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Manipulating a bit with nature :-)

I'm bit behind posting a photo per day (Project 365) - but I'll catch up soon. Yesterday Peter and I took a short ride - only 36 km - but we managed to keep an average pace of 31.3 km per hour on a road with many small hills. Not bad for a couple of old guys.

This is not a typical architectural photo. It is a part of my new office floor where we are installing a floor heating system (gulvvarme). Whenever I see metal objects and concrete I feel compelled to snap a photo. This might be one of my creative project - displaying metal in various ways that make the viewer stop and look at an ordinary object becomes transformed into someting different?!

What is creativity? The above photo is not about creativity, but about good skills within photography and the ability to creata a "Ahhh", "Nice", Beautiful" comment from followers on social photo sites like Flickr. But all though I like this photo and I had fun while post processing it (and shooting it) its not displaying my creativity. While I'm becoming better at mastering photography from an equipment point of view I'm still completely blind when it comes to communicating a story through my photography. Its only beautiful photos. After reading about the young photographer Natalie Dybisz aka Miss Aniela on Lenscratch , I even more convinced that I need to define a new mission for becoming a true photographer with my own voice. Focus is needed. A couple of themes that is close to my heart and mind is needed. Creating a body of work, that can be presented as a visual statement to galleries and magazine editors, is the strategy I'm going to

Instead of posting a new photo for the day I've chosen to post a range of portraits of profiles from the  Team SAXO Bank  cycling team. I tried to capture the "none public face" of each of the team members - to find the individual behind. More team members will be posted during the coming days. Matteo Tosatto   Mads Christensen   Anders Lund Manuele Boaro Joan José Haedo Jonas Aaen Team Captain and Owner Bjarne Riis The "Team Saxo Bank" photo album on Picasa. If you want to use photos from this serie then email me and I'll forward the photo(s) in right format and size. Team SAXO Bank

3 days left and Denmark is dressed in pink!... - The toughest cycling race - Giro d'Italia - starts in Denmark this year I'm into cycling - this is no secret. Being on the road on a cycle for 4-5 hours in a stretch going up and down the hills (or mountains) in all kind of weather makes you understand what the professional cycle teams and their stars have to endure to occupy the Nr. 1 spot in the podium. Maj 5th the Danish section of Giro d'Italia will start in Denmark! This is an unbelievable event and I going to have my eyes glued to the TV. This photo I took while the Team Saxo Bank was presented for the press and fans. The scene was BMW dealer Jan Nygaard A/S in Lyngby. On the far right team captain Bjarne Riis - who has won both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France.

This photo speaks for itself - truly a pair of lovebirds.

I located this scene just 500 meters from where I live. I've passed this tree many time without noticing it. But as I'm studying b/w photography I'm training my eyes (and brain) to see in b/w. And as a result of this new ability, this scene presented it self visually. With my Nikon D300 and a Sigma APO 70-200mm f/2.8 lens I composed this photo in camera so cropping in post processing was not needed. With the Dodge tool I darkened the foliage behind the tree. A 25% vignet was added. Exposure: 1/80 sec at f/6.3, O EV, ISO 200 Focal length: 90mm / 135 mm

On a very short notice we where invited to dine at some good friends. In our hurry I forgot my Nikon D300 and hence my "photo of the day" had to be captured with my iPhone. After a good dinner and nice wine creativity dropped and time was approaching midnight fast. So when my friend Finn offered me a glas of beer before driving home I nailed this shot.

A delicate small bud just before unfolding. Nikon D300 with AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8 Exposure: 1/8 sec at f/20, -1EV, ISO 200

Today I delivered Nikon D800 to two very exited customers (who purchased the camera through my e-shop - nikonphotoexpert.com ). But I'm left with an empty feeling inside, as I'm eagerly awaiting my own Nikon D800 (but customers first). So I grabbed my old friend (Nikon D300) mounted an AF-S Micro 60mm f/2.8G macro lens and went outside to shoot something that could fill the void. I'm pleased with the final outcome but the void has just expanded.

Five photos I shot during a round of golf using an iPhone 4S and the app Camera+ both for the capture and the post processing. I'm still impressed by the performance of this little camera.

Excuse me my lack of creativity, but I tried to get a sharp bird photo with blur and sharp eyes. As I "only" have a 70-200mm f2.8 lens I needed to get really close to fill the frame. The only bird that sat still long enough was this pigeon.

My son Christian leaving for a 5 days trip to Berlin. It his first trip abroad without his parents. It goes to our hearts to part with him - eventhough it is only for four days. They grow up so damn fast........

An iPhone 4S photo post processed with LR4.

While driving home from Comwell Borupgaard , where I met the four E-MBA students that I'll guide with their main thesis report, this fantastic light broke through a rather doll sky and created a special scene. Luckily I had my Nikon D300 with me.

Spring time is also golf time :-) My hcp is 23.5 and too often I'm not even playing up to this handicap. Up to July 7th I have to focus on getting into physical shape to the La Marmotte cycling challenge. But after this day I'm devote more time to improve my handicap - below 20 hcp is my target for 2012.

Spring is still in its early phase and the tree foliage is not visible yet. But it is a beautiful day and I'm enjoying having time to experience spring arriving - and reflect over my own situation as an unemployed senior executive over 50.

When I was a kid and I was asked to lay the tabel I noticed that the knives had the name "Raadvad" engraved. When we 20 years later moved to Lyngby just north of Copenhagen I located the original "Raadvad Knivfabriker" only 4 kilometers from my home. As you can see the company "Raadvad Knivfabriker" was established in 1758 . A deed of gift from King Frederik V enabled the make over of an old gunpowder mill to one of his loyal valets. This was the starting of a small industrial adventure in Denmark. The company changed name to "Raadvad Knivfabriker" right after World War 1 and the number of products was reduced from over 700 to much less - now only focusing on knives and bread cutters. I think many on my age or older will recognize the following "bread cutter": In the beginning of the 1970s the production was moved to Jutland. Today the company "Raadvad" is part of Fiskars .

I like finding ordinary urban elements and capture them in an interesting way. Equipment: Nikon D300 with AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8. Exposure: 1/1600 sec at f/3.2, 0EV, ISO 200