Uddevalla
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I've been keenly watching different weather apps in the run-up to the start of my holidays and they were promising foggy conditions around sunrise today. Perfectly timed, I thought, as I can finally get out and not worry about work. It seems weather apps share the same genes as their flesh-and-blood cousins who predict the weather on TVs as no fog could be seen. Well squint and you can see a little to the right and beyond the bridge in the bay (where I've sometimes stood and taken pictures looking back towards the bridge), just a small patch of pitiful fog. Or sea mist I guess. Can never know the difference between fog, mist or low clouds.
Anyway, taken an hour before an non-performing sunrise. Soon off to England for a few weeks (and hopefully meeting some of you in the process!) where hopefully the weather people will be promising me misty sunrises and glorious sunsets everyday....
Photo taken from Sundstrand towards Uddevalla Bridge over the fjord Byfjorden in Uddevalla municipality, Bohuslän, Sweden, in May 2023.
Bridge Total length 1712 meters
Bridge Width 23.3 meters
Bridge Height 149 meters
The Syrian horse sculpture over-looking Byfjorden and Uddevalla bridge. Oh and a cracking sunset as well.
Uddevalla bridge - at least from underneath it. To try and give some form of perspective the clearance for ships is 52 meters.
Taken on a very windy day!
Photo taken on Norra Drottninggatan (North Queen Street), where Lilla Huset (The Little House) is located in the city of Uddevalla, Bohuslän in Sweden, in May 2023.
Why this house is called the Little House, I do not understand.
Uddevalla är en stad med mycket vatten. Byfjorden, en vik av Skagerrak, går in till staden. Bäveån har sin mynning här. Vattnet har också spelat en stor roll i stadens historia då här en gång i tiden fanns ett stort varv.
Bäveån rinner från källan Mjövattnet på Herrestadsfjället, igenom Uddevalla och ut i Byfjorden.
Uddevalla Bridge
The cable-stayed bridge crossing Sunninge sound near Uddevalla in the province of Bohuslän on the west coast of Sweden. The bridge was constructed as part of the rerouting of the European route E6 outside Uddevalla, which reduced traffic congestion in the city and shortened traveling distance by 12.8 km
The total length is 1,712 m (5,617 ft), with a main span of 414 m (1,358 ft),
You know instinctively that some moments are going to stay with you. When it’s the very first morning in a new country it’s probably going to help to keep the time you spent in the sunrise hour in your mind, standing on top of a big lump on the landscape, watching sheets of rain chasing north along the water and over the islands in a softly lit wash of the new day. I’d been dragged here at a far earlier hour than I’m used to, leaving the house at five to drive to the foot of the lofty Havstensklippan. A twenty-five minute uphill stomp with head torches on, dodging treacherous tree roots and wondering why I was wearing jeans instead of walking trousers as we shuffled over a hefty rock on our derrieres. The freshly laundered jeans were supposed to remain untainted so that on the long journey home by air and rail, I might have half a chance of looking and smelling reasonably acceptable. Not much chance of that now, with a spattering of mud on the backside of them.
Onwards, upwards and up to the top where the trees gave way to a glorious easterly panorama. There was no denying that this was a well chosen spot for a sunrise shoot. Across the water, perhaps three of four miles away, the handsome Uddevalla Bridge that we’d crossed to get here stood before a faint orange glow, a hint of what might come as long as clouds didn’t conspire on the horizon. Forty-five minutes before sunrise and time for a slug of life affirming coffee. Thanks to Steve’s son AJ, there was some coffee in the house. It seems he’s the only member of the family who drinks it. I made a note to get some later for the adventures in Norway, and began to plan a composition. Heather in bloom right in front of me and a southerly view straight along the sound. Somewhere down there was Steve’s home. The short drive here had taken us along an anticlockwise semicircle and the map shows me that we were no more than five or six miles from base - by boat that is. My host had found his own patch of heather and began setting up his tripod. “Am I in your shot?” he asked. “No you’re fine, but would you mind just moving your bag to the right a bit please?” Such is the way when you’re not alone. I rattled off a couple of test shots, and then noticed a bigger patch of heather to my right. With a group of three pines in the frame, it had potential. I changed position and continued to wait.
And then things started happening. The sun came up and sent its beams across the water. A squall blew northwards and a rainbow illuminated the heather to the west. I abandoned my compositions and chased all over the headland, catching the golden light as the sun rose beside the bridge, and then barging in on Steve’s one man party to capture the rainbow. Then jumping back to my original position to photograph the rainstorm coming straight towards us, painting everything with gold as it whipped across the water below us. We hid beneath a huge golf umbrella as the shower passed over our heads. The rocks before us were quickly filled with small puddles of reflected light. Worth getting soaked for everytime. At least the jeans had a wash of sorts.
