What is a PhotoWalk you may ask? Is is just what it says - a walk where you take pictures. In this case, a camera dealer in Bergen arranged such a walk a Saturday at the end of April. They even included a small competition (theme: "Fragments of Bergen"), so Saturday afternoon about 100 enthusiast and I enjoyed the weather and snapped away as if we had never seen our home town before. And that is of course the way to do it.
Some hours and a few hundred pictures later, I found that in addition to having played tourist at home ,I had also found myself a perfect P for this week's ABC Wednesday-entry: PhotoWalk. Below are some samples
All of us started of course to look for "THE UNUSUAL OBJECT". Here is mine: Balloons with Gaelic inscriptions are not everyday objects in Bergen.
The next task was of course to try out unusual angles - the usual way of doing it wouldn't do among so many exalted enthusiasts. So corners and walls became very popular subjects among the photographers.
OK - let us get a bit more serious: Many of the houses in the central part of Bergen are made of wood. In addition the streets are narrow. This has lead to many large fires in the past.
A typical narrow street, called a "smug" or "smau".
If you visit Bergen on a week-end in spring there is one phenomenon that will not escape your notice: "Buekorpsene". These are traditional brigades of children and youngsters, loosely based on citizen brigades from the 19th century. This particular one is called "Skansen Bataljon"
The white building in the background was once a fire station.
One reason why you will notice them is that they use drums...
The photographers of course fell for the small boys in uniform.
One cannot have a PhotoWalk in Bergen withot at least one glimpse of our old harbour, "Vågen". It used to be filled by all kinds of ship, but nowadays the pleasure crafts dominate the inner part - in the week-ends at least. In the background is of course "Statsraad Lehmkuhl", Norway's largest sailing vessel and the pride of the city.
The central part of the city of Bergen is not large and the effects of the heavy traffic has been huge. Therefore, restrictions are being placed on traffic in general and many streets and squares have been closed to traffic and upgraded and redecorated.
And what of the contest? After much deliberation I selected the one below...
And did I win? I haven't heard anything, so I suppose not. But I got a lot of pictures for my hard drives and I hope that you have enjoyed seeing this small selection.
Today's post is an entry in the fourth round of ABC Wednesday, the meme initiated by Denise Nesbitt.
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38 comments:
A Master at work(or pleasure).
Fine post Rune.
What a fantastic idea! I might introduce that idea to our local photoshop owner!
And, I know she was from Sweden, but the smau looked so Pippi Longstocking, it took me back to all those films I used to see when I was younger.
Thank you for those brilliant photos!
Hi RuneE,
Great walk and I love the Photo's very much!
Come see my P... abc:)
JoAnn/Holland
Takk for rundturen, ble sittende og se på alle takene i bilde nr tre, her var det mange fine linjer å skue,og smuget i nr tre var artig, da først forstår man hvor tett det ligger der.
Flott knippe bilder!
Takk for turen i Bergen, veldig trivelig å være der igjen! Flotte bilder jeg kan kjenne meg igjen i! Og det bildet du sendte til konkurransen, likte nå jeg godt da! Det fanget svært my av Bergen i mine øyne - men nå er det jo en stund siden jeg var der da!
Kjempefine bilder!
Your ROOF photo of Bergen narrow streets is brilliant!!!!!
:)
Dette likte jeg. Det er over et år siden jeg var der, så det er vel snart tid for en tur igjen. Ha en fin abc:)
You have a super reflection photo -- just wish you had explained the details in the window panes a little more. I would have chosen that one for a winner!
Kathy sent me a card reader so I could upload photos from her camera to use so I used a few for my latest post. Come and see some flowers. . .
Thank you Rune för en fin rundtur i Bergen. Det är i Bergen det regnar så mycket ellerhur?
Ha det gott/ Tyra
THE GREENHOUSE IN TYRA'S GARDEN
The shot up the drainpipe is my favourite.
Noe kjent med alt dette ja :-) Dessverre visste jeg ikke om turen før etterpå, - men det hadde ikke passet likevel. Var sikkert gøy å være med på :-)
Love our tour of Bergen. Its a beautiful place and it would be difficult to pick a favorite photo. Love the angles and the reflection of the last picture. Nice choices for the letter P.
