Twisted snake Photo

Photographer’s Note

The pic shows a famous Troll Road (Troll Ladder) in Norway - it's about 14 km of 11 serpentines on road nr 63. It is a popular tourist attraction due to its steep incline of 9% and eleven hairpin bends up a steep mountain side.
Trollstigen was opened on July 31, 1936 after 8 years of construction. It takes quite a long time to get up the hill where you can admire such spectacular views. The drive is thrilling but satisfying (especially when you can breathe when you're UP there)

The road up is narrow with many sharp bends, and although it has been widened in recent years, vehicles over 12.4 meters long and caravans are prohibited from driving the road but still you cans see such recless divers there. At the top there is large parking place which allows visitors to leave their cars and walk for about ten minutes to a viewing balcony which overlooks the road with its bends and the Stigfossen waterfall. Stigfossen is a beautiful waterfall which falls 320 meters down the mountain side and it's well seen from the middle of the ladder.

Trollstigen is closed during the fall and winter months. A normal opening season stretches from the mid of May to October, but may sometimes be shorter or longer due to changes in the weather conditions.

Changes:
Different POV and time, saturated, sharpened

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vasilpro (9497) 2009-06-13 0:59

Hello Gosia,
I like your POV with the road in "S" and the cars on it. It is a photo with graphic mood, very well captured.
Have a good WE, Vasilis.

jasmis (51029) 2009-06-13 1:04

Wyczesany POV. Zatyka dech.
Pozdrawiam.

elkab (3326) 2009-06-13 1:16

Cześć!
W miniaturce widziałam wężą wijącego się po skale a jak powiększyłam to mnie zatkało...Świetne ułożenie drogi w kadrze...
pozdrawiam
elka

ymrk (9168) 2009-06-13 3:01

Witaj Gosia!
Oh mama,what do you do at here,Gosia!What an embraissed photo,fabulous graphical move and you'd saw on great places.
Take care,

Deszcz

rasto1893 (1803) 2009-06-13 4:16

Hello Gosia,
Wow what a big snake here, interesting view
My best Regards
Rastislav

donluicu (23955) 2009-06-13 7:30

i guess you have never seen Corsican roads???§!!!

:-))

just kidding, and for sure, this one is pretty amazing..
nice shot

luighi (4296) 2009-06-13 7:36

Hi my friend Gosia ,
wow , desde donde hiciste esta captura ? un ala delta o algo parecido?
Magnifico y atractivo encuadre vertical .
En algunos lugares de la carretera es muy dificil que circulen dos coches.
Un saludo.
lUIS

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Fis2 (46449) 2009-06-13 9:08

Czesc Gosia! Za Toba to tez trudno nadazyc, tu Gdansk teraz Norwegia ;)
Fajna zawartosc kadru.
Jechalas ta serpentyna?
Pozdrawiam
Krzysztof

claudeD (11490) 2009-06-13 9:08

Hello Gosia,

very good idea to present us this serpentines from this high pov.Thank you for your infos.TFS.

With regards from Luxembourg

Jean-Claude

jbemmels (327) 2009-06-13 12:30

This looks like the kind of road that makes me terrified of driving! Nice shot with great shaprness and arrangement of the road showing a very indirect path to get from one corner of the photo to the other. :) At first I thought you took the photo from a helicopter or something before I read your note!

Cheers,
Jordan

saxo042 (16316) 2009-06-13 16:26

Hi Gosia,
A remarkable photo and an equally remarkable road. When you cannot see the altitude differences here, you just don´t get the whole picture. This becomes a very intriguing study of lines and curves, a very graphical picture! Are there really places to park along the road here to take such marvellous photos?
Kind regards
Gunnar

berek (29041) 2009-06-13 21:09

Hi Gosia,
very good catch of sign . its great point of view and result. successfully framing too. I love this graphic view with curvy road.
Have a Nice Sunday
Burak

jurek1951 (26162) 2009-06-13 22:15

Witaj Gosia,
zdiecie z lotu ptaka,ja mam lek wysokosci,ale super to wyglada,pozdrawiam
Jurek

mkamionka (4990) 2009-06-14 1:26

Czesc Gosia, czy to jest Twoje zdjecie czy tez zrobione z satelity :)
Tak czy owak bardzo ciekawe, Urocza intrygujaca wstega,
TFS
M

mikeo (12117) 2009-06-14 13:12

Hej,

Piszesz ze z satelity, ale cos nie bardzo chce mi sie wierzyc, za dobra jakosc;P A sama fota super, chociaz nie z Norwegia mi sie kojarzy a z Grecja i tamtejszymi ulicami nad krawedziami przepasci... Fajne te samochodziki, wygladaja jak resoraki:)

pzdr,

mikeo

emka (22389) 2009-06-14 16:22

Witaj, Znam tę drogę! Wspaniały POV, wygląda jak z samolotu. Zakręty fantastyczne. Fajnie się trafił ten czerwony samochodzik. Świetne zdjęcie. Dobrze, ze tego nie widziałam przed jazdą :)))

Pozdrawiam

Małgorzata

darek1978 (11509) 2009-06-15 8:33

Czesc Gocha,
Po tej krotkiej przerwie mam sporo zaleglosci wiec musze zaczac od najbardziej spektakularnych zdjec, a to mz wlasnie jest. Efekt jak z tilt-shifta, zapierajacy dech w piersiach POV i ladne swiatlo na tego zaskronca. Lece na pysk patrzac na ta droge z takiej wysokosci;)
Pozdrowka.
D.

sebastn (118) 2009-06-16 4:18 [Comment]

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cobra112 (11948) 2009-06-16 9:48

Ciao Gosia. Very interesting POV an excellent DOF. Very well done.

Roberto

pablominto (41398) 2009-06-17 9:06

Hello Gosia,

And do you know what is real fun to watch in Trollstigen? Danish guys with caravans hahaha!
Jokes aside but you better be sure your brakes are all right...
I like the framing here, the rich colours and fine details!

Greetings,
Pablo -