My cell phone rang. “What are you doing?” “Shooting garden gnomes at the mall.” “What?”
I needed photos of garden gnomes for one of my canvas work. Not this one, but I thought it was pretty fun.
The Mall 1, Copenhagen 2012
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Tag Archives: Copenhagen
Copenhagen 2012, 8
One final look at Kastellet for this time. This vista reminds me so of old French copper prints.
Copenhagen 2012, 7
The Norwegian Church reflecting in the moat at Kastellet, Copenhagen – right next to the very little mermaid by the way.
Copenhagen 2012, 6
Kastellet may be a pretty place for a Sunday walk in the fall, but it clearly was meant for defense. It held its ground against the Swedes in 1658 but fell against the English in 1807 and the Germans in 1940.
Copenhagen 2012, 5
On the day I visited Kastellet, the old battlements of Copenhagen, they celbrated it’s 348’th birthday by dressing up.
Copenhagen 2012, 4
If you walk on from the pier of the Royal Danish yacht you pass the Norwegian church and come to Kastellet, the resently renovated part of Copenhagen’s old defense. In the old days people would promanade on the battlement in their Sunday clothes. You can almost see it…
Copenhagen 2012, 3
And here are the pavillions where the royal Danish family waits before boarding their yacht. Denmark is mostly islands so it’s easy to sail to places.
Copenhagen 2012, 2
The elaborate lamp posts are the reward for anyone looking up while cruising the area of the royal family’s yacht.
Copenhagen 2012, 1
One fine day in the fall I visited the district of Copenhagen called Østerbro. I went to photograph a fountain that turned out not to be turned on, but other motives begged to join the others here on the blog.
I am close to the Amalienborg where the queen lives, and the two houses in the background are there for her pleasure as she awaits to board the royal yacht, Dannebro.
Fall, Black/White, 2012
Wrapping up the fall pictures from Christianshavn, I decided to do all of them in black and white. Pick your favorite, color or not…
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