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Real Heavy Winter Storm

I flew from Denmark to Northern-Norway on Thursday. That was just as a heavy low pressure weather system moved in from the West. And it hit the coastline of the two nations with extreme force. All the way up in the jet-stream where we flew at 32,000 feet, the turbulence could be felt all the way to the North. My friend Ole spent some time by the West Coast of Denmark in his cottage. He reported a real heavy shaking in the cottage as the storm gusts hit. But no harm was done. Ole graciously lent me this picture from the storm of 9th of December.

The violent storm reached the beaches of Western-Denmark on Friday the 9th of December. Photo: Ole Hejgaard

Posted by alliumsativum69 | 11. December 2011 | Categories: 4-Winter, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, Nature's Delight, Photo | Leave a comment

Northern Lights – Aurora borealis – Narvik – Sverre M.B. Dohmen 01/10/2011

Obviously something went wrong with my initial link to my Northern Lights film, so here it is again via Vodpod. Enjoy!

Vodpod videos no longer available.

Northern Lights – Aurora borealis – Narvik – Sv…, posted with vodpod

Posted by alliumsativum69 | 11. December 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

I opened this Lions Art Exhibition and I recommend you to see!

If you are in Denmark, I recommend this fantastic Lions Art Exhibition! It’s free admission to the exhibition and I had the great honor and joy of opening this fantastic oasis of beautiful sights last Saturday!

The artists displaying their works are paying to exhibit. The surplus is exclusively used to buy food for poor families, and toys for poor families with children for Christmas!

You can read about the exhibition on Lions Clubs Aarhus Sct. Clemens homepage. If you do not read Danish, there are pictures there and a QR-code to show you the way to this very special, very intimate exhibition. And there are works for sale in various price categories. The Perfect and Unique Christmas could be awaiting you there!

Go today! You won’t regret it, unless YOUR SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT just have been sold..! Well, maybe you can find an even better one!? One thing i sure: that Christmas present you will be giving during the holidays, is unique! There is nothing like it in the entire world!

Please, click here to go to Lions Clubs Aarhus Sct. Clemens homepage.

The exhibition is open until December 23rd.

Scene from the Lions Art Exhibition i Sonderhoj - Denmark

Posted by alliumsativum69 | 11. December 2011 | Categories: Art, Christmas, Everyday Life, Friend's Achievements, Holidays, Lions Club Aarhus Sct. Clemens | Leave a comment

The Polar Night

Yesterday I took this panorama. This is approximately as light as it gets in Narvik this time of year.

Panorama of Narvik - as light as it gets - no direct sunlight in the winter as the sun never rises above the horizon (click on the image for "The Big Picture")

Posted by alliumsativum69 | 10. December 2011 | Categories: 4-Winter, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, Everyday Life, General Information | 2 Comments

The Ghost Bird

I love making HDR-photos, and play around with it a lot. Yesterday I took some photos in Aarhus. One of the scenes I captured was a flock of geese crossing the autumn sky. Naturally I made three rapid exposures and hoped to turn it into an HDR-photo. So I processed the images. This resulting HDR-photo consists of three images. Each image is taken 12-13 milliseconds apart. That – of course – is a problem when merging a motive that is moving rapidly across the frame. So the HDR-software has a built in function to remove “ghosting”. But that method isn’t fool proof, and so this shot resulted in a funny ghost, one single white bird following the rest.

Posted by alliumsativum69 | 23. November 2011 | Categories: 4-Winter, Biology, HDR, Photo, Seasons | 1 Comment

10,000 visitors!

In just a little over a year I’ve had more than 10,000 visitors to my humble, little blog. I am speechless! Thank you for reading…

Posted by alliumsativum69 | 5. November 2011 | Categories: General Information | 1 Comment

The Thin Fabric of Life

Posted by alliumsativum69 | 16. October 2011 | Categories: Poem | Leave a comment

Watch this spectacular Aurora film I’ve made!

Now blogging to you from 30,000 feet! I am writing this sitting in a brand new Norwegian Airlines Boeing 737-800 with Wifi connection!

And being at this altitude these days means getting very high doses of radiation. The sun has emitted extremely high doses of particles these last few days.

But the particle streams don’t only offer a health hazard. Towards the poles it also cause Aurora borealis. I made this film – please click here!

A will produce an HD version later on. From the sky with love!

Posted by alliumsativum69 | 3. October 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

1 Year Anniversary – THANK YOU!

Happy 1 Year Anniversary! And THANK YOU for making it fun to write!

Posted by alliumsativum69 | 30. September 2011 | Categories: General Information, History, Just for fun, Panorama | Leave a comment

HDR – Narvik today

Shot this HDR-photo today. This photo is a composite of 5 photos. The camera was hand held, but inspite of that I ended up with a pretty nifty result..!

5-photo HDR-composite of Narvik today.

Posted by alliumsativum69 | 29. September 2011 | Categories: 3-Autumn, HDR, Photo, Photographic Art, Seasons | 1 Comment

1 year minus 2 days

In two days time this blog has been up and running for one year. In this time I’ve had some 8,850 visits to my blog. Not bad for a little “miniblogger”.

While waiting for the 1 Year Anniversary – you’ll might enjoy this photo taken today. It is a High Dynamic Range Photo where I tried emphasizing the very special light on the fjord and in the autumn coloured mountain in the background. Enjoy!