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Photographer’s Note

The Waterfront. Fredrikstad. Norway.

This is the place to be, during summer.
The waterfront is lined up with pubs, restaurants and
pizzerias. It bustles with locals and tourists during
summer. It also offers docking and sanitary facilities
for boat tourists. You can find boats from various European nations here during summer.

Fredrikstad. Norway.

Fredrikstad (literally Fredrik's Town) is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad.

The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 1567 by King Frederik II, and established as a municipality on January 1838. The rural municipality of Glemmen was merged with Fredrikstad on 1 January 1964. The rural municipalities of Borge, Onsøy, Kråkerøy, and Rolvsøy were merged with Fredrikstad on 1 January 1994.

The city straddles the river Glomma where it meets the Skagerrak. Along with neighboring Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad forms the fifth largest city in Norway: Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg. As of 1 January 2008, according to Statistics Norway, these two municipalities have a total population of 123,029 with 71,976 in Fredrikstad and 51,053 in Sarpsborg.

Fredrikstad was built at the mouth of Glomma as a replacement after Sarpsborg (15 km upstream) was burned down by the Swedes. Almost half the population of Sarpsborg stayed behind, and rebuilt their old town at its original site.

The city centre is on the west bank of the Glomma, while the old town on the east bank is Northern Europe's best preserved fortified town.

Fredrikstad used to have a large sawmill industry and was an important harbour for timber export, then later on shipbuilding, until the main yard was closed in the 1980s. The main industries are currently various chemical plants and other light industry.

In 2005, Fredrikstad was the final host port for the Tall Ships' Race, attracting thousands to the city.

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wolf38 (13868) 2009-11-24 22:35

Hello Janak. Your lovely photo brings back the summer. When you see the photo, you want to make spontzan holiday. Your photo shows a really nice scene. Best regards, wolfgang.

subhendu_bagchi (4834) 2009-11-25 0:56

Hi Janak,
it is a very good daily life shot caught cleanly with nice POV. Great sharpness and depth. Composition is very good, cropping some part of water from foreground would be the another idea. Anyway it is a great shot. I like it. Tfs.
Have a nice day.
Subhendu

snunney (38395) 2009-11-25 0:58

Hello Janak,
A very good perspective down this lively waterfront. The image has a nice summery atmosphere to it and benefits from good colours and sharpness.

I'm afraid I have no idea what the shadow is on my posting of yesterday. Maybe something that crept in during the scanning or just a freak of nature :-)

pajaran (6669) 2009-11-25 0:59

Dobar dan, kod nas suncan.
Stalno nesto novo saznam iz vasih dobrih tekstova, pravi trenutak snimka sa dobrom kompozicijom i bojama.
Lepa fotografija.
Pozdrav, Paja.

Budapestman (46503) 2009-11-25 3:49

Hi Janak,
a superb daily life photo with spectacular composition, the mood of the photo are peaceful and very pleasant, the POV is attractive, the depth of the photo is superb. Beautiful view, indeed. Tfs! Have a nice day!
George

AiresSantos (45796) 2009-11-25 6:58

Hi Janak
Fine place with bars and restaurants
I like the atmosphere and the depth of field
Have a nice day
Aires

danos (36298) 2009-11-25 7:20

Hi Janak,
nice the view of the seafront that creates perspective and lead the eye on the far end of the scene.Really during the Summer the place must be great to see someone to take his dinner and to have a drink.

Have a nice afternoon,Danos

Nicou (49197) 2009-11-25 9:19

Hello,

Très beau cadrage recherché avec la perspective à gauche et le merveilleux plan d'eau avec bruissement et mouvment de l'eau, les facades colorés, sueprbe.

bravo et amitié

Nicou

delpeoples (9520) 2009-11-25 16:48

Hi Janak, thanks for your Note, it's very interesting. The waterway looks full of life and people. You've achieved good DOF here and I like the square croping. The strong colours add more to the life and dynamism of this of this City. I have done a Workshop, there was not much to imporve except I cloned out the birds/black spots in the sky, reduced Noise and added a Graduated Filter. Enjoy your day, Lisa

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Cretense (60379) 2009-11-26 2:52

Hello Janak!

Nice continuation from your previous post, good to have an alternative view of this beautiful place! Great use of the square frame, great composition and light management!

Hercules

john1 (3470) 2009-11-26 12:03

Hi Janak,

Wonderfull perspective here and very beautifull DOF.
The framing is excellent and the colors natural.
Great sharpness and lighting, excellent work.
Thanks for sharing.
Have a good day.
john

mauro61 (19024) 2009-11-29 5:55

ciao Janak,
bella immagine dalla lunga prospettiva sul canale con le barche e la gente che passeggia.
Immagine dai buoni colori con gli uccelli in volo in cielo,
buona domenica
maurizio

gilbertom (1497) 2009-12-09 4:55

Hello Janak:

Beatiful river margins, with the stores and commerce at the side. I imagine that nowadays, this local must be covered with white snow, isn't it?

Best Regards,
Gilberto Müller

pablominto (43376) 2010-02-03 23:19

Hello Janak,

And a few months away we can enjoy high summer again!
A pleasant harbour view, where you can sit close to seaside and enjoy your shrimps & beer...
Good light - fine colours and sharp details!

Greetings,
Pablo -