Esbjerg on the west coast of Denmark hosts this amazing work of art – Mennesket ved havet or, in English, Men at Sea.
Determined to at least attempt to create a photograph to do them justice, I was disappointed to see the cloud cover on my way there. I didn’t know then that the sun would break through the clouds, high lighting the statues from the side. And how could I guess that a visitor would turn up in a yellow trench coat.
If you get in the car in Copenhagen and drive West for about three hours you arrive in Esbjerg at the other end of the country. And of course I brought my camera.
I decided to post this picture from the habour. This is the work place of real fishermen, working the North Sea. As with everything else in the habour these containers sure ain’t pretty, but I am attracted to the summetry and the subtle variation of colour.
Allow me to post a second photo from my favorite coffee place in Copenhagen, keeping the hats company.
After I had photographed the roof tops and pondered on roses and bars, it was time for a break. The open door and the black framing caught my eye – as did the way the mirror image showed something different than what I could see from my bar stool.
On my way from photographing roof tops I came across this unintentional installation. First of all, I love the colours – the pink, green, and dark blue. Secondly my mind was challenged by the presence of bars. Seeing only this section, on what side of the bars are the roses – and thus us? Why are there bars? What are they keeping in – or out?
My last picture from Café Hovedtelegrafen. The large dome is the Marple Church. I think the smaller dome looks almost Halloween-ish with its triangular windows, emphasized by the triangle of the roof just below.
They say Copenhagen is the City of Towers. This is an assortment of towers I saw through my view finder from the Café at the Post and Tele Museum.
In Copenhagen we have a Post (mail) and Tele Museum. I haven’t actually seen the museum, but they have a café/restaurant on the top floor with a large deck and a view of the roof tops and towers of Copenhagen.
I suddenly remembered that one morning when I was contemplating where to go photographing that day. I believe anyone would be welcome, but my friend who waits tables there did ask me to come between 10-11 or 3-4 p.m. as it is really busy for lunch.
Above is the first of three pictures. I chose to post this because of the way the red roof tops weave in and out.
Here’s a another picture from Amager Beach (Amager Strand). The large bridge is the bridge from Denmark to Sweden. the two countries are that close! You can see Sweden from the beach unless it’s foggy. Copenhagen Airport is 1 mile down the beach which accounts for the plane.
I’ll probably have another go at this motive on a more clear day, but I like the combination of transportation options and the orange buoy.
The beach on Amager is just 1 mile from my house. On this day I found only few people eating ice cream. Instead I noticed the repeated pattern of the two benches and the red sign to the right in the background.
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