An Evening Stroll in "Gamlebyen"

I played in the Norwegian Chess Championship in Fredrikstad this year. And we lived very close to "Gamlebyen" while we stayed there. And the tournament was held only 5 minutes away. So there was no reason whatsover not to observe this historic place. An one more little tidbit. For centuries, "Gamelbyen" has been a military town / fortress.. and in the early 1980's, this was were I had my recruitment period.

Walking along the outside perimeter one late evening, these benches were whispering to me to have their picture taken. As I did, my wife jumped up on one, and I ended up with my first real tries at silhouette pictures.

Picture #1 Exposure Program - Aperture Priority
F-stop f/4
Exposure Time 1/30 sec
ISO-400
Focal Length 70mm
Date, July 8, 2010

Picture #2 Exposure Program - Aperture Priority
F-stop f/4
Exposure Time 1/25 sec
ISO-400
Focal Length 70mm
Date, July 8, 2010

Water Wheel

I saw this water wheel in Fredrikstad. Off course, I ended up with 8 almost identical pictures. The only difference was the water pattern. I honestly can't say which is better, but I favor this one. Maybe because the water is evenly spread.

Exposure program - Normal

F-stop f/6.3

ISO-400
Focal length 300 mm
Date July 10, 2009