By andre_, on March 14th, 2010
The last days before coming back to Danmark.
An unusual landscape, after many days sourrounded by woods, forests and lakes.
A flat island, and almost completely devoid of trees: Öland.
Peculiar….
So peculiar that I’ve taken about 150 photos in these two days.
And I’ve chosen one third, to show you.
Because a lot of photos are needed to describe properly the various landscapes….
D700 at 200ISO, 20mm f2.8 AF, f11, 1/1000sec, bias -1EV
D700 at 200ISO, 20mm f2.8 AF, f8, 1/500sec, bias 2/3EV
D700 at 200ISO, 28mm f2.8 AF, f11, 1/500sec, bias -1/3EV
The typical windmills (corrently about 250, on the over two thousands existent an hundred years ago):
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By andre_, on February 6th, 2010
D700 at 200ISO, 16mm f2.8 AF, f5.6, 1/100sec, bias 0EV
“Otter was one of Rodmar’s three sons. When he fished for salmon, he took on the shape of an otter. On one such occasion, the Æsir Loki, Hörnir and Odin happened by on their way to Rodmar’s house where they planned to spend the night. The Æsir thought that an otter skin would be a suitable gift for Rodmar. So, Otter was killed by a stone Loki threw at him.
Later that evening the three Æsir went to Rodmar and showed him their prey. Rodmar became angry, and demanded that the Æsir filled the otter skin with gold as penance for the crime. Loki went to the Anvara river and used his net to catch the rich dwarf Andvari, who had taken on the shape of a pike.
The dwarf purchased his freedom with all his gold he owned, except for one gold ring. But the gold was not enough to fill the otter skin. One more piece of gold was needed. Andvari tried to hide his ring. When Loki ripped the ring from his hand, the dwarf spoke a curse over all who come in contact with the gold, especially the magic gold ring.
Once Rodmar had received the gold, he did not want to share it with his other two sons, Fafnir and Regin. Fafnir became enraged and killed his father to get at the gold. Thereafter, Fafnir took the shape of a snake and brooded on top of the gold in his home, in a place called Gnitaheden.
Regin, the other brother who was a smith, wanted his share of the patrimony and planned to seize the gold through trickery. He brought Sigurd, who had earlier become his foster son, into his plans. He forged a razor-sharp sword, named Gram, for Sigurd.
D700 at 200ISO, 20mm f2.8 AF, f8, 1/160sec, bias 0EV
Urged on by his foster father Reign, Sigurd dug a hole in the ground at Gnitaheden, where Fafnir (in the shape of a snake) used to slither his way to a lake to drink. When Fafnir passed the hole, Sigurd stabbed him through the heart with his sword, Gram. Fafnir died and Sigurd was given the name of Fafnesbane (the slayer of Fafnir).
D700 at 400ISO, 20mm f2.8 AF, f8, 1/125sec, bias 0EV
After the deed, Regin asked Sigurd to roast the heart of Fafnir over an open fire. He wanted to eat the heart so that the soul of Fafnir would not die, because after all he was Regin’s brother.
Sigurd accidently burnt himself and put his finger in his mouth. He got Fafnir’s blood on his tongue. Instantly he could understand the meaning of the birdsong.
The birds warned Sigurd. Regin was planning to kill him, partly to revenge his brother Fafnir, partly to get the treasure for himself. The birds advised Sigurd to kill Regin.
Sigurd sought out Regin and cut off his head so that he would escape his thoughts in the future.
Then, Sigurd travelled to Fafnir’s home, where he found the disputed gold and many other precious objects. He loaded the treasure onto his horse Grani, a direct descendant of Odin’s horse Sleipnir. However, Grani refused to move from his stall before Sigurd himself mounted.”
Drawing source: Wikipedia
This is the Sigurd Fafnesbane history, according to the Vöslunga saga.
We found this peculiar runestone (poetically called Sö 101) close to Rasmund (near Eskiltuna), where it was carved in XII century.
Maybe it isn’t the best Sigurd stone, for the artistic contents, but it’ s probably the most complete description of the Saga.
Large (at least six meters), the stone summarize some anecdotes of the story:
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By andre_, on February 3rd, 2010
Note: The holiday is on line!
In the “trip” category, starting from THIS LINK
In a trip in southern Sweden, one of the charatheristic sights is the Göta Kanal.
Built in the late XIX Century, this 190Km long canal has boon its importance to link the Vättern lake to the Baltic Sea.
We met a pair of the 58 locks, where we could admire the perfection of the engineering works, opposed to the complete inability of the tourists to manage it.
The result was funny…
Undoubtedly, the locks are a good subject for the photos…
D700 at 200ISO, 20mm f2.8 AF, f8, 1/640sec, bias -2/3EV
D700 at 200ISO, 20mm f2.8 AF, f8, 1/800sec, bias -1 2/3EV
A good location to shoot a portrait:
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By andre_, on January 31st, 2010
Note: The photos in this post are replicated in the Trip’s Pages, in “Sweden Summer 2009” section
Let’s start the summer holiday’s trip!
Of course, not in this very moment… but this is the first gallery to describe the trip Francesca and I had last summer.
It began in a outstanding night, the day before last Francesca’s birthday.
From Grenaa’s harbour, by ferry, til Varberg, in Sweden.
One of the brightest summer’s nights.
We waited briefly for the ferry, at eleven o’clock PM:
D700 at 3200ISO, 20mm f2.8 AF, f5.6, 1/60sec, bias -2/3EV
To leave the dock around midnight…
D700 at 3200ISO, 105mm f2 AF, f2.8, 1/125sec, bias 0EV
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By andre_, on October 16th, 2009
Last July, during our summer holidays in Sweden.
We were in a strange B&B, called Koltorp, near Mariefred (circa 60 Km west of Stockholm).
The owner is a weird man: hunter (both with rifle and bow), and taxidermist.
Some of the B&B rooms are in a cottage quite far from the street, near a little lake (or, better, a pond) into a very beautiful forest, where a lot of deers live in.
Of course, we were in another room…
One evening, around seven o’clock, I went into the forest with my 300mm, to look for something.
I turned over the cottage´s corner… and I saw him:
D700 at 640ISO, 300mm f2.8 AF-I, f2.8, 1/320sec, bias -1/3EV
And he wasn’t alone:
D700 at 2500ISO, 300mm f2.8 AF-I, f4, 1/320sec, bias -1EV
Another young deer was with him.
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