I always love your photos, Rune! And these are wonderful! Fun way to see Bergen! Thanks so much for sharing! Thanks, too, for visiting my blog and your comment, always appreciated!
A photowalk is a GREAT idea! And yes, I did enjoy the photos you chose to show us!
Thanks, Rune, for telling about my faulty link. I fixed it. ;-)
Oh, Yes !I do enjoy your selection, and this way of visiting Bergen !(-the roofs, the narrow street, the brigades...Thanks for sharing!)
This photowalk is perfect to"play tourist at home " and to discover new things !
I have enjoyed this photowalk immensely! And you had fantastic weather, by the looks of it. Of course you win!! Although I noticed that all the Norwegian bloggers are great photographers. Well I hope you win.
You harvested a delightful set of Bergen photos. The one looking down at the roofs and narrow streets corresponds to my memories of visiting Bergen. The harbor is beautiful with its old houses bordering it.
P for perfection with every post. The Ceilidh intrigued me , we have those here. Manx speaking nights of poetry, song, storytelling and dancing. Always a winner in my eyes, and you know I mean that. I'm totally with Wil, Norwegian photobloggers rule.
I liked the drain pipe I guess for the nest near the top. Also liked the roofs. Nice job though on all the shots.
WOW! You know I love all your pictures and especially all of these but I think my favorites of this "litter" would be the houses and all the rooftops and then, of course, the boats/ships in the harbor. I do especially love any and all your pictures of the water and boats and such. Always find them very, very enticing.
Hej
Like the photo of all diferent roofs and the old houses :-)
Rune, this was a very enjoyable walk around Bergen...you showed me many unusual (to me) places, streets, homes...and yes, those balloons in the first shot are definitely different. A Bergen Ceilidh! Amazing.
OH I very much enjoyed the photowalk photos! What a great idea. I like all of your photos...but especially the rooftops shot.
A very fine post, RuneE, with a perfect combination of wonderful photos and narrative history.
Perfect indeed! I too like the roof-top shot of the houses. It looks like it would be easy to get lost in those narrow streets. And no big autos to park by the front door! The mountains and the water make it hard to just spread out a city in Norway, but it also makes for beautiful scenery. Nice human touch with the Buekorpsene. And as always a great harbor image. Very enjoyable walk while sitting in my chair!
A lovely tour. Yours is a beautiful city/area - I never tire of seeing it.
You've certainly won in my book - this is an incredible photo display - I loved every second of it. Thank you!!
Snakk om flott guidet tur!!!
I am glade that you went to the Photowalk and we got the chance of a photo tour of your lovely city. Thanks for sharing.
My three favorite are: the harbour, the drums and the roofs of Bergen;
Thank you for that wonderful walk through your town and through your photographer's sensitivity;
I wonder if you were obliged to stay all together on the same way, or could you go where you wanted?
I have a lot of pictures of the Statsraad Lehmkuhl : I saw this ship in many international ships meetings, and I'm glad to discover it in its home.
The harder in this kind of walk is to forget that we live here, and to open our eyes in a different way, like if everything was new; That's hard, but interesting to do.
It was a great post, and I enjoyed it!
This was a delightful photowalk through your town! I especially liked the bright and unusual balloon!
i love the photo of the rooftops - i understand what you mean about fires, as we used to have a lot of fires in wellignton new zealand where there were lots of wooden houses
Likte svært godt rundturen du gav oss i denne bloggoppføringen. På foto er du alltid en vinner RuneE.
A marvelous post, Rune. I very much enjoyed your selection of shots from your photo walk. I'd be hard-pressed to select a favorite; they are all wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
Tusen takk for rundturen i Bergen!! Veldig flotte bilder. Er no heilt klar for ein ny tur til Bergen, og det er din feil*ler*
Så heldig du var da :-) Som kom med på en så fin byrunde. Jeg ante ikke at sånne fototurer ble arrangert. Jeg tror jeg får lage meg min lille private by-foto-tur for det har jeg gjort altfor lite av. Du har funnet så mange fine motiver at jeg blir frister til å ta med kamera til sentrum. De hustakene er en vinner synes jeg.
Flotte bilder! Bergen er og blir en flott by (takbildet er min favoritt).
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