Norwegian Hardanger — Fjord Spring Blossom
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The Hardangerfjord in Norway during the one-week apple and cherry blossom season — fruit tree orchards in full white and pink flower at the fjord’s edge, the snow-capped Folgefonna glacier rising above on the far shore.
Description
The Hardanger region of western Norway contains Norway’s largest concentration of fruit orchards, and the annual blossom period — a one-to-two week window in late May when apple, cherry, and pear trees are simultaneously in full flower — creates a landscape juxtaposition unique in European geography: blossom at sea level with permanent snowfields above on the Folgefonna glacier. This image was made from a boat position in the inner fjord during the peak blossom week, the white and pale pink fruit blossom covering the lower slopes of the Sørfjord arms in a continuous flowered band at the orchard elevation. The snow line on the Folgefonna begins approximately 400 metres above the orchard zone, the contrast between blossom and snow providing the compositional tension. Shot on a 70- 200mm telephoto at f/8, the compression of fjord wall, orchard, glacier, and sky into a single frame communicates the scale of the seasonal transformation.
