Greenland: Legoland in the morning Photo

Photographer’s Note

"Copyright © – Attila Szili.
The reproduction, publication, modification, transmission or exploitation of any work contained herein for any use, personal or commercial, without my prior written permission is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved."

Greenland, the world's largest island, dominated by vast frozen wastes, is surprisingly green in the south. The region's mild climate is provided by an offshoot of the Gulf Stream which brings warm water there. During the arctic summer, meadows and mountainsides burst into bloom. Actually when I was there in July, during a sunny day, the temperature reached to 20˙C, and there were also a lot of aggressive mosquitos.
Narsaq is located at the heart of a magnificent fjord system, with high mountains and green valleys. The name Narsaq is Greenlandic for "plain", referring to the beautiful plain the town lies on.
The district has a total population of over 2,100, with roughly 1,700 living in the town itself, and the remainder in the many surrounding sheep farms, which today is an important economic activity.
It is believed that people have lived in the area for thousands of years, but not continuously. The sea around Narsaq is full of marine life, including whales, salmon, and seals.
The town's grow started from 1953, when the first fishing factory was built and the city's emblem, a cod fish, points to the historic importance of this catch for the town's economy.
Today Narsaq is a modern arctic, town with every kind of facilities and servicies.
The shot was taken in the early morning from the window of my accomodation. I liked the contrast of the enlightened colourful houses with the foggy, grey sea spotted with a lot of white floating icebergs.

***scanned from print***

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AiresSantos (42494) 2007-03-12 5:02

Hi Attila,
Magnificent landscape with lovely colours. Excellent POV and balance between the land and the sea.
Very good sharpness and light
TFS and greetings
Aires

syd1946 (17937) 2007-03-12 5:03

Hello Attila,
What a beauty in this composition!Everything works so well here,from the splendid colors all around the very good point you choose to take the shot.Almost a double scene,with the colorful houses in front and the small icebergs in the back round.Thanks for showing us the beautiful work!

Best wishes,
Thomas

Paolo (40741) 2007-03-12 5:04

Ciao Attila, bella foto con il mondo "capovolto", con il mare al posto del cielo!
ottima la qualità, i colori e la bellissima luce naturale e geniale il POV e la composizione!
ottima foto dall'Ultima Thule!
ciao

ahmetgedikli (21980) 2007-03-12 5:04

Hi Attila,
Beautiful place, excellent colors and nice composition. A good photo...
Best regards,
Ahmet

bruce_wayne (1507) 2007-03-12 5:06

Ciao Attila
fantastic landscape...colors of these house made a good composition. This grey sea is incredible...well done

Bruce W.

besnard (30894) 2007-03-12 5:07

Bonjour Attila
Très belle composition avec toutes ces petites maisons aux couleurs variées disséminées dans tous les sens et les icebergs tout près de la côte.
C'est très agréable à regarder.
Merci pour le partage et bonne journée.
Nicole

hickthom (328) 2007-03-12 5:08

Great combination of colors and shapes. With the icebergs and the fog in the background this is just a sublime picture. It all looks very legoland to me, no it comes from Denmark.

Thank you,

Thomas

vincz (19043) 2007-03-12 5:23

What a stunning shot with the colourful houses in the foreground and the icebergs in the background. Tisis really fantastic.

flory (4804) 2007-03-12 5:28

ciao Attila,
what a beauty in this composition,with these colorful houses makes an interesting contrast with the grey sea!and those floating icebergs are nice catched..interesting place..don't like mosquitos..:).
nice week,
flory

Greg1949 (8511) 2007-03-12 5:33

Beautiful,what a great shot, crisp colorful and totally unique, great capture.

Greg

cherryripe (19097) 2007-03-12 5:34

Hi Attila
Excellent contrast between the colourful houses and the freezing grey sea. It's funny how the icebergs make the background seem like a b&w continuation of the village. Looks like a stunning place.
Regards
Nikki

jasmis (50715) 2007-03-12 5:41

Amazing exotic view. Superb coloured houses and really incredible ice rocks in the sea. Splendid sea/landscape, no doubt.
Regards.

irimi (868) 2007-03-12 6:00

Hello Attila,
Well to be honest, I liked this image so much I have nothing to write :)
The composition, high level POV the colors and the shapes of the houses, the icebergs in the bacground and I think the most important the clarity of the shot.

