Waves arrive in silence
light shatters into darkness
the night opens her eyes
The enormous diversity of colors of sunrises and sunsets and the completely different atmospheres they create, fascinate me.
The sunsets over the North Sea and the coastal area of western North Jutland, especially in autumn and winter, are famous for their magical Nordic color palette: a fascinating monologue of the sun from the first to the last second.
But also in many other locations and in other seasons, I have photographed sunrise and sunset to express the emotion they evoked in me.
Frisky Flirt (partial)
Frisky Flirt (top, partial)
Frisky Flirt (top, partial)
The end of a beautiful day, the evening light floods the land with strength and tenderness.
When I walk to the west up a slope near our house, a beautiful view unfolds, over the Krik Vig -a bay of the Limfjord- and the North Sea. At the end of the afternoon one can often witness a beautiful spectacle: the setting sun floods the fjord and the land with a hazy wave of colorful light, a warm good night wish...
FFIELDS AND DISTANT NORTH SEA, THY REGION, NORTH JUTLAND, DENMARK
Under light-clouded skies of winter,
The cold sea is silent.
After sundown,
the northern winds are gone.
Bright colors fade into the night
The day closes his eyes
SUNSET ABOVE THE LIMFJORD AND THE NORTH SEA, KOBBERØ, THY REGION, DENMARK
Clouds sailing slowly
rain stretches along the horizon
in the fading sunlight
SUNSET ABOVE THE NORTH SEA NEAR AGGER, DENMARK
A very cold winter afternoon, the sun almost sets. It is a bit cloudy, but the horizon is clear. And clouds that veil the setting sun, provide the most beautiful colors when the sun goes down. A typical color palette for a Nordic sunset.
SUNSET ABOVE THE LIMFJORD, THY REGION, NORTH JUTLAND, DENMARK
Mirror of light
Mirror of light
A few rays of sunlight
escaping into the darkness
NATURE RESERVE LÖVÖ, KALMAR REGION
A light sigh is heard over the still waters,
when the late sun kisses the earth
at the beginning of a quiet night
SUNSET ABOVE NATURE RESERVE AGGER TANGE, DENMARK
Summers on the west coast of Denmark are not summers of many days with clear blue skies. The westerly winds bring clouds almost daily, often at the end of the day as well. And that makes for spectacular colors from a never-to-be-predicted palette...
SUNSET ABOVE THE NORTH SEA, NORTH OF THE TOWN OF AGGER, NORTH JUTLAND, DENMARK
It never ceases to amaze me: every sunset has a different color palette. From vivid and bold, to fragile and pastel...
SUNSET EBOVE THE NORTH SEA, SEEN FROM KOBBERØ, DENMARK
The sun sets behind the clouds, above a calm and cold North Sea…
SUNSET ABOVE THE NORTH SEA AS SEEN FROM KOBBERØ, DENMARK
It is cold, the sky is clear and the meadows are frozen. The ideal conditions under which a Nordic sunset shows itself in all its splendor.
SUNSET ABOVE THE FIELDS AND LIMFJORD, DENMARK
Mirror of light
Mirror of light
A few rays of sunlight
escaping into the darkness
NATURE RESERVE LÖVÖ, KALMAR REGION
A beautiful autumn evening, enjoying a sunset over the sea and looking at the surf, it's as if the foam of the breaking waves brings the colors to land, where they then submerge in the cool, wet sand.
SUNSET ABOVE THE NORTH SEA, NORTH JUTLAND, DENMARK
Wavy fields in sundown -
Colorful dreams of the fading day
flowing over the horizon
SUNSET ABOVE THE FIELDS NEAR THE HAMLET KOBBERØ, DENMARK
In the fire of the sunset,
the day dies
for the night to be born
NATURE RESERVE OVERASSELTSE EN HATERTSE VENNEN NEAR THE CITY OF NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS
The dying sun
colors the sky with a poem
to welcome the night
A quiet winter evening in a swampy area. The sun sets behind the trees and colors the sky as if it was on fire. A poem to welcome the night.
NATURE RESERVE OVERASSELTSE EN HATERTSE VENNEN NEAR THE CITY OF NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS
In a burning sunset,
the last breath of the day
welcomes the night
A cold evening at the end of a heavily cloudy, gray winter day. Just before the sun sets, the clouds open up allowing the light for a brief but intense moment to say hello to the night.
SUNSET ABOVE THE NORTH SEA AND KRIK VIG, NORTH JUTLAND, DENMARK
Mirror of light
Mirror of light
A few rays of sunlight
escaping into the darkness
NATURE RESERVE LÖVÖ, KALMAR REGION
When I use relatively fast movements to photograph a sunset with a rich color palette and a wide variety in brightness, my camera often struggles to keep up with me and come up with a good image every time. And that results in a large number of failed photos.
But then, what is good, what is failure... ;)
Beyond a dream...
SUNSET ABOVE THE NORTH SEA, NORTH JUTLAND, DENMARK
Waves arrive in silence
light shatters into darkness
the night opens her eyes
THE NORTH SEA, NORTH OF THE TOWN OF AGGER, DENMARK
This evening
the last light is warming
lonely hearts
Sometimes the colors of a sunset are so intense that you never forget that evening and it warms you inside, no matter how cold it is outside. This sunset over the Limfjord is one in that category.
SUNSET ABOVE THE LIMFJORD, NORTH JUTLAND, DENMARK
The sun embraces us very intensely for a moment longer, with the soft colors of the end of a warm, humid day.
I made thIS photo at the end of a sunny summer day, standing in the fields near my house and looking towards nature reserve Agger Tange and the North Sea.
SUNSET ABOVE THE NORTH SEA AND AGGER TANGE, DENMARK
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