Gallery of Klaus Post

The First Miles - Releaseparty

2009-10-18T12:47:00.002+02:00

Here is a short video showing some of the mood at the release party for "Ride Against the Wind" by The First Miles.

Music is from the album - be sure to grab it!

I might return later with some of the authentic sound from the concert :)

Saturday race, Le Mans 2009

2009-07-28T09:57:00.004+02:00

This is an edit of all the video I filmed saturday There is a bit of "hygge" from our camp, and a lot of racing after that. The first part of racing is from the inside, right after Dunlop.

Second part is Arnage in the evening, where the lights went out and I got some great shots. Last part is from Mulsanne corner.

Music is by Ammonite, be sure to check out their album below.

This work is licenced under a Creative Commons Licence.

Reconnection by Ammonite

Le Mans 2009 Thursday Qualifying

2009-07-02T15:13:00.002+02:00

Thursday evening qualifying shot from the Dunlop bridge grandstand.

First part is to music, and there is a part at the end without music, for you hardcore fans. Music by Artemis.

Be sure to check them out at Magnatune.

This work is licenced under a Creative Commons Licence.

Le Mans Legends Edit

2009-06-22T17:09:00.002+02:00

Here are some videos of the Le Mans Legends qualifying:

Music by Jade Leary.

Video is relased under Creative Commons license non commercial share-alike.

Dette værk er licenseret under en Creative Commons Navngivelse-Ikke-kommerciel-Del på samme vilkår 2.5 Danmark Licens.

Tom Kristensen at Le Mans

2009-06-17T23:03:00.001+02:00

Tom Kristensen interview på Le Mans 2009, on stage at K-rejser. In part two he is joined by Rinaldo "Dindo" Capello and Allan McNish, with whom he drove the Audi R15 at Le Mans 2009.

Le Mans 2009 interviews

2009-06-16T21:46:00.005+02:00

I returned from Le Mans yesterday, and this time I'd try to shoot a bunch of videos for a change. So here is the first ones, first an interview with Christian Bakkerud, who drove an Audi R10 at Le Mans this year. He finished 9th overall. Interview is in danish.

Then we have a two-part interview with Jan Magnussen and Johnny O'Connell, who won the GT1 class in their Corvette GT1 racer.

Bel Esprit Band Presentation

2009-06-07T11:35:00.006+02:00

Here is a short band presentation I did for a band called Bel Esprit. It was shot in a few hours a might in may. Enjoy!

HD version is also available. Again, Everything recorded with Canon 5D Mk2 - the heavy vignetted parts is a Sigma 10-20mm, which causes funky black corners when shooting very wide. I also used the 135 F2L and 24-70 F2.8L. Edited on Sony Vegas.

Be sure to also check out their music at their Myspace page.

The First Miles - Videos

2009-04-26T22:10:00.011+02:00

Here are some excepts from the concert the 17th of April with The First Miles. Here you should get a good idea of the mood at the concert.

All video recorded with my Canon EOS 5D Mk2, and using a Røde Stereo Videomic. Video was cleaned and sharpened using AviSynth and edited in Sony Vegas 8.

All videos are available in HD if you click the HD button on the videos.

Music recorded and used with permission.

The First Miles at Skråen

2009-04-18T12:34:00.004+02:00

This time in the café. Hopefully I will get some video up from there soon.

http://photos.klauspost.com/#6

Flowers in the Wintertime

2009-01-24T21:12:00.002+01:00

Here are a few flowers to lighten up your day! :)

http://photos.klauspost.com/#5

Grafitti walk

2008-12-28T14:54:00.004+01:00

It seems christmas was early this year, since I got my new 5D Mark II a week before christmas.

I have done one work-related shoot and some family shooting, but today I took it for a walk. So here are a few shots from today - all with my 70-200 F4L IS.

I managed to patch up RawShooter so it will accept 5D Mk II RAW DNG's, so I can keep using my favority developement workflow. I will return later with a bit more about that.

http://photos.klauspost.com/#4

The First Miles at Skråen

2008-10-22T22:11:00.003+02:00

I was at a concert with The First Miles last Saturday. Since I had my prime lense stolen recently, and my two L-lenses are at the repair shop, I was quite hard pressed for good glass. But just for fun, I brought my two flashes and remote trigger I purchased recently.

Go to the gallery.

Spa Francorchamps Formula 1 GP 2008

2008-09-22T21:48:00.002+02:00

I have just bought klauspost.com, and I will move my gallery there. But no worries, I will still post updates here.

The first photos there are from the Belgium Formula One Grand Prix.

Go to the gallery.

Le Mans 2008 [2/2]

2008-08-25T21:15:00.011+02:00

Finally here are the last images from this years Le Mans, from the classic race early Saturday and main race - mostly in reverse order.

