Behind the trees

Behind the trees in the park Søndermarken in Copenhagen lies this little yellow house, very cozy dressed in white. This is not a residence but a restroom.

Brrrr....

Sometimes it's not fun being a duck in Copenhagen. This mallard seems to a bit tired of the cold weather here, but winter has really only begun.

Three Candles

What to do when there's what the Danish news call a blizzard (and the Swedes would call a mild snowfall) hits Copenhagen on a Sunday and you have a craving for some photography? How about some more time lapse photography, this time with three burning Christmas tree candles.

Copenhagen Flows

 

Another time lapse movie, this time of flows in Copenhagen; the sky, smoke, the people, the traffic and the pigeons. I guess I'm hooked on this function in the D800.

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Defrosting Santa

I'm still playing around with my new Nikon D800 camera and I'm still struck by awe. One of the new features in it is the time-lapse function and a few days ago I just had to try it out on something. Into the freezer Santa went and out again the next day, now embedded in a block of ice. The camera went on a tripod with the macro lens, a black background went up and a spotlight was used for the main lighting. But as I didn't want to stand around for hours, waiting for the ice to melt, a hair dryer was very handy. Setting the time-lapse function was easy enough; a photo each 2 seconds and 30 minutes of shooting and off I, or rather the camera went. 30 minutes later the the ice had melted and the video was in the box. A few things I needed to improve the next time; manual focus on Santas face, a wider depth of field and a more solid platform for the tripod (or is it the hair dryer moving Santa a bit?). Not too bad for a first try I think, though.

The second attempt was much better. This time I skipped the hair dryer and went for a natural melting. A photo every 20 seconds for 5 hours and manual focus with an f=12 and the shooting could begin. Well home after work (the shooting started at 6am) I discovered that the battery had run out at some point so that the video was 25 seconds long instead of the planned 30 seconds, but I still got the whole melting. And I like the result! I've got a few more ideas to try out so this is not the last time lapse I'm doing.

Traditional

Some of the Christmas decorations in Copenhagen are actually quite nice, even for someone who gets a bit annoyed with Christmas when the first signs appears in the stores in late October. These bundles of oats are one of those examples.

Near home

 

Just outside my door is a nice little park called Vigerslevparken with this little creek called Harrestrup Å. And with a coating of white it looks perfect.

 

A bike called Winther

When winter hits Copenhagen the number of people using their bicycles drop the first few days, until the bicycle lanes are clear and dry again.

Half a bench

With a 70-300mm lens it's not always possible to get all of your motive in the frame, so here I opted for just half of the bench. If it's good or just different is for the viewer to decide, but I quite like it.

And winter came

Yesterday Copenhagen got its first large snowfall so it was a nice opportunity to break out the new Nikon D800 and start getting acquainted with it. Well, I actually started a few days ago, but there's still quite a bit of ground to cover before I'm proficient on it. This photo is from the park Frederiksberg Have.

Lines

 

Skip the rules and try something else, is the normal recipe when bored, and that is also true in photography. Have you figured put what I've photographed here?

Work of art

 

Some of the new pavements in Copenhagen is actually almost a work of art in itself. This one is from the harbour front at Strandgade where a new urban park has been constructed. And before you ask, yes, I am trying to ignore the fact that this is the first day of the Christmas month:-)

 

Fallen

 

The leafs has fallen on the cobbles of the square Gråbrødre Torv, named after the Franciscan friars who in Medieval times had their monastery near here.

Partial

 

When the sky over Copenhagen is grey and dull and the need to snap is high, why not go for something unusual instead of the ordinary? Like this reflection of a red car. For the next few days expect a few unusual shots.

King of the hill

 

The male of the lions in the Copenhagen Zoo seems to be king of the hill here. Even though I like to snap a few photos of the lions I mostly find them a bit dull as they pass most of the day sleeping. Only when the cubs are around are the adults a bit more active, mostly trying to fend off the sneak attacks of the little ones.