Arriving in Sweden Photo

Photographer’s Note

Arriving in Sweden

This picture shows you the bridge between Danmark and Sweden, Øresundsbron, that my father and I took when we went to Sweden, about one and a half week ago. The picture is taken from inside the car.

Øresundsbron (Oresund Bridge) or to use its official name Øresundsförbindelsen (Oresund Connection) connects the cities of Copenhagen and Malmö, or more precisely Kastrup and Lernacken. Seen from Danmark, the first part of the connection is a tunnel, from Kastrup to the artificial island Peberholm, and the second part is the cable-stayed bridge you can see here, from Peberholm to Lernacken.
The bridge has one of the longest cable-stayed main spans of the world (490m), the pillars are 204m and the total length of the bridge is 7,845m. Together with the road on Peberholm and the tunnel, the total length of the connection is 15,9km.
The construction of the bridge costed more than 30 billion Danish kroner (more than 4 billion euros). The bridge was opened in July 2000 by Queen Margrethe II of Danmark and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
The connection is a toll road and it costs you 235DKK or €32,- to travel over the bridge.
The European route E20 runs across the bridge.

In connection with the construction of the bridge, the transnational region Øresundsregionen (the Oresund Region) was created, consisting of the Danish island of Sjælland (Zealand) and the Swedish county of Skåne (Scania).

I hope you like this picture.

jafadabret, papagolf21, feather, jhm, weswang, emjleclercq, syd1946, bakes888, Jeppe, john_c, riclopes, elmec, danyy, alvaraalto, sabyasachi1212, Henryk_Bilor, aloyho, xuaxo, jaywalker has marked this note useful

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feather (49848) 2006-06-24 6:16

Fantastic perspective contrasted with all the verticals. You spotted the potential and the shot came out very well from inside the car.
It's an expensive toll price. They should soon re-coup the expenditure at that rate.
Kath

papagolf21 (56044) 2006-06-24 6:17

Bonjour mon ami Lars,
Bravo pour cette photo prise depuis l'intérieur de la voiture.
Le pont prend une dimension exceptionnelle.
Très belle réussite.
Merci pour la note également.
Amitiés.
Philippe

xavshot (61947) 2006-06-24 8:22

Jolie perspective Lars et excellent cadrage. J'aime le fait de suivre la voiture. Une belle architecture du pont. Bravo
Xavier

jafadabret (39033) 2006-06-24 9:03

Bonjour Lars !
Ce pont est magestueux et très élégant le POV rend toute la beauté de l'architecture. Excellent !
Jacques

markstaples (15670) 2006-06-24 12:32

Hi Lars
The bridge has quite an impact when viewed from this angle. The pic has nice graphic qualities. Well done.
Best wishes
Mark

chaity (1539) 2006-06-24 13:00

Hi Lars, I like the view point of this bridge. You captured it well from a moving vehicle. I hope you are not the one driving. 8-)

rosaline (0) 2006-06-24 13:16

Hi Lars
A good symmetrical shot with a good blue sky for impact. It's not easy taking pictures from moving vehicles but this one comes off well. Good vertical framing too. Well achieved.
Aubrey

jhm (81817) 2006-06-24 13:19

Hoi Lars,

U heeft de ziel van de brug bloot gelegd, door werkelijk in de midden van de brug de foto te nemen, nu is de auto een zegen voor de foto of niet, dit zal voor altijd een raadsel blijven. Maar ik vind dit wel een spectaculaire foto door de grootte hoogte van deconstructie!

Mooi gedaan,
John.

weswang (18223) 2006-06-24 15:41

Hi Lars, It sounds quite expensive to spend 32 Euro to be on the bridge. I guess the expense is a reason that this bridge not congested. A nice and clean shot from inside of your car. Good contrast and nice sharpness.

emjleclercq (14133) 2006-06-24 16:46

So this is this famous bridge on th Baltic. I have saild through the Oresund in 1991, ata time when the bridge did not existed, and managed to see Elsinore thanks to the clear weather.

A good catch of these impressive pillars and cables.

All the best,

Emmanuel

syd1946 (17825) 2006-06-24 18:52

Hi Lars,
The perpective is great for image.But most
of all the composition is great with lines
ballanced vertigal in the photograph.
Excellent work,
Greetings,
Thomas

bakes888 (18055) 2006-06-24 23:29

Hi Lars. Nice work considering it was taken from a moving car. Good strong composition and the colour of the sky is good also.
TFS. Cheers, Paul.

