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2013-05-20 19:26:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Savages - "I Am Here" (live at Electrowerkz)...

#musicmonday  

These 4 punk-rock girls has kicked themself up on the very very very top of my personal Roskilde Festival poster. There's too little exciting new real rock around these days, and it is far from every year I hear such a convincing new name. I hope that the festival considers putting #Savages on Arena or similar sized scene. Even if they are not that big yet, I could easily see them getting it before we enter July. I would really hate to be forced to stand outside a jam-packed tent when they play. Get "Silence Yourself", there's some really great stuff on their debut album...

http://savagesband.com/
http://open.spotify.com/album/0aMC5DDAF86GvYNPaivEKd#__sid=0

#music #newmusic #newmusicmonday #roskildefestival #rf13 #orangefeeling ... more »

2013-03-17 13:10:05 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

A post on my Danish blog...

2013-03-14 19:44:46 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 16 +1s)

Noooooooooo!

Google will close Google Reader!

Why Google? Why?...

I know that for a lot of people social sites like Google+, Twitter and (ydrk) Facebook has replaced the need for a dedicated rss feed reader. But I just have so many feeds and need a way to organize, prioritize and administrate all my feeds and posts in a way I just can't get on any of the social sites. Besides a lot of the feeds I'm following I just can't see ever come to a social site (comment-feeds, customized feeds, etc.)

Really, am I SO old-fashioned still using a RSS reader? :-(

There's a petition at:
https://www.change.org/petitions/google-keep-google-reader-running

#googlereader #reader #saveReader #google #rss  

2013-03-04 23:13:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Added photos to European Carnivals.

2013-02-24 23:26:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

As promised, I compiled a list of tips and tricks for creating great photo spheres. Here it is formatted document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VlPIDuSYuhHyeumdW3bCyO9eFvuHBvLrZyVneDaeVFQ/edit

Here the the document inline as well (though it's better if you read the above document)

Tips for Creating Great Photo Spheres
by Minh T. Nguyen

I’ve been taking a lot of photo spheres (the Android feature of taking true 360 degree panoramas) and have become decently good at it (here is a collection of my best). Here are some tips of creating great photo spheres (in no particular order). Do you have any great tips? Add them as a comment.

Before the shoot

Shoot when no one is around. A static environment with less people is always preferred than when you have lots of people around. That means waking up early to go to thep... more »

2013-03-02 19:18:55 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Cerro de Monserrate photo sphere...

View over #Bogotá from Cerro de Monserrate.

If you are getting sick by seeing me posting yet another #photosphere , I think I can promise I will soon post some regular photos again :-)

#photography #Colombia

2013-03-02 19:19:28 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Another Photo Sphere...

Quebrada Valencia, #Colombia . Relaxing at a nice waterfall and pool.

I'm a little early, but tomorrow it is #waterfallwednesday ;)

Photo Spheres never seem to come out technical perfect. And especially people and other moving objects are troublesome. Still, I find this #photophere toy is great fun! :)

#photography #waterfall  

2013-03-02 19:19:55 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Another Photo Sphere from Colombia

Night in front of church San Francisco, Santa Marta, #Colombia.

#photography #night #photosphere

2013-05-13 21:16:16 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

My first Photo Sphere...

This is my first #photosphere (worth sharing).

Plaza de los Coches, #Cartagena , #Colombia .

I used my Samsung Galaxy S II for this, running plain vanilla non-rooted Samsung Touchwiz Android 4.1.2 stock rom, using a patched version of the camera from Android 4.2. How to install that, is described below. Does NOT require root on #SGS2 !

How to get Photo Sphere camera on a plain vanilla non-rooted Samsung Galaxy S II...

I have successfully installed the camera from Android 4.2, on my non-rooted SGS2 with 4.1.2 firmware. It was surprisingly easy, even for one like me who has never ever done anything "dirty" like this with my phones before:-)

I basically followed the guidelines on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36270876.

1) First download two files... more »

2013-02-08 19:16:58 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

If you have followed me since autumn, you might have seen me posting #Iceland photos from a trip I did together with 7 other amateur photographers in the beginning of September. Maybe you would think that photos from all the photographers probably look very much the same, visiting the same spots at the same time. But then you definitely haven't seen +Malte Brandenburg's long exposure work...

