'effet téléobjectif. (il me semble)
Couleurs précises en premier plan, plus pastels en fond ; j'aurai essayé de ne pas trop couper la maison sur la gauche...

Le voilier noir "Bel Espoir" sur lequel je navigue souvent et qui est en photo sur TE a été construit en 1944 dans cette ville. Il paraît que les chantiers existent toujours.