On the way down we approached that big rock from the right hand side this time, clambering around its flank. And what was this? Blueberries? Like in the supermarkets at home, but just growing here? Well, bilberries actually, although I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference in a taste test. Breakfast was served and I helped myself to the landscape one last time this morning. From here we returned home via the supermarket. Steve had been given an order for croissants and various accompaniments. We were back home by half past eight, where breakfast of a different kind was placed on the table in front of me. And more coffee. Sherlock the spaniel rested his head on my thigh, only to leave a big trail of slobber on the sorry jeans as a welcome present when it was time to go walkies. It was heartwarming to be accepted by the family menagerie like this, but in just over a week from now, the journey back to Cornwall was going to be a delight for whomever had the misfortune to be sitting next to me.
Uddevallabron är en motorvägsbro över Sunningesund/Byfjorden utanför Uddevalla. Den är en del av Europaväg 6 (E6) som utgör en del av den viktiga motorvägen mellan Oslo och Köpenhamn via Göteborg. Längden är 1712 meter och spännvidden 414 meter. Bron, som invigdes i maj 2000, är Sveriges näst längsta motorvägsbro efter Öresundsbron (som delvis går på danskt vatten, cirka 5 kilometer inom Sverige) och den sjätte längsta av Sveriges alla broar. Bron använder snedkabelprincipen och de två pylonerna är 149 meter höga.
Här kommer mitt bidrag till fotosöndags veckotema - i nuet.
Here comes my contribution to fotosöndag's weekly challenge - in the moment.
Been all a bit too grey these last few days but did manage to get out briefly. Not much colour or movement in the sky so did my best firstly with a 60 second exposure to smooth out the water and get what cloud movement there was. Saw that there was a sailing boat heading across my field of view, and decided at that moment I wanted it in my image. So another exposure of 1/125 was taken to capture the sailing boat. Finally masked the boat into the long exposure in photoshop....
Uddevallabron är en motorvägsbro över Sunningesund/Byfjorden utanför Uddevalla. Den är en del av Europaväg 6 (E6) som utgör en del av den viktiga motorvägen mellan Oslo och Köpenhamn via Göteborg. Längden är 1712 meter och spännvidden 414 meter. Bron, som invigdes i maj 2000, är Sveriges näst längsta motorvägsbro efter Öresundsbron (som delvis går på danskt vatten, cirka 5 kilometer inom Sverige) och den sjätte längsta av Sveriges alla broar. Bron använder snedkabelprincipen och de två pylonerna är 149 meter höga.
Bron måste stängas vid vissa tillfällen av två olika väderrelaterade orsaker. Det byggs lätt upp is på kablarna vid viss väderlek, och när isen tinar kan den falla ner på bilarna i stora stycken. Man har funderat på metoder att hindra detta. Den andra anledningen är stark vind. Vid full storm blir det riskabelt, särskilt för vissa fordon såsom husvagnar, olastade lastbilar och bussar.
Här kommer mitt bidrag till fotosöndags veckotemat - pampig
Here comes my contribution to fotosöndag's weekly challenge - imposing.
Standing at 140m tall with its total length of 1712m, you can't miss it as it can be seen for miles around. I've tried a number of times to get a sunrise photo from this location but have never been lucky. This photo was taken about 1hr 15min before sunrise and sadly the sky didn't improve for sunrise. Still those clouds were quite dramatic.
The house was built around 1915. The house was converted into a hotel in 1959.
Photo taken of this old villa which is a hotel (Hotel Viking, 20 rooms) located in the city of Uddevalla, Bohuslän in Sweden, in connection with a few nights of accommodation at this nice and cozy hotel in December 2023.
This is perhaps the first and last occasion that Hotel Viking is featured on Flickr.
Uddevalla - Bohuslän - Sweden
From the world's largest shell bank Uddevalla/Sweden.
Here mainly stone clam and giant barnacles have collected together to form the gigantic land mass.
The Shell bank in Uddevalla was formed over 11,000 years ago when the ice age thawed. Then conditions for life in the water improved, and so the remnants of all the different species of shellfish, molluscs, crustaceans and other marine life accumulated.
It is estimated there has been over 1 million cubic meters of bio mass in the shell bank, but now barely more than 10 percent remains.
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Texture: Shadowhouse Creations and French Kiss
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Skärgårdsbåten m/s Sunningen.
Fartyget byggdes 1910 vid Motala Varv och fick sig en rejäl renovering av styrhytt, stäv och skrov till 100 årsdagen 2011. Båten används sommartid till linjetrafik i de inre delarna av Byfjorden, och har på så vis i många år sammanknutit Uddevalla med de mindre badorterna.
M/S Sunningen erbjuder en kortare utflykt med en vacker vy av Uddevallabron. Under perioden juni till augusti gör hon ungefär
6 000 tilläggningar.
Latinskt namn:
Larus argentatus - vilket betyder, silvergrå mås.
Typiska kännetecken:
56-66 cm. Grå mantel och gråa vingovansidor, svarta vingspetsar med vita inslag. Skära ben. Grov, gul näbb med en orangeröd fläck. Observera att gråtruten har fyra åldersklasser innan den vuxna fågelns färger. Som ungfågel är den vit och brunspräcklig och svår att skilja åt från andra trutar och måsar.
Had a mad dash down to the bridge to get the light. After setting up I was only able to get one image before the light just disappeared. Was worth it though.
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