#photography #longexposure #photo_cph  

2013-02-04 22:00:06 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Polar bear...

A polar bear enjoying its new habitat in "Den Arktiske Cirkel" (The Arctic Circle). A new attraction in +Zoologisk Have (Copenhagen ZOO) officially opening to the public tomorrow afternoon. These photos are from a preview event I attended Saturday.

http://www.denarktiskering.dk/

Canon EOS 50D, EF-S 17-55mm. All underwater shots @ 17mm, f/2.8, 1/15s-1/180s, 1600-3200 ISO

#photography #underwater #wildlife #zoo #zoophotography #Denmark #CopenhagenZOO #bear #polarbear #plusphotoextract  

2013-01-27 16:55:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Roskilde Festival 2012...

In dark and cold times like this, it's nice to have memories from last summers +Roskilde Festival. These shots mostly from the camping area in the "warmup days"...

#photography #RoskildeFestival #RF12 #party #festival #Denmark  

2013-01-27 13:24:34 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Med fare for at blive smidt med på bålet ;-) ...
(Jeg er IT udvikler i Danske Bank)

Niels Krause-Kjær kommenterer på +Berlingske Blogs.

#DanskeBank  

2013-01-17 05:55:11 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

This image of a sea turtle off the coast of Belize illustrates my latest blog post called "Every Picture Tells a Story": http://www.ianplant.com/blog/2012/03/15/every-picture-tells-a-story/

This image is available to my readers as a 12″x18″ fine art print for a discounted price of $100 (free shipping to contiguous U.S.). If you wish to order, send me an email (ianplantphoto@gmail.com) along with your shipping address. Thanks!

2013-01-08 18:19:23 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Ghana 2006. I first saw these women and children doing the laundry in the beginning of a hike up to the beautiful Wli Falls in Volta Region. But I didn't take the picture until we returned 4½ hours later, and they still hadn't finished their work... Photo taken from a bridge across the river.

Panasonic FZ20 "compact", 1/60s, f/2.8, 100 ISO. #photography #Ghana #critiqueme

2013-01-07 21:50:18 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Kiss Kiss Kiss - "In it deep"...

It's getting a little late here, but it is still #musicmonday ...
This is the first single from the Danish bands second album. They are definitely trying to find their own style on this, and while I'm not quite sure of what I think about the album as a whole yet, I absolutely love the this track and the "staccato guitar riffs" driving it...

#music #europeanmusic #danishmusic #newmusic #NewMusicMonday

2013-01-06 18:46:24 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Icelanders...

Actually only did one quick little "shooting session" of the Icelandic horses on our trip this summer, and it was in very harsh light. But after some processing, this one turned out quite nice...

Canon EOS 50D, EF-S 10-22mm @ 10mm, 1/250s, f/5.6, 100 ISO

#Iceland #photography #horses #icelandichorses #photo_cph #critiquepls

2012-12-30 12:41:54 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Now also on 500px...

I have decided to give +500px a change. Not to replace my galleries here or on Flickr, but possible as a supplement. Will probably post much of the same photos on #500px as I have and will here on Google+.
Fell free to follow me on 500px if you are in there too ;-)

2012-12-21 07:46:03 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Sometimes amateurs get lucky...

You know BBC and others spend many months, maybe years, in the bush to get those extraordinary dramatic moments in their wildlife documentaries - but sometimes ordinary #safari tourist are lucky too. Maybe even more... This (at least?) 5 years old amateur #video are still one of my favorites. I wish it was, but it is not my work. Just posting it for the enjoyment of #AfricanTuesday followers...

Features buffaloes, lions, crocodiles and an unexpected winner... 

(And I still have a lot of African photos in my "drawer" I want to post some day, but nothing this spectacular...)

+African Tuesday +Morkel Erasmus +Grobler du Preez
+Dick Whitlock

2012-12-17 19:09:00 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Melody's Echo Chamber - I Follow You

Kevin Parker and Melody Prochet. Greeeaat debut album here!...
http://www.fatpossum.com/products/melodys-echo-chamber

#musicmonday #newmusic #newartist #music

2012-12-30 19:46:58 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

No USB Host "On-The-Go" support on Nexus 4?...