Le Mans 2008 [1/2]

2008-06-29T21:18:00.006+02:00

Vejgaard Carnival peoples parade

2008-06-01T19:39:00.005+02:00

I just had my first CF card die on me. Surprisingly it was a Sandisk Extreme III 8GB card, which I had expected would keep working until well after I stopped working. Anyway, I could recover a third of them, and half of the recovered images looked like this:

Well - thank God, I didn't loose anything important, but the selection base for these images was rather limited - hope you enjoy them anyway.

Battle of Carnivale, Aalborg, Stage show

2008-05-28T21:13:00.007+02:00

Battle of Carnivale, Aalborg parade

2008-05-27T19:27:00.005+02:00

Macro shots

2008-05-12T22:44:00.003+02:00

Taken with 50 F/1.8, Kenko 1.4x extender and 32mm extension tube, with flash.

Drops

2008-03-06T16:23:00.002+01:00

Smoke pictures

2008-03-05T07:58:00.001+01:00

Mermaid Bowl 2007

2007-10-30T17:33:00.000+01:00

Moon shot

2007-10-22T22:49:00.000+02:00

Sigma 400mm FD lens + FD -> EF converter + Kenko Pro 1.4x, unfortunately downscaled.

Formula 1 Spa Francorchamps 2007

2007-10-15T20:45:00.000+02:00

Le Mans 2007 Race Day

2007-08-20T22:16:00.000+02:00

Le Mans 2007 Veteran Race

2007-07-09T21:40:00.001+02:00

Airshow at Aalborg Airport

2007-07-01T13:03:00.001+02:00

Carnival Parade in Aalborg 2007 - Battle

2007-05-31T19:37:00.001+02:00

Here are a few shots from the battle parade in the streets of Aalborg for you to enjoy!

Himmelvand

2007-03-26T22:10:00.000+02:00

Last week, I was invited to a concert a rather unusual place, with the band Himmelvand. The music was great, although they only had a chance to play a few tracks. Here are some pics:

Art2Business and more

2006-11-07T19:34:00.000+01:00

I was invited as photographer at a meeting arranged my Art2Business last week.

And here is special version of a 360 panorama I did a couple of years ago:

... and a few images when I visited my parents who were camping in Nibe.

Tonemapped Landscape shots

2006-10-29T16:22:00.000+01:00

I haven't used much free time on photography lately - I'll show you why on my personal blog soon. But I recently bought the Photomatix program, to be able to develop HDR shoots without the annoying watermark. So here are some shots - I used Photomatix for most of them:

And here is a whoops - that ended quite nicely:

One of the shots in the image was from another series, so the endresult was a weird mix of two images. Quite a funny effect.

The Zoo and Tomato Juice

2006-10-04T20:18:00.000+02:00

Night shots

2006-09-17T17:34:00.000+02:00

It's been quite a while, since I've done some night shooting, so yesterday night a friend of mine and myself went for a trip. Here are some of the shots:

Godthaab Hammerværk

2006-09-16T15:54:00.000+02:00

Last Tuesday I was at Godthaab Hammerværk with the photo club. Here are some shots:

Closeups

2006-08-11T22:02:00.000+02:00

Sugar Daddy's Soul Band

2006-08-03T21:05:00.000+02:00

Last night, I was at Egholm and took some shots of Sugar Daddy's Soul Band, who had been rehearsing for some days. I also took three group shots for their homepage and a poster.

Afterwards they played a great concert for friends to end off their rehearsal.

Garden Macro pt. 3

2006-07-28T13:01:00.000+02:00

Still in the process of moving, I found my macro setup again, and took a few shots.

New Garden pt. 2

2006-07-22T11:37:00.000+02:00

Was out in the garden again yesterday.

New Garden

2006-07-20T22:16:00.000+02:00

I haven't had much time for shooting these days, as I'm currently painting my new appartment. I went outside in the garden yesterday night and took a few macro shots - scary place! ;)

The First Miles at Skovdalen

2006-07-06T00:24:00.000+02:00

I was at a concert with The First Miles at Skovdalen tonight. I arrived at bit late, as we had misunderstood eachother on the start time of the concert. The light was great (well - there was lots of it anyway), so I managed to get some great shots, even though the camera was on auto-fire most of the time.

I had borrowed a Sigma 70-200 F/2.8 from a friend, and it proved to be really great with so much light. Impressive piece of glass!

Anyway - here are some of the shots:

Le Mans Night and Sunday pt.2

2006-06-28T22:10:00.000+02:00

Here are the last of the images from Arnage/Indianapolis/Mulsanne Corner/Podium.

Le Mans Night and Sunday pt.1

2006-06-27T21:44:00.000+02:00

I still have about 40 images left, but I'll mix them up - so you are getting both Saturday night at Arnage/Indianapolis/Mulsanne Corner - And sunday day and victory celebration at the podium. Tomorrow I will post some more from the same timespan.

