Shit just got real!

I just landed the pieces for some awesome bunker photos yesterday! And here i'm gonna tell you a little about how.

Not much to see here. But you can see a little bit of equipment. My camera on a tripod with the transmitter for my wireless flash trigger set (that set helps me A LOT!).

Cellphone camera flash... Not good, for anything else than "focus finders" (just look at the picture above... Terrible!) 

... People are going to say: "But there's no working lights in bunkers anymore... How did you get light in there? Photoshop?" My answer is simple... Bravery... And thinking of candy... And the "in and out technique" (Setup flash, run in, look for monsters with flashlight, place flash run out, click! ...Damnit to powerfull... Redoo) 

I can't show you anything finished, because i don't wanna sit in a diner with people all around me, doing major photoshop work (puzzeling pieces togheter is major photoshop work)...

But today i'm in a little town outside Løkken called "Hundelev"... Nice campsite... Has water, and shelters... My only problem... All my cooking gear is in Vigsø (my last camping spot). SO, i found out that canned food can be eaten, like this

Straight out of the can... Like a real survivor XD. The first scoops tastes great, the middleones, kinda okay... But the last ones... They were also kinda okay ;).

Now i'm waiting for the night, so i can start again... I did see some "terrorist" camp sites in some of the bunkers in Løkken... I hope they pack up and leave... Because i'm taking pictures no matter what. 

Tomorrow i'm gonna be in Skagen! :D

Going up!

Yesterday evening, i finally got some of the bunker pictures i wanted... And it looks awesome! Haven't edited any of them yet, i'm gonna do that when i return to Aarhus. BUT i might have a sneak peek somewhere... 

There we go, look at that sexy shadow... Rawr! ;)

It got pretty late as usual, and my feet still hurts, but in a couple of hours i'm out again, this time on another beach.

Terrorists all over

I HATE tourists... They walk all over the place, thinking: "I'm on vacation, i don't need to move"... And then, the locals in Søndervig just decides: "lets have a flea market, on a parking lot... Taking op most of the parking lot, and let the tourists walk all over". And of course i had to come along with my car. Didn't hit anyone, but i did send some evil thoughts to the woman who just ran up to the parking guard as i was about to ask him a question... And then she had the nerve to ask me to move, because her car was just behind mine.

*sigh... "One moment mam, i just have to ask this guy a question."

Arriving in Vigsø, not that many tourists, but the ones i saw where bathing in the middle of some very huge bunkers in the water... Now everyone knows that's dangerous a strong undercurrent can take you under and bang your head against probably 50 tons of concrete... Do the math. And also water washes away the concrete over many years, and therefor the iron armour is exposed, and that can give some serious injuries. 

Famous bunkers

Famous in Denmark. I found the command bunker from the danish movie "Olsen Banden i Jylland"... (yes, yes movie star bunkers ;) ) 

There it is loong away from the coast 40 years ago it was
a lot closer... The bunkers are slowly sliding out to sea

There's a lot of bunkers in vigsø... I don't even know where to start

I think i looked like this when i saw the beach... Just less jumping, because "terrorists/tourists" had invaded the beach. 

The Norwegians also thought it was a good movie... They ripped it almost scene by scene.
Right one is original movie (danish) the other is norwegian... Same scene, different locations, different reception from the audience. 

Haven't found the nazi gold hidden in the bunkers (according to the movie). But who knows, maybe tomorrow ;)

West coast adventure

Well, i'm back on adventure. This time i'm traveling along the danish west coast, from "Blåvand" to "Skagen" in a small tent. I have around a week to get to Skagen, which is pretty easy. BUT to make it harder, i said to myself: "Bunkers... It would be pretty amazing to take some nighttime pictures of bunkers." 
So i'm on a bunker hunt... Fairly easy to find, but very hard to photograph in the dark.

Yesterday was my first try. I didn't get any night photos (took to long to setup camp) so i took some pictures during daytime.

 

The "Tirpitz bunker"

One of the biggest bunker positions along the danish west coast. Never finished because the war ended. But an estimate says that the canon the germans would have mounted on it, would have been able to shoot 55 kilometers (way more than any potato guns you my fellow readers would have lying around at home).

I got into talking with this very nice receptionist (it's a museum now) who was really into world war 2 and bunkers. And he told me a LOT of stories, and gave me a schematic he'd made himself, in which he explains how the allied troops would have been able to conquer the harbour in Esbjerg (pretty close to, Tirpitz was meant to defend Esbjerg from an allied landing in Denmark)

The "Tirpitz bunker position" 

The "left over german cavalry" bunkers

The germans were not that bright... They thought they could disguise their bunkers as cavalry (similar to what the british did with some cardboard before invading France)... But it failed... Mostly because it was stupid... Which of-course anyone who believes in this story apparently also are... It is of-course a danish art project... Funny one, i'll give them that. And prettier than "Elia" (worlds ugliest alien coverup... Google "Elia Herning" and see why ;) )

Camping

When camping in Denmark, you're sure to meet a lot of dangerous animals like: "The terrifying sheep", or the "killer cow", or even the most feared and fabled "killer rainworm"... But the most dangerous thing, is... "Bjørn" the dog, with his ball and his cunning, he makes you throw the ball until you die... I almost fell for it... Those eyes are deceiving man! 

"Look at me i'm so cute...
But i am gonna eat you when you die of exhaustion"

 

  

A nutrishious "trangia" cooked meal consisting of "Yum Yum noodles
and BACON! 

This is my coffee brewer (tastes so much better after a day of hard work)

Toursits 

Get the H@"#% out of my shot... 

No... Noo you can see i've just placed a tripod and a camera there... YOU'RE IN MY SHOT! 

Okay... Fine, i'll take the picture, and if they complain i'm gonna kill them...

It's a serious problem with all those tourists... 

All over the place... Hopefully they're gone by tonight... I see bunkers! 

That should bee all for today... I'm enjoying the fresh air, the sun, the beach, and the nature! :)

See you all tomorrow! :)