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Kolding at winter time

Jan 23

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Winter scene from Kolding I promised I would try and make up for the missing photos during the weekend. Here is a photo of Slotssøen in Kolding. People are having a good time on the ice ice skating, playing hockey and just fooling around really enjoying it since it is so rare that we have frozen lakes in Denmark. Koldinghus makes up the background of the image.

The light on the photo is nothing special, and that usually makes a bit of a dull image, but I tried to increase the contrast as much as I could to get the people and Koldinghus to stand out from the snow.

I re cropped it a couple of time, until I got the people into a more central position, so than in the beginning. That helped to move the focus towards them I think.  Light could be better, but all in all a decent photo telling a story.  And a scene I don’t shoot very often.

Wintery greetings
Kristian

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A few photos from the week that went

Jan 23

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I know I didn’t manage to post a photo every day of this week, due to my workload. I did manage to shoot a few photos that day though, so here they are. DSC02989 The first one is a tower of some sort right next to the hotel I lived in. It seems to be used for mobile communication.  What I do like about the photo is the framing of the tower between the trees, and the very evenly lid look of it.

The other photo is an abstract photo where I try to play with light and dark during the night.  You figure out what it is for your self :) DSC02999

Non of them are post processed, and non of them are my best work. But it does work as a reminder to for me to slow down and take a deep breath every once in a while, even when I am busy.

/Kristian

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Crossed to the other side

Jan 22

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Great Belt from the other side Today was pretty grey and foggy, but I got an idea for capturing my friday subject the great belt brigde. This time I did it from the Funen side.  A bit on the less colourful side unlike what I typically do.

Have a nice weekend
Kristian

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A plant full of snow

Jan 18

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 It snowed!One of the days full of excuses again. I wasn’t home before it got dark, but I just  got the new and bright lens so that shouldn’t stop me!  Well to be honest I was lazy, but when I walked through the gate to by hotel, I saw a plant lidt by a lamp post, and realised I might be able to play a little more with light and shadows. So I did.

I am still impressed by the lens, it is extremly sharp and captures a lot of light. This shot is taken a few hours after it became dark, and only lit by a single light bulb.  It is all you get for today, a picture by me playing around with my new lens.

It is a pretty boring shot admitted, but it is what I could manage for a day with lots of work. I will try to get up early tomorrow and see if I can get a shot before I need to go to the course.

/Kristian

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Architecture at night

Jan 15

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The Great Belt Brigde at Night Im sorry I didn’t manage to get a photo uploaded last night. I got the opportunity of going home one day early from the course, so once I got home, uploading a picture wasn’t the first thing on my mind. I did managed to take a decent photo though.

So today I will post two images, one from yesterday and one from today. The have a common theme, so everything is aligned well.Koldinghus by night

The photo from last night is of the Great Belt Bridge. It is taken from the same location as the photos of the bridge last time. Only this time somewhat later, and with a 200mm zoom instead of a wide angle lens. The result is what you see on the left. I haven’t post processed the photo much except for a bit of rotation. The fog you see around the pylons were very visible and very stunning while being there.

So Now I have caught up, or at least that is what I tell myself. So for today’s image I have taken a night shot of Koldinghus, from across the small lake next to it. It is a stunning building towering over the lake, and espcially at night it looks amazing. It is taken at around normal view so that is 50mm equivalent.

Once again, sorry for not updating you last night, but I am making up for it now.

/Kristian

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Another Nightshot

Jan 13

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Night shot of Charlottenlund Slot Here is a night shot of Charlottenlund Slot. A castle I lived close by while being in Copenhagen last year. I have done no post processing of the image, I just took it. I like the glow effect of the street lights, you probably need to see it in original size to see it.

I also played around with zooming in while taking a picture, but it seems that the exposure time needs to be shorter than the 20s that I used in order to make a full zoom during the exposure time.

I try to not use too much time on these pictures during the week, thereby forcing myself to be creative in a short time. Partly because I think it is a good challenge, but also because I froze when I tried to take photos today. :)

/Kristian

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Drive by shooting

Jan 12

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Car driving by Once again it was already dark when I got off from work, so a little panicking about what to shoot. I ended up taking a few night shots on a tripod, and the result is what you see here.

A car drove by when I took the shot, or rather it was in the middle of the picture when I finished. That why the lights stop there.

/Kristian

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9E we all know what that means….

Jan 11

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9E If you think this is weird then wait a month…. No, I came home long after it was dark outside, so I had to o some night shooting. And it happened that I on another shoot took a picture of these mail boxes. At that time I realised that I didn’t think the angle was steep enough on the perspective. So I decided to use tonight to play a bit with the angle and depth of field.

It turns out that in order to get the perspective I had hoped for I had to be almost parallel to the mail boxes. I was actually surprised by that, so I try to make my self believe that I have learned something today.

I took quite a number of shots, but this one is the best angle and I got the street lamp into the photo as well. That was actually an accident at first, but I think it adds to the picture. Enough of my babbling. I got to play a bt more with composition even if the picture might not be the most interesting to look at.

/Kristian

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Silhouette

Jan 9

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Silouette Just a quick update from here. I got another sunset photo today, showing a silhouette of a high voltage mast.

Not a whole lot of comments except that I like the colours of the picture.

/Kristian

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Sunset at the Great Belt

Jan 9

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Sunset at the great belt brigde Sorry for not uploading a picture yesterday, I did take it I just never got around to uploading it. So today you will get two posts. I promise!

I was crossing the great belt brigde last night and just happened to due it during sunset, it was an opportunity I couldn’t miss. So I stopped in a took a series of great landscape pictures. The light was absolutely gorgeous and just proves once again that light is everything.

I have chosen this one as today’s photo, there were several great ones and you can see those in the gallery. I have my photo editing software back, so this pictures has been edited a bit. I have rotated it and tweaked the colours a tad.  Not much but a little.

I think the picture is good, and I like the thing in the foreground even though it might not be interesting, it adds to the picture and helps giving it depth.

Happy sunset
Kristian

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