I really want my next phone to be a +Nexus and the headset jack on my SGS2 is broken. The Nexus 4 has no slot for my 64GB MicroSD card stuffed with music and the battery is not replacable, but though annoying limitations, I was considering ignoring them and purchase a Nexus 4 anyway. But now I also learn that there's no USB host OTG support... And while no official news yet, it sounds like it's a hardware problem and not something that will be fixed in a future firmware upgrade. So no uses like https://plus.google.com/u/0/105584766690422580666/posts/LuNqDY3Z7vX with a LG Nexus 4. Looks like I should just get that minijack plug repaired on my SGS2 instead...

#googlenexus #nexus4 #lg #android

2012-12-06 18:49:11 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Colors at Hnausapollur

Another one from the colorful lake in #Fjallabak Nature Reserve.

Canon EOS 50D, EF-S 10-22mm @ 11mm, 1/125s, f/9.5, 100 ISO

#Iceland #photography #Hnausapollur #Landmannalaugar #photo_cph #critiquepls

2012-12-06 21:36:31 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Google+ has always been a place to crowd around common interests and meet new people. With today's launch of Google+ Communities there’s now a gathering place for your passions. To give it a try just click on the new "Communities" icon (rolling out today), then create or join your favorite community. 

Just in time for the holiday season photo frenzy, we're also bringing the online photo editing app Snapseed to Android. Starting today, it's available for free in Google Play and the App Store.

2012-12-05 20:09:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Added photos to Photo Competition - December 2012 SPECIAL.

2012-12-04 14:16:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

How to Destroy Angels - "Keep it together"...

So where are Trent Reznor hiding these days?
Also check out How To Destroy Angels - Ice age
Both tracks available on recently released "An omen EP_" available for purchase and download at http://howtodestroyangels.com/
Debut album promised early in 2013.

#musicmonday #newmusic #newartist #music

2012-11-29 22:47:58 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

This spectacular photos is one of the entries to National Geographic 2012 photo contest.

Photo and caption by Chang ming chih: "The fishers catched fish in the night.They use the fire that made fish close the boat and got them." Location: The north beach near Jilung

Source: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/2012/entries/178970/view/

2012-11-26 19:33:15 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

A walk in the countryside...

Most of the time, the weather was a bit grey and rainy on our recent trip to #Iceland . Especially the one full day I had in the very colorful and varied landscapes of #Fjallabak Nature Reserve and #Landmannalaugar . Most of the group stayed a couple of days more here and had apparently beautiful weather the following days, but other plans forced some of us to skip the last days. Definitely an area I would like to return to and explore further some day - and preferable without near all-day rain (This was also the day where the camera just stopped working in the afternoon due to all the rain and humidity I had exposed it for).

Canon EOS 50D, EF-S 15-85mm @ 53mm, 1/250s, f/5.6, 100 ISO

#photography #landscape #green #photo_cph #critiquepls

2012-11-19 20:18:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Empress Of - "Champagne"...

Apparently there's only two Empress Of tracks out so far, but looking forward to the day we can hear an album from Brooklyn girl Lorely Rodriguez...

http://empressof.me/
http://soundcloud.com/empressof/dont-tell-me

#musicmonday #newmusic #newartist #music #watermelon  

2012-11-18 21:27:44 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

DSLR Gear No Idea

He he... I do recognize some types in this, just hope nobody thinks they recognize too much of me :-)

The video is actually a commercial for the #Sony #mirrorless #NEX cameraline. And talking about that, #Metabones has just announced a lens-adapter for NEX cameras allowing newer #Canon EF lenses to be attached and used with fully functioning autofocus. This does make Sony NEX cameras an interesting option if I should go mirrorless one day:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/11/13/Metabones-conurus-adds-autofocus-for-recent-canon-ef-ef-s-lenses-to-e-mount-nex-adapter

2012-11-16 20:32:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Home sweet home?...

