Nature video report from Vestskoven May 28, 2020 at 22:00 (around sunset). I am taking a ramble in the lush spring forest while the darkness settles. Nice birdsong and quite a bit of fox barking in the area.

Watch the footage with headphones for best experience (binaural audio).

Calm, temperature 11 C

Using my standard setup with Sony fdr-x3000 action cam, Zhiyun Smooth Q gimbal and external audio recording using my Tree-ears microphones. Video settings: WB 7000K, AVC 25 fps, 50mpbs. Wide angle, active stabilization. +0.75 lens. Vivid colors.

Early morning audio-video ramble in Brøndbyskoven, May 24. 2020.

I managed to get up and out on location at 4 am, while it was still almost dark (about an hour before sunrise 4:49). When I stepped into the forest everything just went even darker, and the video showed only pitch black. Nevertheless, the birdsong was in full chorus, and it didn’t take long before the forest started to lit up. A smell of bonfire and distant yelling from party people only added to this special morning atmosphere. The lush spring forest attracts many humans and creatures, and is full of activity right now.

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11 C, light wind

This is a nature update from the spring-green forest and bush land of Vestskoven– Copenhagen, May 17, 2020, 11:30 am. See the video below, where I take a Slow-TV video ramble in the area.

We have had a bit of rain yesterday, but otherwise the spring has been overall dry. The vegetation is really growing now, however due to lack of rain, I think the growth is slightly behind compared to previous years.  Now is really a great time to take a quiet walk in the wild.

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Weather: Quite cloudy and windy ( from west), 13 C.

Equipment used: Customized setup with Sony fdr-x3000 action cam, Zhiyun Smooth Q gimbal and external audio recording using my Tree-ears microphones. Video settings: WB 6800K, EV -0.3,  50fps, 50mpbs. Wide angle, active stabilization. +0.75 lens. Vivid colors. No post processing of video footage, except trimming and combining audio.

To improve the Youtube quality, the video was upscaled to 1440p in Vidcoder.

Nature video report: Early morning atmosphere from Damhusengen before sunrise, December 22, 2019, 8 am. Damhusengen is an urban meadow next to Damhusøen in the outskirts of Copenhagen. Parts of the area is now left untouched, and the meadow has therefore developed into a valuable wetland for various birds, including gees, gulls and ducks.

December has to far been mild with temperatures mostly above 5C. The temperature this morning was also 5C with light wind.

In the video I am taking a ramble in the area (Slow TV), trying to capture the early morning atmosphere. Watch with headphones for full audio experience.

November, 24th 2019 at 8am, Audio-video ramble along Vestvolden, the old 1892 fortification complex west of Copenhagen. The whole scene is set with the massive noise of the motorway next door. Even on a Sunday morning the traffic is very loud.

The leafs are gone now, and almost forgotten. I am already imagining how nice spring will be, but still enjoying to the fullest the typical November atmosphere.

November has been pretty wet with overall normal temperatures of  5-8C. Very cloudy with only very little sun. This year, we broke the record for highest precipitation in the Autumn (September, October and November) with 349mm.

Slow-TV video ramble. Watch video with headphones for best experience.

Weather: Heavy overcast, dry 6C, some wind from east.

Nature video update November 2nd 2019, early morning in Brøndbyskoven, Copenhagen.

My goal is to try to document the seasons coming and going in my local forest. The place is always changing and all seasons are linked with unique vibes and feelings.

I went with the camera and sound recorder at 7:30 am, which was shortly after sunrise. The days are really getting shorter and everything is fading and getting ready for winter time. But the thinning canopy helps to lighten up inside the forest.

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Weather: Heavy overcast, after light rain, 8C, no wind.

The reed bed waving in the wind with feathery spikelets, Borrevejle Vig, Roskilde fjord, October 27th 2019. Audio video clip – listen in headphones for best experience.

 

 

Hereby, another October video update from the Brøndbyskoven, Copenhagen, October 26th 2019, 10.30 am.

Its real Autumn now. A pretty windy day, though inside the forest you would only know it from the sound from the treetops and the falling leafs. The colors are now rather yellowish and I think about half of them have fallen. It is going fast now. Lots of fungi in the moist forest bed.

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Weather: Dry 14C, heavy overcast with a bit windy from south west (which makes the motorway extra loud).

Hereby, an October nature update from the wet Autumn forest of Brøndbyskoven, Copenhagen, October 12th 2019, 2 pm.

The forest canopy is still full of leaves, but Autumn colors are starting to appear everywhere. Last year’s drought has now definitively ended. The last weeks of plenty rain has flooded parts of the forest bed.  The nearby road is really noisy when the tarmac is wet!

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Weather: Light rain, 13C.

Equipment used: Customized setup with Sony fdr-x3000 action cam, Zhiyun Smooth Q gimbal and external audio recording using my Tree-ears microphones. Video settings: WB 7000K, EV -0.7, AVC 25fps, 50mpbs. Wide angle, active stabilization. +1.0 lens. Vivid colors. No post processing of video footage, except trimming, combining and audio dubbing, and upscaling to 1440p in Vidcoder (to get better Youtube quality).

Hereby, a September nature update from the still green tall grass and vegetation of the new part of Brøndbyskoven, Copenhagen, September 24th 2019, 6 pm.

Heavy overcast afternoon – it already felt a bit dark at 6 pm.

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Equipment used: Customized setup with Sony fdr-x3000 action cam, Zhiyun Smooth Q gimbal and external audio recording using my Tree-ears microphones. Video settings: WB 7000K, EV -0.7, AVC 25fps, 50mpbs. Wide angle, active stabilization. +1.0 lens. Vivid colors. No post processing of video footage, except trimming, combining and audio dubbing, and upscaling to 1440p in Vidcoder (to get better Youtube quality).