Life In The Finnish Forest Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is lake Mangen in the middle of the so called Finnish Forest in western Värmland, near the border to Norway.

There were a lot of Finns moving from Savolax to the vast forests in Värmland and Dalarna in the beginning of the 17th century. Present day Finland was then a part of Sweden. These Finns were experts in burn-beating, i.e. they burned the forest to cultivate rye in the ashes.

Later on these habits were prohibited when the mining companies needed the wood.

Around this lake is an abundance of Finnish names on the map, all with a 'Swedishified' spelling, like Hongaharju (the hill in the background), Kylla, Mustakangas, Rammasenmagg, Edlaho, Kurra and so on.

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bakes888 (18353) 2007-10-16 0:47

Hi Gunnar. Excellent photo. Excellent contrasting colours and good detail. Well composed with good foreground interest adding depth. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

Buin (38280) 2007-10-16 0:54

Good morning Gunnar!
What a calmness! One nearly doesn't dare to speak ...
A beautiful landscape picture with a great wideness. The curve of the small bay works very well here. This must be a wonderful place ...
Greetings from still sunny and warm Germany!
Frank

snunney (35476) 2007-10-16 1:24

Hello Gunnar,
A beautiful composition full of peace and tranquillity. I like the curve of the shoreline as it extends around the left hand side of the the frame. Lovely cool tones and excellent sharpness.

holmertz (9985) 2007-10-16 1:30

Hej Gunnar,
A nice composition with the water making two elegant curves. Great clarity of the water. The gravel on the beach seems to have autumn colours in July! There is a slightly greenish tone on the sky, which seems to happen frequently with the pictures from your old camera.
Hälsningar,
Gert

ahaberal (6455) 2007-10-16 2:40

hi gunnar
İt is very beautiful landscape.nice shot.congratulations
Regards

asim

graffer (1764) 2007-10-16 4:37

Hello Gunnar,

A very calm scene – it looks as though there is nobody for miles around. The curving shoreline leads the eye nicely on across the picture. Pleasing reflections in the water. The sky has come out well here.

A very good composition, although one almost wishes for a distant boat to come into view.

Regards,

Peter.

molla (6891) 2007-10-16 5:54

Hej Gunnar
do you pay tribute to Carl Jularbo with the title?
I like the Iron colored pebbled beach as a nice contrast to the blue in distance.
it has the specific mood of a summerday inland lake a bucket of worms a bamborod and small small perches.
Anders

skoogmi (39) 2008-06-28 10:19

Hej Gunnar,
Mycket vacker komposition men svagt grön-stick i himlen. F ö mycket bra bild.
Terve
Mikael