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Hi All,

And welcome to what seems to be the second Duploworld update in a week and what is likely the first actual mark of my slow return to my blog and to the OC.
Now my watchlist is a total mess and soo many things has been posted that I cannot promise to read up on everything that has been going on, but I will do my best over the next few days...

Now the reason for my time away is personal and there is yet a long way to go, but as said I am nt sure this is the place to share it, thus I will try using this space to focus on the positive aspects of my life and share all the good stuff that happens around me

Life is good

Above is from a day trip this Sunday and marks the initiation of my "Greenlandic Spring Photos 2009" gallery.
Sunday was in many ways an Absolutely amazing day and included what was probably the most amazing snowboarding day in my life

A friend and I fired up his Snowmobile, strap my snowboard on the back and head into the mountains behind Nuuk.

The Kobbe fiord viewpoint

We had quite a few runs during the day and took turns riding the snowmobile down while the other had the full pleasure of hitting some pure and very deep arctic powder runs
Add to that the upsides of snowboarding with a view like the one above and I dare say that life do not get much better than that. a temperature of leasurely -13C and the low hanging spring sun blasting away on a clear blue sky definitely helped too
walk no further

Now as You can see I had the camera with me, not while boarding, but the one of us driving the snowmobile carried it at all times, but as driving a snowmobile downhill and shooting photos at the same time is a little more than I am capable of, then you will have to satisfy with photos from the breaks.
Showoff

My friend and snowmobile owner decided to show me how to drive one of these babies, quite a show off, but an upside was that it gave me a chance to shoot something different than my surroundings
No he really is a pretty tight driver and seeing him handling the snowmobile, was quite impressive.

Now as promised in my last post I an not entirely done with posting winter photos either and what better way to round up this post, by showing you all another winter shot.

Arctic winter nights


Thanks for reading all and do take care

Thomas

Hi All,

A Duploworldupdate with a couple of more from the emerging spring in Greenland and yes I am still working on a meaningful selection of photos to go with the vacation report, hopefully tomorrow will be the day.
What the snow revealed

Well above may by some be taken as a sign of spring and commented as ohh, flowers popping up already, but look more closely...
What you see are actually autumn, but due to the fast drop in temperature when the winter approaches, it seems that the faded summer of 2007 has actually been frozen down, to reveal it self again ones the snow melts away.
If I look closely when on my walks, it seems that in stead of slowly dying away, autumn was frosen down and has stayed that way during winter. It seems that our spring is actually initiated by the previous autumn dissolving while the comming spring emmerges?
Not sure I am right, but that is my conclusion on the last week of observations and a thing I will explore further.
What the snow revealed #2

Now the walk was neither very long in terms of distance, nor that challenging per se... however, the snowfileds still here has gone into their most dangerous season. due to the increased strength of the sun and the high temperature.
Walking without snowshoes can become a dangerous thing, as there at places are real lakes below or streams of melting water, so it is a season where one has to watch his steps.
Sunset road

Well, I think that is it for now. I hope to be back tomorrow with a Vacation update:)

Do take care you all:)

Thomas

The magic Greenlandic light...

Hi All:)

Welcome to a duploworld update dedicated to the magic greenlandic nights.

It all started when looking out our balcony doorway:

Through the balcony Dorway


Not too magical, but it marked the beginning of a couple of days with clear night skies and thus the return of the magic Greenlandic nights...
Even though spring is what the calendar claims it to be, weather and temperature thinks differently.
Sunday temperature read -20C and unusually clear skies, mostly it has been overcast, windy and snowy.
Just like this view:
Through my living room window

Not spring like at all. Just take a look here, not exactly what a balcony should look like at spring, not complaining though, because...
This sunday was spend snowboarding, I experimented with a "strapped to the board" camera, however the vibrations indured while shredding full speed, caused the camera to shut down after having delivered a 3 minute shaky blur of video capture... not much fun...
This weekend I will experiment with a helmet camera instead, having my body absorbing most of the vibrations and hopefully delivering a more usable output of what our slopes are like, so look out for that:)
Now back to the subject.
Harbour Night

Above was captured sunday night, with temperatures around -20C, heavy wind and snow whirling around everywhere, finding a location that would not mean having the front element of the lens snowcovered in seconds was a challenge, but we finally managed to find the above location.
I was joined by a good friend named HH, "camera assistant" and outdoor enthusiast:)

Slapping on a slightly longer lens, gave me a second chance...
Harbour night

Well not much more to tell... 3 more days and I am officially starting a 2 week vacation:happy:
First a weekend on snowboard up here, then a flight to Copenhagen monday morning and friday morning we set off towards "Club La Santa" on Lanzarote:happy:
Probaly giong to make a quick stop in Malmö before heading off from Copenhagen, but that is it.

Well guess that is it for now, more photos in the "Greenlandic Spring Photos 2008" album.

Do take care you all:)

Thomas

Hi All,

I am back with another update from Duploworld and the title really says a lot about what this post is going to be all about, the spring or lack of same:D

I do however have a few surprise announcements hidden here too, so do not go away.

Lets start of with one of the surprise announcements. I have decied to post a little larger pictures and they will in the future have a "watermark" in them too.
As always ask before using them anywhere else:) I know most you would never do, but we all know it happens every now and then...
Anyway let me know what you think about it, one of the pictures in this post is shown full size just to examplify it.

Now back to weather, I mentioned in a comment to allans blog that things were out of the ordinary, weather wise.
It turned out that I was wrong because yesterday morning this view greeted me from the kitchen window:

One might say that things just returned to Normal. A blizzard came by and guess what it has not ended yet. weather forecast even predicts that it will nto peak until like monday:eyes:
Temperatures has dropped too a speady 10-15C below.
Well I went to work, thinking that it would be a silent day, but to my surprise things looked like a regular flying day:eyes:
Passengers boarding one of our more or less snowcovered Dash 7's:

A Sikorsky S61 drinking fuel (posted in full size to let you see the new size I have decided to post in):

I am continiously surprised by the weatherconditions we are able to operate in and remember these pictures was taken outside, so no windows in between...

These, and the following two pictures taken on my way home, makes me wonder if I at all will be able to join the SPN or if I have jump directly to SumPN:confused:
two more taken on my way home:














DId I hear anyone talking about spring? anyway it is good for the slopes, why I am really not complaining at all:D:D

Well and finally the big surprise announcement......

ready?..........

I have been invited to display my pictures in The official Pentax Photo Gallery
I am really honoured and very hapy about it, being invited to join photographers as experienced as some of the people in there, is really a big honour to me. the site is currently in beta, but check back every now and then, some of the pictures posted there (not by me) is downright breathtaking:up:
Only nag is that only pictures taken with all pentac gear is allowed, which limits the pictures I am able to submit. But the only non pentac lens staying in my collection is a macro, so over time it will even out.
So far 9 pictures has been approved to the galleries.
Thanks Ned and John, I appreciate it greatly:yes:

Well that is it:)

Have a wonderfull weekend all and do take care:)

Thomas