While finding the energy and considering what next to process and post from this summers little Iceland adventure, here's a shot of Øresundsbridge minutes before returning to Copenhagen from that trip. Home sweet home? Well, to be honest I happily take off to Iceland with my camera again tomorrow ;-)

Canon PowerShot G12, f/4,0, 1/800, 80 ISO

#photography #Copenhagen #Malmö #Øresund #seascape #plusphotoextract #photo_cph #transporttuesday  

2012-11-04 13:32:58 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

I think I read somewhere that at 108m #Valby Gas Tower was the second tallest building in #Denmark ? That was until a couple of hours ago. Now it ain't...

Youtube video credit to omenaLOL.

Another video here: http://politiken.dk/poltv/nyheder/indland/ECE1801960/saa-faldt-kaempen-i-valby/ (I like the end scene in this one, looks like something from an Alien movie...)

2012-10-31 19:36:20 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Share your stuff from Google Drive to Google+

Starting today, when you share links from Google Drive, people in your circles will be able to flip through presentations, open PDFs, play videos, and more, right from your Google+ stream. Click the play button below to check it out in action, with the Every Day in Google Drive presentation. More: http://goo.gl/e9sZV

2012-10-29 18:37:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Enjoyed +Joe McNally's talk yesterday at Fotomessen in Copenhagen...

2012-10-20 10:56:22 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

New GoPro HERO3 cameras announced...

So are all the fun and action included ? :-)

http://fstoppers.com/gopro-hero3-launches-at-midnight-with-impressive-specs
http://gopro.com/hd-hero3-cameras

#gopro #goprohero3 #photography #video

2012-11-10 19:38:17 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon...

Shooting #Jökulsárlón glacier lake.

Canon EOS 50D, EF-S 15-85mm @ 21mm, 1/180s, f/9.5, 100 ISO

#photography #landscape #seascape #photo_cph #critiquepls #Iceland  

2012-10-20 10:56:52 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Þingvellir...

Historical, cultural, and geological site in #Iceland - and yeah, just a generally nice place too :-)

Canon EOS 50D, EF-S 15-85mm @ 35mm, 1/500 sek, f/8.0, 100 ISO (original greatly underexposed, but...)

#photography #Þingvellir #Thingvellir #plusphotoextract #landscape #photo_cph #critiquepls

2012-10-20 10:57:03 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 23 +1s)

Waterfallwednesday?...

Some people call it #waterfallwednesday today. Well, I have no idea who started this, but I'll join today :-) ... This is another one of #seljalandsfoss , shot on a week in #Iceland a month ago. A bit similar to the first one in this album, but not too much? ...

Canon EOS 50D, EF-S 10-22mm @ 10mm, 1/90 sek, f/5.6, 200 ISO

#photography #plusphotoextract #landscape #photo_cph #critiquepls #waterfall

2012-10-20 10:57:15 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Skógafoss and the double rainbow...

Looking back I think I could have got more out of this scenery. I think I was so amazed that I half-stopped thinking creatively and just stood and took some pretty ordinary snapshots. No, don't get me wrong. I definitely don't think this is a bad picture. And it actually pretty well shows what we saw that day. It's just that I can't help thinking that it was the perfect occasion to do something more exceptional. Jesper was obviously thinking differently. Here people are watching Jesper hunting some special shot in the mist under the rainbows. I think he still owes us showing what he found in there :-)

On the other hand, I took quite a lot of photos here. Maybe I just have to study them a bit closer later, and I'll find the more alternative ones... :-)

Canon EOS 50D, EF-S 10-22mm @ 10mm, 1/125s, f/6.7, 100 ISOmore »

2012-10-20 10:57:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Geysir geyser field...

A little colorful hot and steaming pond and behind people watching the #Strokkur #geyser blasting geothermally heated water and steam high up in the sky. A moment in the #Geysir #geothermal area...

Canon EOS 50D, EF-S 10-22mm @ 10mm, 1/180s, f/6.7, 100 ISO

#photography #Iceland #photo_cph #critiquepls

2012-09-26 05:31:18 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Relaxing in Iceland...

We had barely left Reykjavík on our first full day in Iceland, when we found this armchair and lamp at the roadside. Bastien seems pretty comfortable looking forward to the forthcoming days adventure...

Canon EOS 50D, EF-S 15-85mm @ 15mm, 1/180s, f/5.6, 200 ISO

#photography #photo_cph #critiquepls #Iceland  

2012-10-20 10:57:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon...

