Jun 26
Perfect holi-day
A little bit sick of the heat and the mosquitos, I decided to drive to Röros today. Even if it’s warm, there are normally no mosquitos in towns and then of course there are all those cafes so you can sit down and have an ice-cream if it gets too hot.
It turned out to be good decision, because I thoroughly enjoyed my time. When I arrived it was early afternoon, I couldn’t resist taking pictures even if the light wasn’t ideal. But one thing to remember is that the all the buildings won’t be sunlit all day, so sometimes you had to take the harsher light to get any sunlight at all, and some buildings are only sunlit in the afternoon. Which means that you can walk around the town, and then walk around it again, and always find something with good light on. 
I finished after 6pm, and only had a few short breaks so it was a lot of walking around the town, small as the town may be. I think I caught the town in ideal conditions, sunny and warm with a few fluffy clouds in the sky to decorate the pictures. I’ve wanted to do this for a couple of years now and I couldn’t have picked a better time, there was honestly not a single thing I would’ve wished was different. I had a genuine holiday feeling even if my feet were killing me in the evening, but I’d much rather have tired feet than a tired head after a day in the office!
How much was the ice-cream in Swedish money? 200?
Looks like weather was really great there! Somehow I get a feeling all these could have benefited a tad wider angle, maybe – impossible to tell as I don’t know what was cropped/left out from these… Still I like them
Haha, I haven’t dared to check my bank account yet, but it was such a nice day that it was worth it.
You’re right about the wideangle. Looking at the exif, the 1st and 3rd pictures are taken with 28mm and the middle one with 24mm – wide as it gets. Although I had to crop it just a teeny weeny bit to get rid of a distraction on the right, so maybe I could’ve zoomed in a mm or two to fix it in the field. But a few times I was thinking that a wider angle would be nice, the space is tight in urban environment. But in the end, I got the pictures I wanted so no regrets!
Röros looks great under a blue sky. All pictures are great. When I visited the town last year it rained all day.
I’ve been to Röros a number of times, but this is the first time I saw it at its photogenic best. I would say, definitely worth a new visit if you come around here again.
Awwww, very nice looking town that is! -And you have taken beautiful pictures of it
Hehe, ice cream is always worth its price if it’s good, not once melted..
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