TFS,
Ahmet

PixelTerror (86416) 2007-03-12 6:39

Szia Attila,
hem hem I'll catch a cold here coming back from your Africa pictures ;-))
That's a nice and luminous view, I like the patchwork of colors from the houses that make it very lively, and the floating background ice blocks are good to set the context here.
Have a nice day,
Jean-yves

vedra (0) 2007-03-12 7:00

Hi Attila,
Amazing colours of the houses really make such a contrast with the greyish looking sea with ice floating in the background.
I like the little chaos that rules here, with no house that looks the same and apparently no yards around any of them.
Vedrana

riclopes (33055) 2007-03-12 7:10

Olá Attila, from the south of the planet, to the very North of it, you have everything. Incredible scenery, so well captured and composed. Love the combination of colors and the contrast of this warm foreground with the cold background. Gorgeous! Tfs,
Friendly regards,
Ricardo

Gerrit (35965) 2007-03-12 8:05

Hi Attila,
fine view with the coloured wooden houses scattered all over the place and the dots of ice above.
Regards,. Gerrit

Cricri (43360) 2007-03-12 8:19

Hi Attila,
Trés jolies ces petites maisons aux couleurs variés, sous une douce lumiére, donnant un contraste avec l'arriére plan brumeux et gelé,
belle réalisation
bonne journée
amicalement
cricri

underhand (839) 2007-03-12 8:38 [Comment]

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grigand (12696) 2007-03-12 8:48

Ciao Attila,
Un'immagine semplimente meravigliosa, le stupende case colorate con in fondo il mare macchiato di iceberg che sembra cielo con nuvole ... complimenti !
Ciao
Andrea

siolaw (25794) 2007-03-12 9:39

Hi Attila,
That is a stupendous sight! Great POV to get these colorful little houses in FG and that fantastic sea full of icebergs... great colors , sharpness and framing!
Laurent

teutza (10568) 2007-03-12 9:48

HY Attila,
this is a stunning view...with all those coloured houses..beautiful ones:)and that frozen water!
great image!!
TFS!
teo

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vinicio (22416) 2007-03-12 11:10

Un foto incredibile Attila, le dimensioni degli icebergs mi confondono la prospettiva, sono cosi grandi che sembra tu abbia incollato insieme due foto, colori eccellenti ma come ho detto superbo effetto della prospettiva, gli oggetti lontani non sono piccoli, anzi...
Complimenti
Buona settimana
Ciao
Vinicio

Tue (25608) 2007-03-12 12:03

Hej Attila,
Fantastic shot from Greenland! I love the contrast between the colourful houses in the foreground and the calm and grey sea with these icebergs in the background. Really well captured and thanks a lot for sharing!
Hilsen,
Lars

bwiti (402) 2007-03-12 12:58

Superbe photo pour un lieu incroyable... ce face à face de l'ocean-icebergs et de la terre-maisons est de toutes beauté... une belle nettete et des couleurs diverses... Bref une bien belle image... felicitations...

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lestans (15480) 2007-03-12 13:01

Ciao Attila! sempre sorprese da te: non immaginavo che tu fossi stato anche in Groenlandia.
La foto è splendida, i colori delle case e poi il ghiaccio in lontananza. Ci deve essere una luce straordinaria.

Ciao, complimenti!

Livia

Photo65Net (43096) 2007-03-12 14:12

Hello Attila,
This compo emphasized all important elements of the picture : colors and cold weather.
Nice catch, with beautiful tones and colors.
Regards,
JB.

