I spent the afternoon (Sunday March 2nd.) at Odense Fjord. It was very windy and very cold, since I was standing still most of the time. However, making this short was well worth it.

For the first time, I used my new tripod - a Velbon Ultra Luxi L

velbon.co.uk/newvelbon/pages/ultraluxil.html

I love it. It's small and very easy to use / set up. Not perfect for paned shots, since it's made for digital cameras. I might get a fluid head for that or make a motor to do it for me :)

Another first for me is my new Cokin P filters ( cokin.com ) - I used the 'Gradual Tobacco T2 Soft' (Cokin# p125s) all through this short. It works just like a colored ND filter, giving the footage a very 'golden' look and the sky doesn't 'blow out'.

The footage is pretty much straight out of the camera. No contrast / sharpening was added. Only transitions and text. No cropping was done to it. Some of the images that are fully zoomed in, show just how windy it was today. I was shouting at God to please let me have one f...... decent shot. Then again, I was cold and hungry and really wanted to go home :D

In this short you'll see oss.dk - Odense Steel Shipyard - also called the Lindoe Yard. It's owned and run by maersk.com who build the world's largest container vessels here. The ship you see (at 7.000 TEU) is not one of them. The last of 7 giants (11.000 TEU) just left the yard a few weeks ago.

Parts of Odense Fjord are set aside as a bird sanctuary. I guess the birds love the strong winds - plenty to see during these 4 minutes.

Hope you enjoy it.

Music by Röyksopp