Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, the first one, of the storm clouds, is a beauty. Thanks for sharing your outing. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 7/20/2014 12:16 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I am still on my bicycle tour of Denmark, although back at home base in > Aarhus now. Today will be the last day of riding, before I fly home > tomorrow. While the primary purpose of the tour is to cycle rather than to > take pictures, my little Panasonic GF2 is along for the ride. I am still > way behind in processing, but here are three images taken during the past > week that I particularly like. > > Monday 14 July. > This was the first day of our tour, going from Aarhus to Odense, H.C. > Andersen's birthplace. It was the one day with bad weather on this tour. > About 20 km before Odense (out of a total ride of 144 km), the sky ahead > looked like this (and yes, we needed to go that way and we did get > drenched): > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3398589118&k=NRDFrzh&lb=1&s=O > > Tuesday, 15 July. > We cycled from Odense down to Svendborg on the south coast of Fyn (Funen), > and there had lunch with a friend of Lars, J?rn Svendsen. J?rn is > Denmark's premier bronze caster, and many well-known sculptors from > Northern Europe have him cast their works. Here he is, showing us a statue > that was about to be transported to the Faroe Islands and placed on a rock > by the sea there. It was a truly fascinating visit with a fascinating man: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3398589545&k=RTFTv6v&lb=1&s=O > > Thursday, 17 July. > I got up at 5:30 that morning, crawled out of the tent and went for a walk > in the town of Stege on the island of M?n, where we had camped that night. > The early morning light was beautiful. The bridge in the background, which > we crossed later that morning, connects M?n with Denmark's biggest island, > Zealand, where Copenhagen is located: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3398595244&k=8NrDjGw&lb=1&s=O > > If anyone is interested in the bike tour as such, the journal is here > (with more pictures, too, although they are selected mainly to illustrate > the cycling rather than for artistic qualities): > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/dk_swe_2014 > > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: > http://www.nathansmusings.eu/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >