This is a slow-tv audio-video update from Vestvolden in Brøndby, DK 16. December 2023 starting around 15.20 as dusk is slowly setting in.

The days are now super short, only lasting about 7.5 hours. Also, with the recent heavy overcast skies it never gets beyond semi-dark in the daytime. The colors on this particular afternoon turned out very unusual. Normally, when filming in the afternoon, the color temperature tends to go gradually more blueish as darkness sets in. This time, however, the sky was already slightly reddish when the video started. As the video goes on, and the darkness advances, it just gets more and more red. This is very visible in the video, as I had the white balance setting fixed (5800K) throughout the recording.
I have have now learned that it was in fact an exceptionally red/violet sky that day, and that the phenomenon was reported on the national news:
https://www.bt.dk/vejret/de-helt-rigtige-omstaendigheder-derfor-blev-himlen-lilla-loerdag-eftermiddag

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The dominating sound is the noise from the motorway. When the wind is from the west the noise is particularly massive. That is caused by the close traversing motorway, and also the more distant motorway segments that goes parallel to the wind, pointing at this area. In all, this just creates a massive and constant noise, that is common in suburban areas.

Audio-video nature update, this time from the area of Bakkeskoven, Brøndby, August 6. 2023, at 9:30 in the morning.

So, this is yet another slow-pace, slow-TV video where I will be checking out this year’s growth in the grass fields. After a super dry May and June, July turned out to be exceptionally wet. This has surely created some special the growth patterns for the various plant species this year. It is always different and never possible to predict. In all, everything is now very lush and rich.

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Weather: 17 C, overcast, calm winds.

Hereby a nature update, yet again from Vestskoven outside Copenhagen July 1. 2023. I’m taking a video ramble into the greenery to see whats going on nature right now.

My approach with my nature recordings is to be opposite to the general trend of fast-pace sensational videos. The videos are supposed to be just slow-pace, slow-TV where nothing special is happening – just giving an experience of being out in nature.

The weather was calm with a bit of rain, which is actually very good conditions for video recording. As of now, the bird song in the city appears to have declined completely, so I was surprised to hear this amount of bird song still going on in the more undisturbed and remote woodlands.

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Weather: 17 C, Calm, rainy

In this recording I’m trying out wearing some insect-proof clothing. As expected, there were a lots of mosquitoes in these humid conditions. Also, in this type of vegetation, I’m aware of the high risk of skovflåt ticks (castor bean tick, Ixodes ricinus), which are problematic if you get bitten.

Equipment used: Sony fdr-x3000 action cam, Zhiyun Smooth Q gimbal. Video settings: WB 6200K, AVC 30 fps, 50mpbs. EV mostly -0.7. Wide angle, active stabilization. 0.75 near focus lens.

Hereby an audio-video nature update from Vestskoven in Herstedøster, Denmark 13 May 2023, starting around 4:45 am just before sunrise.

Spring has been relatively cold with moderate temperatures in March and April. Finally, warm weather has reached us, and spring is fully unfolding, albeit with a slight delay. As in previous years, April and May have once again been quite dry, which is currently a limitation for the vegetation. A bit of rain right now would really make the green growth explode.

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Weather: 8 C, Clear skies, calm wind from East

Equipment used: Customized setup using an external ‘tree ears’ microphone audio recorder and Sony fdr-x3000 action cam, Zhiyun Smooth Q gimbal. Video settings: WB 6700K, AVC 30 fps, 50mpbs. EV mostly -0.3. Wide angle, active stabilization. 0.75 near focus lens.

This is an audio-video nature update from Bakkeskoven in Brøndby 6 January 2023, starting around 4 pm in the fading daylight. I’m exploring the same area as in the previous post from June 18 2022, making it possible to observe the immense changes between summer to winter in the vegetation and the colors of the landscape.

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After a few weeks of really cold winter weather in December, the weather has stayed mild over Christmas and New year. The mild weather has also brought plenty of rain leaving the ground very muddy and flooded. I guess it’s good to have the aquifers refilled after a fairly dry year of 2022.

Weather: 6 C, after rain, windy from SW.

Equipment used: Customized setup using an external ‘tree ears’ microphone audio recorder and Sony fdr-x3000 action cam, Zhiyun Smooth Q gimbal. Video settings: WB 6600K, AVC 60 fps, 50mpbs. EV 0 to -0.3. Wide angle, active stabilization. 0.75 near focus lens.

Hereby, an audio-video nature update from Bakkeskoven in Brøndby, 18 June 2022, around 8 pm.

It’s midsummer and everything is just green and growing, well supported by an adequate amount of rain this spring. We now have the longest days with sunrise at 4:25 and sunset at 22:00.
There is a special atmosphere, unique to these few weeks in June, which I hope I’ve captured a little bit of in the video.

Bakkeskoven 18. Juni 2022

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Weather: 20 C, no wind

Equipment used: Customized setup using an external ‘tree ears’ microphone audio recorder and Sony fdr-x3000 action cam, Zhiyun Smooth Q gimbal. Video settings: WB 6000K, AVC 60 fps, 50mpbs. EV 0 to -0.7. Wide angle, active stabilization. 0.75 near focus lens.

Bakkeskoven 18. Juni 2022

Bakkeskoven 18. Juni 2022

Bakkeskoven 18. Juni 2022

Nature audio-video update from Vestskoven Sunday morning, 22 May 2022 at 5 am.

In the video, I am taking an early morning audio-video walk in Vestskoven around sunrise. About the forest, there is not much else to say than everything is just green. It is soothing and uplifting to be out in the early hours and experience the intense birdsong and fresh damp vegetation. I am happy to notice how this area, year by year, is turning more into a wilderness, and the bird life appears to be thriving.

Vestskoven 22. maj 2022

As it can be heard in the video, the ground is very crunchy and noisy to step on, indicating that we have had generally very dry conditions (again) this spring. Luckily, it looks like the weather is now is turning more wet the coming days.

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Weather: 10C, clear sky, no wind

Equipment used: Customized setup using an external ‘tree ears’ microphone audio recorder and Sony fdr-x3000 action cam, Zhiyun Smooth Q gimbal. Video settings: WB 6800K, AVC 30 fps, 50mpbs. EV -0.7. Wide angle, active stabilization. 0.75 lens.

Vestskoven 22. maj 2022

Nature audio-video update: Taking a morning ramble into the wet meadows, shrubs and grasslands of Amager Fælled on this calm sunny Friday morning, 25 March 2022 at 8 am. This is really a unique natural area just 3 km from the Copenhagen townhall, where it is possible to get fully out into rich nature with plenty of space and skylarks in the air.
Originally established partly as a scrap landfill site, Amager Fælled has developed into an amazing green oasis and a recreational peaceful refuge for many Copenhageners. Yet, it is still full of fairly deserted and undisturbed areas with great diverse wildlife.

Amager Fælled, March 25 2022

Unfortunately this area is going to gradually decline in the coming years. That is due to the ongoing establishment of Amagerfælledby, a 4.4 ha residential city area with 2.000 apartments situated southern part of the Amager Fælled (the construction zone can be seen in the background in the very last part of the video). This new city area will make a significant incision and increase traffic and disturbances affecting the whole southern area. There has been (and still is) wild protests against the construction activities, however the Copenhagen city administration issticking to their plan.

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Weather: Calm and sunny, 6C

Amager Fælled, March 25 2022

The withered grass is at its driest now. Amager Fælled, March 25 2022

Equipment used: Customized setup using an external ‘tree ears’ microphone audio recorder and Sony fdr-x3000 action cam, Zhiyun Smooth Q gimbal. Video settings: WB 6000-6200K, AVC 60 fps, 50mpbs. Wide angle, active stabilization. 0.75 lens.

Nature update from my usual area, Bakkeskoven in Hvidovre, December 17 2021, starting 8 am just before sunrise. The recording starts while it is still actually dark, but light is breaking through quickly. By the minutes, the transformation takes place – something quite special to witness. The morning traffic is minding its own business while nature is waking up, and a new day goes on.

Weather: About 4 C, clear sky and calm.

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Equipment used: Customized setup with Sony fdr-x3000 action cam, Zhiyun Smooth Q gimbal. Video settings: WB 7000K, EV -0.3, 25 fps, 50mpbs. Wide angle, active stabilization. 0.75 lens.

Nature update from Vestskoven in Herstedøster, November 6 2021, 15:00. In this update I am taking a video ramble through a secluded part of the forest with relatively young trees. The forest floor is quite full of of thorny shrubs, small trees, moss and fungi. All the leaves have fallen within the last 1-2 weeks, so a fresh crunching layer now covers the ground.

Weather: About 11 C, heavy overcast and some rain.

In terms of sounds, the forest itself was very quiet. Apart from my footsteps, you can hear the rain begin in the last part the video. However, a football match on the nearby school was very audible. This time the recorded audio is from the camera microphone. Somehow I managed to double-press the record button on my external audio recorder, so that was of no use.

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Equipment used: Customized setup with Sony fdr-x3000 action cam, Zhiyun Smooth Q gimbal. Video settings: WB 6400K, EV -0.3, 30 fps, 50mpbs. Wide angle, active stabilization. 0.75 lens.