A few rays of sun broke through the looming rain clouds.
Behind the cruise ship in the background is Langelinie, home of The Little Mermaid – and she really is small. Or dainty. From Halvandet you can also see The Marble Church, catch a glimpse of Amalienborg and sometimes of the royal yacht.
I’m a sucker for patterns – repetitions, graphic lines, you name it… This is another of the shots from Halvandet I decided to keep. Again, this wouldn’t be half as intriguing to me if the sun had been shining and the deck chairs had been full of people. Opporsites calls to the imagination.
Halvandet is located on Amager, the island I live on. But you have to know it’s there… Way out at the farthest end of a run down industrial area.
Fancy lounging on a sun bed? There’s even a cruise ship in the background.
When I visited Halvandet a day in August the rain was pouring down as I drove there and I had to wait in the car for the rain to stop. The wind was fierce and this being an outdoor bar there were no customers there. A couple of days later, when the weather had cleared and the place was filled with people lounging in the sun, I returned – but the pictures I took on the windy and cloudy day were so much more interesting.
Men at Sea, Esbjerg – I was happy with this picture as well. Two unknown people were kind enough to seat themselves next to the giants.
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.
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