Gjevilvatnet lake Photo

Photographer’s Note

Gjevilvatnet is a lake in the municipality Oppdal in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.

It lies in the mountain range Trollheimen.
The lakes elevation about 660 meter, and it is about 18km long. Here is a good fishing for trout.

The Gjevilvatnet lake is well worth a visit, with it's passenger boat (Trollheimen II) and the Vassendsetra mountain farm.

Gjevilvatnet lake collects and stores water for a hydroelectric power plant and before snow melting the level is always kept low. The power plant ("Driva" in Sunndal) and all the artificial waterways are hidden in the rock.

Trollheimen is a beautiful area with spectacular mountains, wide valleys and vigorous vegetation. Most of the DNT-cabins in this area are old, charming timber houses with grass at the roof.

CABINS
Gjevilvasshytta, 710 m. (DNT-member) Jøldalshytta, 740 m. (DNT-member) Trollheimshytta, 540 m. (DNT-member) Kårvatn, 210 m. (DNT-member) Innerdalshytta (private)

How to get there:
First travel to Oppdal, a village along E-6, the main Hwy. connecting Oslo and Trondheim. Oppdal is 120 km south along E-6 from Trondheim. In Oppdal, take Hwy. 70 (direction Sunndalsøra) west 12 km. From here you turn right on a small road to Gjevilvasshytta.

On Dovrefjell and Trollheimen there are countless marked footpaths and accommodation options, incuding staffed and unstaffed cabins.

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asl (250) 2009-02-26 4:07

great picture! nice first photo!!

ingvar (546) 2009-02-26 4:07

What a wonderful place Sigmund!

Truly, the nature is the best painter.

And your shot is confirmed.

Welcome to TE !

I.S.

yquem46 (8020) 2009-02-26 4:08

Hi Sigmund
Mycket bra !
Welcome to TE, I think these will be your first 2 points !!
Quite nice reflection and light on this lake
first advice: try to use the 800 pixels large you're allowed. Your image will look better
Keep on, good luck
Patrick

jemaflor (39453) 2009-02-26 4:09

Hi Sigmund,
Very lovely landscape, so beautiful reflections on the water, warm colours, i like it, bravo ! and welcome to TE.

suzzz (399) 2009-02-26 4:27

what an amazing reflection... very good light and perfect exposure!

like it a lot!

tfs Sigmund

jmigueln (186) 2009-02-26 4:35

Olá Sigmund!

Bela imagem, ótimas cores e excelente composição. Parabéns!

Miguel

mafegan (4225) 2009-02-26 4:37

Sigmund, welcome to TE. Beautiful colours and reflections - beautiful everything. Thanks for sharing (tfs), Marlene

smarcell (14327) 2009-02-26 4:52

Very beautiful colors, and reflections.
The red colors of the autumn are just great, and give the picture a magic touch
Regards Stefano

ps. welcome to TE ! I hope to see more from you from your wonderful country. Just a suggestion: use the largest possible size of pixels (800 or closest) on the largest size of the picture.

Focales (514) 2009-02-26 5:05

Simply marvelous. Love reflections, colours and composition.

diomed (4109) 2009-02-26 7:24

Hi Sigmund,
spectacular landscape, reflects and colours. Congratulations!!!
Nice evening
Antonio

Silverkey (1433) 2009-02-26 9:20

Hi SIgmund
What a good first picture!
As it has already be said, use the 800pixel width, it will be better
But really nice composition, with the symmetry and the diagonal alignement of valley on the background (I fear not to be clear...)
So welcome, and good continuation
Mickaël

brano14 (1884) 2009-02-26 10:00

Hello Sigmund,
Welcome to TE!
What a great start with this beautiful colorful photo. Great colors, nice reflection. We want to see more!
Thanks!
Brano

ricochet (4756) 2009-02-26 14:11

Bonjour et bienvenue à toi Sigmund sur TE
Beautiful image, the tones and textures are excellent and i really like the refection. Great work
Regards
Eric

rlrad (1187) 2009-02-26 15:39

Wow Sigmund, great start! Wonderful colors and really nice mirror effect of that scene. I like the smooth ripples on the water, too. Congratulations and welcome to TE!

Thanks for sharing!

Reed Radcliffe
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Alain (288) 2009-02-26 18:16

Outstanding. Great start. Welcome. Symetry and colors are excellent.

Beamor (16) 2009-02-28 19:05 [Comment]

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jmdias (19355) 2009-03-12 17:10

sigmund

amazing amount of colors, perfect job using light. perfect framing, pov and sharpness. landscape is marvelous and you got to show it in the best way, nice tese reflections too

hugs

jorge