No pictures today

2006-06-26T17:37:00.000+02:00

.. but instead a big

FUCK YOU!

to Adobe. Killing off the competition is surely the best way to get ahead.

And a, not at least

FUCK YOU!

to the Pixmantex shareholders - you greedy bastards! Hope you enjoy your summer vacation after shitting like that on your customers. Røvhuller.

Le Mans Start and Race Saturday

2006-06-25T23:49:00.000+02:00

Le Mans Drivers Parade and Pitwalk

2006-06-24T00:10:00.000+02:00

Le Mans 2006 Qualifying and Driver Visit

2006-06-22T23:10:00.000+02:00

I haven't had much time to develop the shots from Le Mans, but here are some of the first ones done.

Patience

2006-06-20T23:41:00.000+02:00

...is a virtue! ;)

Home from Le Mans 2006

2006-06-19T21:55:00.000+02:00

Just got home from Le Mans 2006. Tom Kristensen got a fine 3rd place, and Jan Magnussen won his class in his Corvette.

I'll be processing the photos from down there in the following days, so there will be more up shortly.

First half of June

2006-06-14T12:52:00.000+02:00

I'm off to Le Mans in a few hours, but before I leave, here are some shots from the last few days.

I haven't had time to touch them up, so here they are straight from the camera (or Rawshooter to be exact).

Animals and other strange creatures

2006-06-06T16:50:00.000+02:00

Carnival Parade in Aalborg

2006-05-30T20:53:00.000+02:00

June 6th: I seems like blogger i b0rked, so you'll have to wait a little more for some new photos.

Thin White Dukes

2006-05-28T20:03:00.000+02:00

Last thursday, a David Bowie jam band played at Skraaen. Here are some shots from that night:

Good Times Music

2006-05-21T17:30:00.000+02:00

I was at a koncert yesterday arranged by the Good Times Music record label, at Studenterhuset. I got in a rather playful mood, so the images are not quite the usual concert shots.

How to get your own tilt-shift lense for free

2006-05-15T23:16:00.000+02:00

...using Photoshop ;)

Today I found a review and a link to Arax tilt-shift lense. I got quite inspired by the focus plane shifts, and got inspired to experiment a bit myself with the effect.

So I fired up Photoshop CS2, and played a bit around with the Lens Blur effect, to try and get the same effect. I found that using gradients, you can achieve a very similar effect, using layer masks for depth indication. Linear gradients let you get a tilt-shift look, and circular gradient gives you kind of a lensbaby effect, where only the center is in focus.

You can also play with offsetting the point of focus, so it isn't completely in one end of the gradient.

Here are some "proof-of-concept". They are exaggerated a bit, and were mostly just for fun.

Vildtfarm Nord, May 2006

2006-05-14T20:51:00.000+02:00

Yesterday we went on a trip to Vildtfarm Nord. It was great weather and there was a lot of interesting animals to shoot.

Since I feel I need to improve a bit on my post-processing skills, I will try to only post post-processed shots here. That should hopefully make the shots a bit more interesting, and ensure a better quality.

Enjoy!

Bikes in Aalborg

2006-05-13T20:19:00.000+02:00

Yesterday there was a bike gathering in Aalborg. More than fiften hundred bikes paraded around the city. the parade ended at my friends house, so naturally I went and took some snapshots.

Zoo Walk

2006-05-11T21:01:00.000+02:00

I had a walk in the Zoo to enjoy the weather. Here are some of the more interesting shots.

Summertime

2006-05-08T23:01:00.000+02:00

Various photos from the last few days in the good weather.

Summer has arrived

2006-05-06T10:19:00.000+02:00

Here are a few shots before I hurry back outside!

Vektormusik and The First Miles

2006-04-27T22:36:00.000+02:00

Here are some shots from a concert last week at Studenterhuset. Two great concerts with The First Miles and Vektormusik and a great audience.

Evening Photo Shoot

2006-04-25T22:27:00.000+02:00

Here are some shots from last week. Taken on the same trip, as I took the HDR images.

Garden Macro

2006-04-24T21:15:00.000+02:00

Today the weather was really great when I got home, so I found the macro lense and went into the garden. I was lucky, and there was a fly in a flower I could follow around.

100mm, F/9 to F/11, using the ring flash.

Tone Mapped HDR images

2006-04-23T22:31:00.000+02:00

I have been playing a bit more with exposure bracketing and HDR tone mapping. Here are some pictures. Nothing more than tone mapping has been done, so I might return with some more finished looking images.

Monday Drive-by Shooting

2006-04-20T19:52:00.000+02:00

I borrowed a Sigma 70-200 F/2.8 HSM from a friend a few days last weekend. Unfortunately the weather wasn't very good, so I didn't have much time outside with the lense. I went on a short drive monday.