Buin (37988) 2007-03-12 14:55

Hallo Attila!
Most beautiful, interesting and impressive! ...in summary: a masterpiece! I like it very much.
Greetings from sunny and warm Germany!
Frank

TeresaT (10733) 2007-03-12 15:14

Hello Attila,
Fantastic composition with the blocks of ice floating on the water on the background.
And the vibrant tones of the houses bring a nice colourful to the compostion.
The POV is excellent and the light is perfect.
Regards
Teresa

Budapestman (42382) 2007-03-12 16:29

Szia Attila,
Micsoda varázslatos fotó. Mintha egy mesebeli városka képét látnám! Tökéletes a látószög és a részletek is nagyszerűek. Nem mondanám meg, hogy hagyományos kép, annyira jó a minősége.
Gyönyörű kép, ismét albumba való darabot hoztál. Szép képeket és Napokat Kívánok!
Gyuri

hyasar (7375) 2007-03-12 17:38

Merhaba Atilla,

nothing I can say other than "WONDERFUL!". Amazing colors and very impressive composition. Difference in the colors of houses is very very good.

congratulations,
Hakan

recepyuksel (17786) 2007-03-12 17:40 [Comment]

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elmec (12194) 2007-03-12 17:54

Hello Attila!
It's absolutely amazing scene!
Like painting in best technicial!
The ice is so extraordinary in the back the houses!
Congratulations!
Best regards!

molla (6885) 2007-03-12 18:10

Hej Attila
Those colors on the Greenland houses are the same as the one on my woodentoys in the late sixties. It Gives the picture a nostalic flavor or tone of something that have past.
Anders mohlin

Hayri_CALISKAN (918) 2007-03-12 20:57

Absolutely great cityscape with great angle of shot.
Very well composed.
Regards, Hayri.

parbo (11002) 2007-03-12 21:35

Hi Attila,

Colorful façades, dark colored roofs are stunning in your photo and white borders are makes them very rich. The icebergs seems like a toy from my desk but I can imagine how they are big but you add them to your photo very nicely with their hazy environment. Congratulations.

Friendly Regards,

Ertugrul

Emile (20037) 2007-03-13 1:57

Hola Attila.
Wow....this is a superb shot with an excellent composition, your point of view is very good with the small houses of different colors and the grey icy sea in the bg. Sharpness and light are excellent.
Very well done. TFS.
Regards.

brevbrev14 (372) 2007-03-13 6:54

ciao Attila!
meravigliosa questa immagine, con un grean contrasto tra i colori delle case e il grigio dell' acqua!
bellissima composizione con 2/3 sulle case e 1/3 sull' acqua!
mi piace moltissimo e la metto nel mio tema personale tra le favorite!
bravissimo!
ciao!
Valeria

gemlik (969) 2007-03-13 8:02

Hi Atilla,
Incredible view and good POV.the light and color are wonderful.Great composition with lowely houses and also floating iceberg on background.excellent capture.congratulation.
greetings,
bulent

smash2707 (2516) 2007-03-13 8:08

Beautiful composition, combining nature and man made abodes. I love the contrast between the colorful houses and the ice floating in the background. I can barely believe this was scanned. The quality of the shot is excellent. Regards, Yvonne

Wanda1 (11011) 2007-03-13 12:57

Hi Attila,
The contrast between the colourful houses and the water and ice is so strange, it looks like two different worlds. You had a great point of view here. Well composed with good depth.
Regards
Wanda

Vato_Law (11682) 2007-03-13 17:15

Hello Attila,
Wonderful photo with the contrasts between the colourfull little houses and the sea / little icebergs.
Love the typical architecture of this little houses and the light of this photo.
Very intrresting note explaining us a bit of the life at this town.
Cheers.
Paulo

bostankorkulugu (33734) 2007-03-13 19:00

magical place... even surreal with those icebergs... colourful and so beautiful... congrats attila...

cheers

korkut:)

pedrocarmo (1281) 2007-03-13 19:08

Hi Attila
Very colourfull city, near the blocks of ice of the artic sea.

Very good prespective, well done.

Graal (58319) 2007-03-14 3:10

Jó napot Attila,
amazing place and view, pretty houses, good composition and interesting note. Great quality of scan. I like this photo a lot.
Gr., Aleksander

chrisnet (20376) 2007-03-14 5:10

Hello Attila,
Wonderful shot of Danemark, I like much the different colors of the houses, and the grey sea with the icebergs is fantastic.
Well done
Regards
Christian

papagolf21 (56483) 2007-03-14 5:14

Bonjour, mon ami Attila,
Image surréaliste pour nous qui connaissons un climat tempéré !
La beauté générale de la composition est manifeste.
Un pur régal.
Merci, Attila, de ce témoignage.
Amitiés.
Philippe