Late sun at #Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon with #icebergs from the glacier Breiðamerkurjökull drifting through the up to 100m deep lake.

Canon EOS 50D, EF-S 10-22mm @ 13mm, 1/180s, f/9.5, 100 ISO

#photography #landscape #photo_cph #critiquepls #plusphotoextract #Iceland  

2012-10-20 10:57:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Colors of Iceland...

Icelandic lake #Hnausapollur on a rainy day. But still a #landscape with lots of #colors ...

Canon EOS 50D, EF-S 10-22mm @ 10mm, 1/45s, f/8.0, 100 ISO

#Iceland #photography #Landmannalaugar #photo_cph #critiquepls

2012-09-23 18:03:52 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Northern lights, a fisheye lens and a weirdo with a little torch...

Not my prettiest photo ever, even though it includes me at the bottom (he he). But it has northern lights from the first night ever I have watched this phenomena! I used a fisheye lens on this one, pointing straight up in the sky to capture the lights that in this moment was crossing almost all over the sky right above us. Besides this shot, did I also get the killer northern lights photo? No, I guess not, but it was cool anyway:-)

Canon EOS 50D, Samyang 8mm fisheye, 15s, unknown aperture, 800 ISO, a tiny torch

#photography #Iceland #Landmannalaugar #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #longexposure #photo_cph

2012-10-02 13:29:58 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

I'm a perfectionist I guess...

New versions of my previous two posted photos from recent trip to #Iceland . Though the previous versions are among my most popular photos on Google+, by number of +1's given, I have never really been fully satisfied with the processing I originally gave them.

Glacier ice rocks early morning on the black beach next to Jökulsárlón glacial river
The original photo of ice on the beach was edited on and posted from my laptop with a non-calibrated screen, and when looking at it at home on my good calibrated screen it had an unintended greenish tint. I don't know how many G+ visitors have calibrated monitors? It's probably a minority who has and there's a good change that the original looks best or just as good on a lot of uncalibrated monitors. But has to satisfy my own eyes, so this new edit wasre... more »

2012-10-20 10:58:01 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

Seljalandsfoss...

A walk behind the beautiful 60m tall #seljalandsfoss #waterfall exactly two week ago today.

Just ended two "busy" weeks where I have been visiting Iceland, Germany and Barcelona. Most time spent in #Iceland with some members of the #photo_cph group on meetup.com, and I will probably be posting a lot more photos from there in the coming time.

It was my second visit to Iceland. I was a bit sad we didn't have the time to visit Seljalandsfoss at my first visit, but luckily we had the opportunity on this one. On my third visit to Iceland I want to visit this (I believe pretty much west-pointing) waterfall at sunset ;-)

Tech-note: Shot with a Samyang 8mm fisheye lens but "de-fished" to a large extent using Photoshop CS6's new Adaptive Wide Angle filter. Though I was bracketing, this edit is done from a single... more »

2012-10-20 10:58:11 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 19 +1s)

Fresh from Iceland...

Glacier ice rocks early morning on the black beach next to Jökulsárlón glacial river. The ice tastes fresh but might be 1500 years old.

Canon EOS 50D, EF-S 10-22mm @ 17mm, 1 sek, f/6.7, 100 ISO

NOTE: This photo has been replaced with a better edit here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/105584766690422580666/posts/KWbWFs75Zt5 !

#photography #Iceland #plusphotoextract #blue #longexposure #seascape

2012-08-27 20:14:11 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

#music #newmusic #musicmonday

Listen to the full forthcoming album with Cat Power. Album "Sun" out on Sept. 4....

2012-08-22 19:15:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Anders Drejer Madsen was tagged in Stig Nygaard's album.

2012-10-20 10:58:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-10-20 10:59:01 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

A compact combined motion control and intervalometer for your camera...

Interesting idea and #kickstarter project here for photographers, by Oscar Ramírez and his friend Carlos. A small combined #intervalometer and motion control. $180 is not cheap, and it is definitely a lot of money to trust to somebody you don't know for a product not yet available. But I'm tempted...

#photography #gadget #timelapse #Astro