Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Kabelvåg

Kabelvåg was historically the first and biggest fishery town ("fiskevær") of Lofoten.  The commercial "Lofotfiske" (meaning approximately fishing in Lofoten...) started here around 1000 years ago when the stockfish (dried cod) became a product of trade.  Until past 1900, Kabelvåg was considered the centre of Lofoten and had a lot of activity related to fishing. The harbour is not very deep, and when bigger boats became more usual other places took over.

The above picture shows part of the square. Most of the town is in the opposite direction.

Photo details: EOS 30D with my EF-S 17-85 mm at f/5.6 with a focal length of 24 mm. With ISO at 100, the shutter time was 1/60 seconds. In this case, I used the "landscape mode", i.e. one of the more automatic "newbie" options of the basic zone.

This picture is part of my Lofoten set at flickr.