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Dark clouds over Dovrefjell


Dark clouds over Dovrefjell
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Copyright: Niek Bouwen (SunToucher) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1277 W: 157 N: 1294] (6855)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-07-13
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 DC EX HSM, Cokin P121M
Exposure: f/16, 1/25 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Summer vacation 2008: Norway
Theme(s): Your favorites, 50-59 points part 12 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-09-02 10:26
Viewed: 604
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 52
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
We stopped for a cup of coffee on top of the Dovrefjell when on our way to our next campsite. The view from the parking area was great but I noticed this small hill across the street which should give me a better view. It showed me a wonderful high plateau but also some very dark clouds.

When I found me spot and composition the first raindrops came down. Shielding the camera and lens from the first raindrops, I quickly executed this photo. Making sure that exposure, focus and light were all OK. All I could do now was packing up my gear and return to the car. Minutes later we were driving again and rain came down hard.

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  • Adri Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 518 W: 23 N: 1843] (11068)
  • [2008-09-02 10:40]

Hallo Niek,
Wat een gave plaat zeg!
Prachtig ruig landschap met een dreigende lucht erboven.
Heel fraaie kleuren en licht en een geweldige diepte; héél mooi hoor!

Groet uit Zeeland,
Adri

I love pics like this Niek! Huge wide angle BIG SKY views, with the dark edges and the foreground slightly illuminated! Love the road because it leads my eye around, and through the picture! Excellent work!
B-)
Linda

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  • Beger Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3285 W: 785 N: 4392] (19736)
  • [2008-09-02 11:38]
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Hi Niek,
This is a great landscape photo! Beautiful composition. The
Inukshuk in foreground is a good entry into this image. With the road looking like a narrow silver ribbon, it leads the excellent perspective towards the far mountains. I like to see the gray sky with the same silver harmony.
The rendering of colors is so natural and give a dramatic mood at the atmosphere!.
Bravo! Annie

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  • Chang Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 49 W: 11 N: 30] (437)
  • [2008-09-02 11:48]

Hi Niek!

Excellent composition
Gr8 landscape shot!
gr8 POV

TFS
Regards
Muhammad Hasnain

Hello Niek, a very dramatic scene with the brooding dark clouds setting the atmosphere.
I like the sharpness throughout the picture, even the plants and mosses in the fg are clear.
The road is perfectly placed in the composition, as is the pile of stones.
Tfs, regards Jean.

Hi Niek,
Nice view of this wonderful national park. I think ten days later than you we stopped at the same resting place where this image was created. Unfortunately, we had a heavy rain at the top, but the landscape was still gorgeus.
Nice shot, well exposed clouds.
TFS,
Greetings,
Kristof

Ciao Niek,
lovely shot with this "strong" sky.
Vry good work.

Silvia

Hi Niek,
the sky dark and impressive, with a POV wide-ranging in Norwegian landscape..well seen

best regards sERGIO

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  • ChuFer Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 134 W: 15 N: 0] (2210)
  • [2008-09-02 12:51]

Los cielos oscuros tormentosos són atractivos y este mucho,así como la composición y el fondo...las piedras llaman a mirarlas..

Merhaba
Good work. Very nice clouds.
Good cature. Well done. Thanks for sharring.

Kerem

Hi Niek
indeed great pov and dof.
amazing tones. even a little bit of blue in the cloudy sky.
I like the pile of stones at the front.
did you add your stone?!
tfs
tsilla

Nou Niek, die donkere wolken belemmeren jou niet om een prachtig overzicht te geven over het Noorse Landschap.
Heerlijk die ruimte die ik hier voel en voor mij zijn die wolken een bonus, als jullie maar niet van de campsite zijn gespoeld.

TFS
Els

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  • Ejtaan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 956 W: 100 N: 2206] (11094)
  • [2008-09-02 14:12]

Prachtig hoor.. die dreigende lucht en dat zachte groen van het mos op de voorgrond........
Ik ken deze plekjes zooooo goed!
't is bijna alsof ik er zelf sta. De sfeer, de kleuren, de compositie... het klopt gewon allemaal!

Gr.,
Anneke

Hello Niek

OO I am so glad you are back I have missed such beautiful views. Excellent forground interest here with the rocks that hold good texture and detail. Nice lead through the image with the roadway and then a magificent mountain scene in the BG.. what a lovely compo here and nice neat tidy framing to finish.

Lovely posting

TFS regards Helen

Bonjour,
Belle intensité dramatique.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

This is a wonderful landscape. Great colours, excellent sharpness and details, a very nice composition. I love this picture.
Best wishes,
Achim

Hoi Niek,
Prachtige compositie en dat licht indrukwekkend, vooral de lucht, al die verschillende grijstinten en zelfs een klein stukje blauw. Helemaal goed echt genieten gaat naar mijn fav's
Hans

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1493 W: 126 N: 2163] (19716)
  • [2008-09-06 13:35]

Hello Niek! What a beautiful composition, the sky is so beautiful and the light is fantastic, a beauty!

Mario

Beautiful wide shot Niek.
I love the detail and the moody sky here.
Well done off center placement of the rocks.
Very artistic capture.
Well done.
- Vincent

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  • Jan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 426 W: 123 N: 721] (4817)
  • [2008-09-08 11:43]

Een mooie foto, het geeft me het gevoel dat ik super ver kan kijken.
Mooie lucht! Goed gezien en gepresenteerd!

Janneke

My sort of shot Niek, foreground interest, classical sky and the road leading the eye into the shot.

All the hallmarks of a well constructed shot, and to add to it great exposure and depth of field.

What I would call a real 'cracker'

Peter

Hi Niek !
now this, in fact, where do you begin.
Well, exposure is excellent. Mood is fantastic and quality is very high indeed. Well done.

Best regards,
Daniel.

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  • mpr Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 143 W: 10 N: 309] (2118)
  • [2008-09-10 7:26]

Hi Niek

As usual another quality image. Your comp is well thought out and I enjoy the rock cairns in the foreground as it reminds me a lot of my recent road trip in the western states of the US. The dark brooding sky adds a lot of drama. Well seen. Nice work.

Mike

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  • k-2 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 633 W: 13 N: 491] (3539)
  • [2008-09-16 8:19]
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Hi Niek. I really like moody cloud shots.
The road leads the eye well. I like the idea of the foreground interest. Would it work even better with more crop on the left side position the FG rocks off center a bit?? Just an idea. Nice crispness throughout. TFS. Karin

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  • jitro Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 94 W: 0 N: 40] (528)
  • [2008-09-22 20:26]

Hello Niek,
this is beautiful view! I like the compo and dramatic sky.
Good work.
Regards.
Jitka

Hello Niek !!

beautiful work..
thanks for sharing...and great POV !
Kisses

Ania

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