Jeppe (18623) 2006-06-25 2:06

Hej Lars
Godt at se lidt biler på denne bro - det ser ikke ud til at vejarbejdet giver trafikkaos :-)
Nydeligt arbejde som kun kan tages fra en bil i fart - tak for synet.
Hilsen
Jeppe

john_c (24635) 2006-06-25 11:35

Hi Lars,
Superb graphism here, with amazing clarity. I like the clean look of the photo and the exposure level seems just right. The bridge has impressive statistics, as per your fine note. Well captured, Lars.
John

abulafia (4802) 2006-06-25 15:40

Hi Lars
A nice view of this empty bridge.
it looks like you choose a good day for this shot. the sky is beautiful.
TFS
Harry

asanak (1972) 2006-06-25 18:52

dear Lars ,
I like the view point of this bridge.Beautiful colours and sharpnes. grat composed and POV.
Well done .
asana

riclopes (32869) 2006-06-27 4:10

Hej Lars,
I allways love graphical images from bridges. Cable structures attract me very much. Good perspective for this one, with a beautiful blue sky and a nice repetition effect of the cables. Very well done!
Hilsen,
Ricardo

elmec (12194) 2006-06-28 14:05

Hello Lars!
Great perspective to this very tall brige!
Great no-central composition!
The driving cars makes this work dynamic!
I like it!
Best regards!

Stepan (27167) 2006-06-28 14:40

It was a good idea to have the vertical lamp in that vertical composition to enhance the vertical lines... The pov is the best you can have and the... orange arrow produces some colors... Impressive place.
Stéphane

danyy (68088) 2006-06-30 4:21

Hello Lars,
un document interessant , une frontière très particulière mais couteuse pour l'automobiliste.
Une photo qui traduit bien les mesures dont tu parles dans les commentaires.
Je suis impressionné.
Excellent week-end à vous.

alvaraalto (5227) 2006-06-30 18:23

Hallo Lars,
Prachtige foto, zeker gelet op de moeilijke omstandigheden. Misschien moet je volgend jaar toch maar met de brugloop meedoen, dan heb je meer tijd voor nog meer mooie foto's van de brug.
groet Rob

sabyasachi1212 (19528) 2006-07-01 17:55

Hi Lars,
Excellent POV. The reason I clicked on this was because we have a bridge of very similar architectural design in Calcutta though its not this long. Clicking from inside a car, tou have done a fine job my friend.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

Henryk_Bilor (20365) 2006-07-03 2:54

Hello Lars
Great perspective of the bridge. So high...;) Nice colours also.
Have a nice day.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2006-07-07 4:53

nice shot of this bridge I like the way you shot this one, very good and tall, well seen

capthaddock (28640) 2006-07-10 15:58

Hi Lars - really nice symmetry, too bad the streetlight at the left side offsets the symetry a bit, but still quite nice, I also wish there were some clouds. The toll sounds scary, here we complain about $5 toll for the Golden Gate Bridge.

aloyho (6105) 2006-07-13 9:46

Hi Lars,
The very strong verticals really holds our attention yet there is good dynamism and interesting rhythm through the slanting cables and the railings. The vertical format also forced us to look upward and admire the structure. The toll sounds expensive. Well done!! Have a good day.

t0mmm1 (5434) 2007-01-19 14:39

Hi Lars,
now that I've been thinking how I've been traveling in this places... I really can't remember how did we came from Sweeden to Denmark... Maybe with a ferry boat at that time, but it would be surely nice traveling on this bridge. I like the perspective here.
Have a nice weekend,
Tomi

pablominto (40056) 2007-01-22 12:50

Hello Lars,
An impressive piece of engineering and architecture!
This is a different point of view, since we usually get a side view... Good lines are captured, and the great light really brings out the details...
Nicely framed and good colours!
Greetings,
Pablo -

xuaxo (5649) 2007-06-11 8:23

Hi Lars
That's interesting to see, despite I'd like to see some of landscape in front.
F

paura (37896) 2007-10-25 16:35

Lars,
Very nice pov to show to all us this interesting bridge. The geometric elements results great in your pov. Well done.

Paulo

jaywalker (12186) 2008-09-24 13:32

Hi Lars, Brilliantly captured parallels, wonderful depth assisted by a great POV, the angles of the cables as they stretch down adds beautifully to the composition, sharp & superb, kind regards Wilson.