Gudensø Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

This is Gudensø, a lake in the Jyske Søhøjland (high lake land of Jutland), one of the most favourite place in Denmark for campists. I saw it yesterday, when I was walking on the path Århus-Silkeborg. One only has to follow these signs to follow the paths...

Gudensø is very close to Mossø, the biggest lake of Denmark. It used to be an import religieus place, because between those lake, there was builded a monestery in the 12th century, which was called Øm Kloster. Look here for a picture of a reconstruction. In the middle age, the inhabitants of the monestry also dug a canal between this Gudensø and Mossø.

Today, there are only some ruines left, but the canal still exists. The name Gudensø means also someting like God's lake.

About the photo: cropped, increased light and contrasts, sharpened and decreased the red and green tones a bit. I filtered it in Neat Image and soften also some noice pixel for pixel in Microsoft Photo Editor.

It is still not very sharp, but it became noicy when I wanted to sharp it more. But it looks okay now, because the soft shapes emphasize the dreamy atmosphere, I think. The photo is taken on automatic.

Fixfocus, jhm, jrj, Jeppe, elihesamian, weswang, jjbach, Tue, singuanti, thohau has marked this note useful

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dopiro (830) 2005-04-17 9:50

I like the pure lines in this photo reminicent of contemporary scandinavian design.
Very good depth shading along the horizon.
Nice tranquil photo Stef.!

Fixfocus (9377) 2005-04-17 12:51

A simple and beautiful compo,Stef!
I like the peaceful atmophere in this picture!
Beautiful colors in the sky!

jhm (81687) 2005-04-17 13:59

Dag Stef,
Een schitterend beeld van het land der meren, het rustige water afgelijnd door een kraag van vegetatie, ook de hemel geeft een extra licht dat de foto aangenaam blik geeft.
Bedankt vvor het bezoek tergelegenheid van mijn 400ste foto.
Groeten,
John

jrj (34779) 2005-04-17 14:02

Good notes to follow this shot Stef. (It seems like we hade the same light.. these days). Simple compo displaying the low land and still with the fine light effect in the sky.

Jeppe (18623) 2005-04-17 14:23

Oh - many memories from this place - I visit Øm kloster several times with schools - a little scarry with the skeletons in the graves. Thanks Stef - a fine atmosphere and colours you captured for us.

MoosicMan (1231) 2005-04-17 15:14

Hi, Stef, excellent shot. I really like the way you have used a lot of sharpness on the banks of the water, which offsets the vague shapes in the rest of the photo. Good job!
Matt

elihesamian (26091) 2005-04-17 15:28

A simple natural graphic shot which I like,Stef!
Beautiful,calm.placid,nostalgic,poetic,too!
very well composed and I like also real tonalities here,nice one,

Regards
M

weswang (18223) 2005-04-17 16:00

Hi Stef, a beautiful scene with beautiful color and you have capture the beautiful picture very well. I like the pink colored cloud and especially the reflections of the cloud on the water. You have well depicted the beautiful and quiet place. An excellent picture.

jjbach (9101) 2005-04-17 16:03

So relaxing composition Stef,
Everything there is so calm. Excellent lighting and depth! Lovely compo!

Regards John

alvaraalto (5227) 2005-04-17 16:37

Hi Stef,
Mooie sfeervolle foto. Misschien een tikje saai. Maar de lucht maakt veel goed.

Tue (25608) 2005-04-17 18:25

Stefan, jeg synes det er vidunderligt! Mooie lucht en het silhouette van het Jutse Land is ook mooi! :-D

singuanti (15240) 2005-04-17 23:23

Hi Stef, great shot. I think the best part of this shot is the low placement of the horizon. For the noise problem you might want to try Noiseware. The program works great. Once you remove the noise and when you re-sharpen the shot the noise won't creep back in. At any rate another nice shot!

thohau (949) 2005-04-18 2:52

Stef,
this a simple but nice composition of a gorgeous landscape. The calm water fits perfect to whole relaxing scene. Well done.
Thorsten