INSPIRING SUNSET IN THE DANISH COUNTRYSIDE

SEPTEMBER 18:

Today I want to make a few comments to the time of the year we are in right now. Late summer, early autumn.  On the southern hemisphere such as in Australia it is the other way around: late winter, early spring.

Here we have had beautiful late summer days during this week. Chilly in the morning and in the evening. But very pleasant and inspiring.  Last night we visited close friends here. They are living on a farm outside a small village – surrounded by fields and an open blue sky.

The early evenings around and just after sunset are magnificent.  So was it also last night. The sun had just “gone to bed” after a day’s nice work.  The horses in the nearby field enjoyed it as much as we did. It was calm, colourful, inspiring – and with beautiful colours such as yellow and blue ( the European colours, of course 😊  ) and with many more colours.  And the interesting thing is that each of us see this performance of colours in a different way. Some might – like me – be colour blind on certain colours – others are not.  And the camera sees the colours in again another way – depending on the sort and sophistication of the camera.  But is it all a great pleasure to see and to experience.  A sort of self-service table of pleasure and stimulation.

Here is what my camera saw last night:



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