Duplo's blog

Hi All,

Yep a new Duploworld update is ready, or well not an update per se, more of a well now I am finally back online again. I have been out for nearly two weeks. SO far out that a cellphone coverage was non existant for days.

What have I been doing you might ask, well the photo below (taken by my brother) Spells it out nicely.
Duplo by the Glacier

First I had my brother visiting me here in Nuuk for a week, the for one week, I have been up very close with 2 calving glaciers (both on land and in fiord) and a dead one, visited the ice cap on two different locations and sailed among the worlds largest icebergs in anything from a larger boat to a tiny 3 person motorboat.
We have hiked for days, saying hi and hugging (more or less volounterely ) Greenlandic sled dogs and a lot more.
Duplo and a Greenlandic sled dog

Well only downside is going to be going over the more than 2000 frames shot during the last two weeks and getting them processed within deadline. All photos including the one above has been shot by my brother.
He was travellign with me and miss Duplo and part of an adventure I have not even begun grasping myself yet.
But for now I just wanted to let you know that I am back and that I got some pretty interesting stuff to tell over the comming weeks.

My watchlist is totally out of control, I will do my best to get around to all of my favourite blogs again over the next week, but my apologies in advance for not having been around for quite a while.

Thanks again for reading all and do take care

Thomas

Hi All,

And welcome to another duploworld update, a long awaited one (at least i hope so:))

Now why Denmark you might ask, "and was he not talking about Lanzarote and some stuff last time he wrote?"

Well yes I was and I will come to that, but as there is quite a few people in some of the photos, then I am awaiting approval to publish some of them, well Miss Duplo has obviously approved, but that aside i prefer if people approve before I publish anything.That is why you have to wait a bit before getting to see the photos.
Luckily I have had both a couple of days before and after the lanzarote trip and a week more in Copenhagen, from which I have just returned.
Gammel Højerup Kirke

Above is from a brief early evening stop near Stevns Klint. A limestone cliff beach that is slowly eaten by the sea, The same goes for the old church now actually hanging over the edge of the cliff, quite a beautiful sight. Being there in the early evening sun, definitely made things better too:)

Now what else has happened in Copenhagen? well this Saturday my younger sister returned from a 3 month stay in Australia. I surprised her in the airport Saturday evening when she arrived and seeing her again and hearing how much she has experienced down there was simply amazing. I spend more or less the entire sunday with her. It was simply a blast spending time with her again and hear about all the stuff she has seen and done over the last 3 month. Ohh and this grabshot during lunch at a café turned out quite well too I think.
My Sister

Sunday was also the day where my brother did a 21.1km run, it was an official prep run for the Copenhagen marathon and for him the target of a running challenge. He finished in 1 hour and 48 minutes, it is fair to say that I am rather proud of him.
Now April really means that spring is slowly picking up speed in Copenhagen. I spend an hour one afternoon just watching the beach and enjoyed the early signs of spring.
first sign of spring?

Another place that can be truly beautiful around spring is a place just North of Copenhagen called "Dyrehaven". Translated directly it means "Animal Garden", it is a large forest area with deers and a multitude of other animals. I went there with my father one late afternoon, just to have a pleasant walk and to squeeze off a few shots.
I used to live just 10 minutes away when I lived in Copenhagen and it was wonderful being back in a forest again, as you know we barely have any vegetation up here and sometimes I actually miss having trees around, they make for some very interesting light I think.
Towards the Eremitage Castle

Now I think this makes for a decent update... I still have a lot of things to tell about Lanzarote and what we did down there. Hopefully this weekend will give me the time to update you all on it.
I also have a number of changes planned for my posting patterns on this blog, It seems that after a good while of less frequent updates, I have an urge to turn it into a more regular thing. I think this blogspace will turn interesting over the next couple of months.
Lastely a photo to round up this Duploworld update. It is nothing special and has a couple of flaws from a technical point of view. It is however a fine statement of how a couple of Speedlights can make a livingroom in broad daylight turn into something completely different.
Cactus flower

Now there is a number of additional photos in the "Denmark 2008" gallery and I think they are worh a look:)
My Gallerypage has received an update too, any comments on both the photo selection an gallery selection would be highly appreciated.

Now til next time... Do take care you all:)

Thomas