swedish red Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

This picture shows a 19th century farmhouse at the open air museum of Skansen in Stockholm, which is great fun for kids...and amateur photographers:)

I like this type of red paint, which - as far as I've seen - is still regularly used on houses in the Swedish countryside.

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Skansen is an open air museum and zoo located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1891 by Artur Hazelius (1833-1901) to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era.

Skansen attracts more than 1.3 million visitors each year. The many exhibits over the 75 acre (300,000 m²) site include a full replica of an average 19th-century town, in which craftsmen in traditional dress such as tanners, shoemakers, silversmiths, bakers and glass-blowers demonstrate their skills in period surroundings.

The Ekshärad Farmhouse comes from the Swedish Mountains in Värmland. It appears as it was in the second half of the 19th century when it was occupied by one Per Larsson, a farmer and local magistrate, with his family.

This was the first two storey house to be built in the parish. It looked like a modest manor-house and had various outhouses. Until 1889 it also served as the local courthouse. The courtroom is on the ground floor on the left of the hall.

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ISO-400 / 18 mm / pattern
+ slightly sharpened
+ levels adjusted
+ frame added

dta, brano14, fanni, pauloog, stego, bukitgolfb301, saxo042, skippy007, patdeph has marked this note useful

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dta (4276) 2009-06-08 0:38

Hello Benny ,
As you write in your note , this red seems to be typically swedish . I've never gone to this beautiful country , but I can see some red houses here , on TE . I like a lot your low POV , the framing bettween the branches , and the nice contrast of colors (red-blue-green) .
Bravo

fanni (8709) 2009-06-08 3:30

Hello Benny,
excellent shot! you really found a very good POV to take a photo of this house :) let alone you were very lucky with the weather - especially the sunshine!
Best wishes,
Elena

brano14 (1848) 2009-06-08 3:31

Hello Benny,
Very simple object, but well composed, naturally framed with those tree branches.Great colors , especially the sky.
Thanks!
Brano

Flavia (10202) 2009-06-08 8:17

Hi Benny,

Beautiful subject! This house looks so nice. Perfect colour combination: red, blue and green. The light, composition and POV are also perfect.

Regards,

Flavia

pauloog (6278) 2009-06-08 9:26

Dag Benny,
Mooie heldere kleuren en een apart laag perspectief om het rode houten huis te tonen, mooi door groen en blauw omkaderd.

stego (22318) 2009-06-08 12:47

Hi Benny,
The red of the house makes a wonderful contrast with the green surrounding it and the blue of the sky. The angle chosen is great, rendering a very nicely balanced compo, in which the house is framed by the tress. I only dislike two things in it, the washed out parts of the sky, which seem hard to avoid and the strange sharpness: it looks like a much compressed image, although it has 280 Kb. Did it came directly from the original?
Regards,
José

bukitgolfb301 (4397) 2009-06-08 14:16

Hello again my dear Benny

Nice framework, sharpness and so vivid color management as usual. Above all dark and blue/green contrast is marvelous and splendid.
Congratulation on your great shot !
Thanks for sharing and best regards,

Takero

saxo042 (15054) 2009-06-08 22:53

Hi Benny,
Very good and strong colours and a good POV. This looks indeed very Swedish even if I would have liked to see this house in its original surroundings in Värmland!
Kind regards
Gunnar

karthikcs (269) 2009-06-09 2:26

Excellent lighting, Vivid color and sharpness.

aadilj (17950) 2009-06-09 4:56

This one is well lit up again benny and very crisp and neat. the colorus are vibrant and striking. Nice composition indeed.

Pelje (415) 2009-06-09 12:34

Hi Benny,
Very good composition, a typical swedish motive.
Nice and fresh colors, beautyful!
Greetings from Germany, Hubert

skippy007 (6753) 2009-06-17 1:11

Hello Benny, beautiful old farmhouse, the red is fantastic & contrasts very well with it's surroundings. The colours are rich & very natural, excellent light, sharpness & well framed using the overhanging branches. It must be a real bonus for photographers to have so many red houses in Sweden, they make for very colourful scenery. A lovely scene, well captured in excellent colour & detail.
Thank you
Regards
Santo

patdeph (17370) 2009-06-18 8:19

hello Benny
the light and the colors of this photo are reallywonderful!I like how the red houise is standing out the sky ,due to the low POV!I also like how you ave framed the house with the branches,This is very nice!
Regards
Pascale

anesugur (16514) 2009-06-28 13:54

Hello Benny,
Nice scenery...
Really beautiful composition, colors and good sharpness.
Thanks and best wishes. Uğur