Reaching for the sky

This picture is taken in Sevilla in Spain during this summer at the Plaza de España, an impressive half-circle plaza with beautiful buildings along the edge. It is located in the large and serene Parque María Luísa and is built in 1929 for the Spanish-American Exhibition.

Standing at the bottom of this tower, which is near one of the ends of the half-circle building, I looked up as the sun hid behind a cloud for a second. The light that resulted was bright, yet a little dusty, and it gave the view, looking up along the tower and seeing the clouds floating past on the deeply blue background, a certain feel to it that called for a camera shot - one of many at this square

Frostbite

After the very picturesque sunset, I thought it was time for something more fun. Riding my bike home from work today, I got to thinking about this picture, which I took a little less than two years ago. The reason I thought of it was that it is getting cold in Denmark! And riding home the air had a frosty bite to it, like the sensation you get just before it starts to snow. This could, though, be caused by the weather reports promising (or threatening, depending how you look at it) snow tomorrow and during the weekend. Well, no matter why I thought of snow, the combination of that sensation and the Christmas decorations in the shops and streets (though it is still November), reminded me of this picture.

Like with the sunset, it is taken in Aarhus, close to where I lived then. A local kindergarten had a couple of goats hiding in a shed from the cold - clever animals indeed! I, however, had come to a different conclusion and ran around with my camera - the bright sun on the pure, white snow was simply too beautiful not to go look at - and photograph.

So when I came up to the fence, the goats, clever yet very curious as they are, came running towards me. And this little fellow found himself nippling at a seasoned Christmas tree (get the pun? - I'm simply filled with humour of a questionable kind today). So there the motive was - and there I was - fortunately with my camera.

On a different note, though the Christmas decorations reminded me of this picture, it is actually taken in January, which probably explains why the tree is there in the first place.

Finally, I know that I don't have that many readers yet - actually only one, if I'm correct, but anyone who might stumple across my site here is welcome to comment, if they like.

Now that's it for today - enjoy the upcoming weekend - with or without snow.

Sky in flames

First of all, welcome to my new blog, which is kind of an experiment of mine. Here I will be showing you some of the photographs, which I love taking. I have a passion for expressing myself through artwork and photography and have long had a wish to share my pictures with others. Therefore, I decided to launch this blog solely dedicated to be a photo-creative channel of expression, accompanied by my thoughts and associations around the subject.

The photo I chose for my first post is taken in a city in Denmark called Aarhus. It made me think of a song by the Danish band Gnags called 'Lav Sol Over Aarhus', which translates into 'low sun over Aarhus.

It is taken on a perfectly ordinary, but cold, clear and beautiful afternoon, when the sky suddenly broke out in flames! Sunsets are often beautiful and the subject of many a picture around the globe, however, this time I really felt it was spectacular! Whether it was my good mood that day or the sunset in itself, it truly left me breathless and in a hurry to dig out my camera from my backpack in order not to miss the opportunity to immortalize that exact sunset.