Fis2 (46083) 2007-03-14 6:48

Witaj Attila!
Excellent shot! Fantastic colors. Good composition and frame.
It is painted image ;-).
Best regards
Krzysztof

josepmarin (33887) 2007-03-14 13:16

Hi Attila,
The beautiful color of these traditional Greenland houses and the icebergs floating in a sea gray and a bit blurred in background, they give a graphical very agreeable effect to your composition.
The image looks like a painting, is very nice and has a good light and a few alive colors that work very well in the set.
A beautiful shot, my friend.
Best regards,
Josep

paura (38784) 2007-03-14 13:53

Attila,
Very beautiful and interesting photo here. Amazing colors. It looks like a paint.

Very well done.

Paulo

maltese (21537) 2007-03-14 14:05

Hi Attila
des couleurs superbes pour ce petit village cotier et quel contrate entre le premier fortement coloré et le second plan et ces icebergs presque en N&B, c'est magnifique, bravo
Amicalement
Hervé

stego (22376) 2007-03-14 20:33

Hi Attila,
Soooo charming... They like like toy houses and they make a wonderful pattern, somehow repeated with some distortion and in B&W on the water, with all that scattered ice blocks.
Really wonderful light and colours, amazing in any situation, but even more for a scan.
Are you missing some freezing cold after the hot Africa? :-)
Regards, José.

rakeshgupta (2670) 2007-03-14 22:10

Hi Attila,
This is a beautiful scene of South Greenland. The colorfull houses maintaining the symmetry are looking great. The frozen wastes are making this scene more lovable. After seen your fantastic images I searched for your Camera model in view that I should buy this one as new DSLR but found it as old film SLR.
I am impressed with your Camera (film) and its superior quality even though from print. Thanks for sharing.
- Rakesh

turkamerikali (4772) 2007-03-15 1:42

Hi Attila,
Awesome photo my friend.
I heard a lot about this colorful arctic place and you capture it from a perfect place to show us great details.
I like your pov,dof,colors,perspective,colorful houses,lighting,focus,sharpness,note and framing.Bravo my friend.TFS
Tolga

jhm (82909) 2007-03-15 8:06

Hi Attila,

Lovely composition, almost a double scene, with the colourful houses in foreground and the small icebergs in the background. Looks like a stunning place. My compliments.
Thanks for sharing.

Have a nice day,
John.

axiotea (16181) 2007-03-15 11:00

Hello Attila,
Great framing and POV making the viewer think thesea is the sky and icebergs are clouds! the little colorful houses of the village add to the fairytale atmosphere
Excellent
Marilyn

sufi (9568) 2007-03-15 11:31

Merhaba Attila, my freind...
You're in Greenland in this photograph... You're showing us all around the world with your photographes... It's a wonderful landscape and very colorful composition... The brilliant hot colors of the houses and their contrast between the glacier's colors are perfect... Also perfect light and clarity...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

gilou530 (35434) 2007-03-15 13:38

salut attila
superbe photo ou les couleurs bien typique des maisons nordiques donnent cette ambiance magique et les glaces un must dans l'image, bravo
amitiés
gilbert

pablominto (40980) 2007-03-15 13:59

Hello Attila,
Here you have many typical Greenland elements in one frame!
The colourful houses, the floating icebergs big and small, and most of all the Nordic light...
Well composed image, eye-catching colours, well done on scanning and post work!
Greetings,
Pablo -

anesugur (16930) 2007-03-15 14:08

Hi Attila,
Excellent shot!
Magnificent colors, very good contrast and sharpness. Great work.
Best regards. Uğur

t0mmm1 (5434) 2007-03-15 16:27

Ciao Attila,
bellissimo il paesaggio e brrrrr che sensazione di freddo che ho avuto a guardare gli iceberg. Mi piace come tutto sfuma nella nebbia verso l'orizonte. Beh, pero la foto la fanno le coloratissime case. Sembra che sono simili in tutti i paesi del nord. E sai cosa mi e' venuto in mente adesso... che e' come una specie di Legoland - per i colori e le forme strane ma nessuna rotondita'. Bella, mi piace moltissimo.
Ciao,
Tomi

izmirli (3223) 2007-03-15 19:48

merhaba my friend attila
wonderful colourful picture.wonderful lovely houses and composition.well done.
friendly greeting from Istanbul.
gürkan akçakır.

Angshu (33891) 2007-03-16 3:38

Hi Attila
It's a pleasure to trek the world with a virtual friend like you...You show us amazing places, all photographed exceptionally. This too is so well captured and composed. Love the warm colors of the houses against the cold BG. Superb scan too, can beat a digital image hands down
Friendly Regards
Angshu

rigoletto (26468) 2007-03-16 4:00

I looked and looked at it again to get whether this is a real or a toy town! Incredible to read that this is real! Wonderful colors and an exactly effective POV. It is a perfect decision to get the sea into the frame, with its arctic formations floating. Excellent sharpness and arrangement of contrast. Marvellous post. TFS,
Deniz

ecmel (478) 2007-03-16 9:05

Hello Attila,
I like rhe especially the deep saturated house colours in a grey landscape.It is very pretty town. You used very good perspective.
Congratulations,
Ecmel

jean11-3 (2799) 2007-03-17 11:25

Hi Attila,this is such a pleasing shot with these colourful houses dotted irregularly all over the land.Your composition works for as you say,the grey of the water is a good contrast to the brightly coloured houses.
The icebergs are amazing!
TFS, regards Jean.

mortijo (12318) 2007-03-18 11:20

Jó napot Attilla, nagyon szép ittvan. Typical Scandinavian these colored houses! Excellent composition with sparkling colors.

coco (27962) 2007-03-22 12:13

Hi Attila.

This scanning has a great quality (something not too usual).
The perspective and the composition are quite interesting and I like it a lot.
Also a colorful picture.

Regards.

Manamo (3474) 2007-04-02 21:03

Attila, this one is stunning. The view is incredible of course with the sparse glaciers and the square colored houses. The light on the color is perfect. But for me, the nicest thing is to view that people actually live beside such a place. Furthermore, I think it's even better that the streets are snow less. And the fog...the fog...
Really, this is perfect!
Have a nice day,
Marc

tinamunk3 (6382) 2007-04-06 4:04

Legoland :O) What a pleasure to look at all these different coloured houses spread throughout the whole image and the ice in the water.

FANTASTIC!!

:) Tina

hajle (1087) 2007-04-13 4:53

i've already discovered your portfolio; you've got many really great pictures; this one is another outstanding; great job!
regards!
slawek

marietom (32046) 2007-04-14 12:19

Extraordinaire, quel endroit ! Superment coloré et composé.
Marie

edytungkal (4519) 2007-06-14 4:36

Amazing place and well composed shot...
Very cool view on the top and wonderful colours at bottom, Very well done Attila, i like it alot. Thanks for share it.

greetings from Jakarta
daniel

crisnique (857) 2007-07-16 4:19

Ciao Attila,
E' sempre molto facile per me scegliere una delle tue foto da commentare. Sono tutte bellissime!
Questa in particolare è un'immagine magnifica!
Sembra di osservare due foto in una per via dello stacco netto tra i colori della terra ferma e i colori del mare e degli iceberg che incombono sullo sfondo.
Gran bel lavoro! Bravo.
A presto, Cristian

edal (6583) 2007-07-30 18:28

Jó reggelt, Attila!
This land&seascape is more an art piece than a shot. You are a great master of the lanscape composition and colors.
Köszönöm!
Anton

Jakab (3472) 2007-08-07 3:42

Szia Attila!
Nahát, olyan mint egy képeskönyvben! Nagyon érdekes, milyen élénkek a házakon a színek, miközben a horizont ködbe vész. A kép nélkül nehéz lett volna ezt elképzelni.
Gratulálok üdvözlettel
Laci

gildasjan (23961) 2007-08-13 1:08

Hello Attila
A superb composition and a marvellous symphony of colors.
Congratulations.
Good day.
In a friendly way
Gildas

giorgimer (21322) 2007-08-14 0:33

Ciao Attila,

la scelta del titolo è perfetta per questa splendida visione, i colori sono perfetti, così come la sequenza di case con i blocchi di ghiaccio sullo sfondo.

Complimenti!

Gio