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Photographer’s Note

These cannons are defending Oslo from the Akershus Fortress. But they seem to be aimed at the famous Aker Brygge across the water here.

At Aker Brygge you can find many restaurants along the waterfront. To the right you can see a building, with two towers, that used to be a railway station for westbound traffic. Today this building holds the Nobel Peace Center.

Right above from here is a church that is being renovated. I believe it is the Uranienborg Church, and just to the right of the green spire you can see the remaining parts of Holmenkollen Ski Jump, the oldest ski jump in the world, from 1892.

This used to be a landmark you could see from far away. It was demolished autumn 2008 to be replaced by a new construction. This will be ready for the World Championships in 2011.

Ola_Kwiatek, bj40, dip, snunney, ellelloo, asajernigan, jalab_temen, windosil, dareco, papagolf21, bobocortis, UlfE, xavshot, fanni, Charo, mikolaj_kawa has marked this note useful

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Ola_Kwiatek (2772) 2009-04-24 0:38

Nice composition, beautiful colors. Nice lightness. Very funny guns. Very dangerous cityscape.
Cheers

bj40 (1273) 2009-04-24 0:44

Hi Gunnar,I like this detailed sweeping view of modern Oslo.The ancient cannons look curious and a little temporary, yet add another dimension to the image .Thanks Tom.

dip (12850) 2009-04-24 1:00

Hi Gunnar,
beautiful image with excellent POV and lighting,
great clarity and sharpness!
Greetings,
Dimitris.

snunney (35476) 2009-04-24 1:01

Hello Gunnar,
A well conceived composition with the old guns making splendid lead lines directing us towards the waterfront. Captured under a very nice light with good colours and clarity.

ellelloo (4959) 2009-04-24 1:26

Hej Gunnar,
An attractive shot with the cannons leading the eye towards the city. Beautiful light, pleasant colours and perfect clarity. Thanks for the good information in your note!
Kind regards,
Lasse

Buin (38280) 2009-04-24 1:56

Good morning Gunnar!
I've been there someyears ago - in rain. Your photo has a wonderful light and these two "main characters" are silhouetted against the surroundings in a very good way by their colour. A bit more to the right there must be the city hall, isn't it!? Oslo is a somehow likable city.
Greetings from warm and sunny Siegen - and a nice weekend!
Frank

delkoo (34792) 2009-04-24 2:25

hi gunnar
ready to shot on the city!! that two cannons makes a nice and colorful foreground , Interesting image with a very well observed POV.

didier

scroller (2883) 2009-04-24 3:03

Hej Gunnar,
A Cannon photo with a Canon camera!
Looks like you having nice days in Oslo! If I dont remember wrong didn´t you visit the same time last year?
Hälsningar
/Stefan

asajernigan (14284) 2009-04-24 4:01

Gunnar,
This is a great shot taken from a fine POV. The canons give the shot a nice sense of direction. The lighting and colors are great with excellent sharpness and detail. The deep blue sky provides a nice backdrop for the modern city.
TFS,
Asa

jalab_temen (1990) 2009-04-24 4:27

Dear Gunnar,

Oslo from this POV seems quite similar to historical downtowns of American cities, like Philadelphia, for me, I might feel it becuase of the color set (sky and sea = blue, stone = grey, wood and brick = brown, concrete = white) and the huge historical guns. I like photos like this one, where you can study a city in whole and nice details also.

Regards, Jalab

Enzo63 (1332) 2009-04-24 4:40

Hi Gunnar Beautiful image with a scene of great colors and lights truly magnificent
Best Regards

Vincenzo

windosil (818) 2009-04-24 6:09

Colours of the gun carriages add the necessary contrasting note to this very placid scene. Beautifully composed and sharp.
Best wishes,
Winifred

holmertz (9985) 2009-04-24 7:55

Hej Gunnar,
A well chosen foreground for this interesting view of a part of central Oslo. Very good colours and sharpness.
Hälsningar,
Gert

emka (22357) 2009-04-24 13:20

Hi Gunnar, What a weather you had in Oslo, fantastic sky! So it is the view from Akershus. These gun are so colourful and look more like toys. If you went ahead, the view probably would be also nice, over a port. Nice panorama.
Regards

Malgorzata

Nicou (45743) 2009-04-24 14:34

Hello,

mangigique image, quelle belle vue avec ces deux canons qui protères les belles maisons en fond, super cadrage et mise en velaure.

Bravoe t maitié

Nicou

dareco (17104) 2009-04-24 17:54

A very pretty place. Nice composition and detail. An excellent pov. TFS

nirvana73 (8844) 2009-04-24 22:57

Hello Gunnar
i like your POV and composition
very nice historical cannons
very nice colors and sharpness too
thanks for haring and explanations
best regards
Ozhan

danyy (69465) 2009-04-25 0:08

Bonjour Gunnar,
une vue inhabituelle et avec une bonne profondeur de cette capitale scandinave qui ne manque pas de charme et d'histoire.
Best regards from Belgium.
Daniel.

papagolf21 (56749) 2009-04-25 0:41

Bonjour, cher Gunnar,
Les canons impressionnent et les fûts semblent vouloir cracher des boulets en direction de la ville au loin.
Une composition très réussie rappelant l'historique de la ville.
Sujet très bien mis en valeur.
Amitiés.
Philippe

bobocortis (14144) 2009-04-25 7:33

Hello Gunnar.
The cannons are placed along two perspective lines. This gives a great depth to the shot. I like the well managed light and contrast.
Best regards.
Bobo.

UlfE (9180) 2009-04-25 11:47

Hej Gunnar,

A really fine comosition with two canon pointing in different directions. You have also included the Akker brygge perfectly. I really like the DOF. TFS and ha en bra lördagskväll.

Hälsningar

Ulf

xavshot (63133) 2009-04-25 12:34

Bonsoir Gunnar
une photo bien composée avec un point de vue qui permet de guider le regard dans l'image; Belle lumière également;
Xavier

Fis2 (46429) 2009-04-25 13:18

Witaj Gunnar!
Nice frame and wonderful view.
I like the colos and composition.
The cannons add savor of photo.
Warm regards from Poland
Krzysztof

fanni (8879) 2009-04-25 15:02

Hej Gunnar,
it's good that these canons do not fire nowadays... and we can regard them as only part of History!
Very good composition; interesting view of the city. And the lighting was to your favour :)
Have a nice Sunday!
hälsningar från Moscow,
Elena

Charo (31811) 2009-04-25 18:10

Hallo Gunnar,
Oslo magnifik utsikt från terrassen med dessa vapen är mycket dekorativa. Fantastiskt ljus och mycket bra information.
Saludos,
Charo

jurek1951 (26156) 2009-04-25 21:44

Hi Gunnar,
Really very nice your architecture photos this one is very sharp and very well composed.The lighting is fantastic.
Georg

skoogmi (39) 2009-04-26 22:32

Hej Gunnar,
Kanonerna har uppenbarligen en viktig uppgift här med att beskjuta Aker Brygge om priserna blir för höga.
Hälsningar
Mikael

mikolaj_kawa (31287) 2009-05-03 8:13

Hello Gunnar! Wonderful guns and amazing cityscape. Nice lightness, very nice colours. Good perspective. Very good focus. Well done!