It seems like a very high quality piece of glass. It produces very good images - better than my own F/4L, by about a stop until F/9. The weight didn't really bother me, but it isn't a comfortable walkaround lense for a longer trip.

Here are some shots from the trip:

Easter Zoo Shoot

2006-04-18T22:26:00.000+02:00

The weather was great this easter, so we took another trip to the Zoo! :)

HDR Image Development

2006-04-16T18:37:00.000+02:00

Today I saw an article on HDR images taken in Tokyo, along with some techniques that could be used for creating them. As I'm always interested in new ways of developing photos, I downloaded the Photomantix Software and installed it, and followed some simple instructions [1] [2].

For test material I used the Auto Exposure Bracket on my 20D and took three shots of the same scene, with 2EV intervals. This is the scene, as it would ordinarily look from the camera:

Creating the HDR image itself is very easy. The difficult part is to make it back into an ordinary image - the part called Tone Mapping. This is my first attempt:

As you can see the basics work nicely, but it's a bit overdone, so with some parameter tweaking this is what we get:

Tone mapping is of course the interesting part, since combining several shots with different exposure is pretty straightforward. The algorithm in photomatix has many possibilities for adjustments and even though their controls seem rather unintiutive you have an ok control over your final image.

Visually it evens out the light in the image. Adjusting parts of the image up, and other parts down. So you will very easy end up with a quite boring image, because shadow and light areas are getting less visible, removing characteristics of your shot.

You also run the risk of creating very unnatural light in your image. This is most easily seen when scaling down the image to a thumbnail view, where it looks as if parts of the image are inverted. If you look at the thumbnails of the images in the flickr HDR pool, you can see what I mean pretty fast. Looking at the fullsize images makes this a bit more difficult to spot.

So adjusting HDR Tone Mapping is not easy, and will take some time to master. But it is interesting and a good way of getting a sense of increased dynamic range into the photos.

Here are two more examples. These have not been taken using Exposure Bracketing, but have instead been combined from three RAW exposures.

Here is an example of some of the dramatic effects that this can be the basis for. The resulting image isn't in itself that great, except it restores the sky. It does however make a very "flat" image - almost like a painting, as it removes most of the shadows from the image. The tone mapped image needs a bit more work before it's great, but the effect is interesting nonetheless.

Trip to Tønder

2006-04-14T22:22:00.000+02:00

Today and yesterday, me and my girlfriend were visiting my parents in Tønder. Here are some shots from the trip.

EOSpix Photo of the Week

2006-04-12T20:54:00.000+02:00

I have been checking out EOSpix since I found the site a few months ago, and bought their EOSpix color profile for RawShooter. But last week I saw that their theme of the week was Mood, and I got inspired by the photos, and remembered I had a very fitting one I took a short time ago. I gave it a short retouch in Photoshop:

And as you might have guessed, I won :)

Various 28-70 stuff

2006-04-11T16:49:00.000+02:00

Here are some of the images I've shot the last few days with my new glass. I just love the color and contrast of it.

More Macro World

2006-04-11T01:03:00.000+02:00

Return of the Lense.

2006-04-09T17:58:00.000+02:00

This friday I got a call from the store, where I purchase most of my photo gear, that they'd gotten the 28-70 L lense back, I tried it about a month ago. I took it for a walk, and it seems like Canon did a good job at readjusting the lense. So I bought it (again).

After it has been readjusted, it has become very sharp. Very good at F/2.8, and razor-sharp from F/5.6 and up - only below my girlfriends 100mm macro.

As a rare exception, I'd like to mention Japan Photo in Aalborg C for their exceptional customer care. It's a great thing to know you can trust the people you buy your gear from.

Weekend Zoo Shots

2006-04-04T21:29:00.000+02:00

Here is the weekly dose of Zoo shots. :)

I used the 70-300 IS USM and I wanted some new shots, so I put on the Sigma 10-20mm Wide Angle.

Traditional Stock Macro

2006-03-28T23:02:00.000+02:00

Today I have a few flower shots and some more traditional (uncleaned) stock macro shots.

Hacking an old Ring Flash

2006-03-26T21:01:00.000+02:00

Today, my girlfriend and myself continued to play with her new macro lense. I got my Centon MR40 Ring flash out, I bought half a year ago for about $35. It's an old type TTL-lense, which doesn't really work to well on my 20D. It fires alright, but it fires at the lowest level, so it didn't really help.

My first solution was to set an exposure time at about half a second, and have an assistant (me or my girlfriend depending on who held the camera) fire the flash, using the "Test" button on the flash, when the other pressed the shutter release. It worked surprisingly well, except for a few ghosts from the long exposure time.

My second thought was if it would be possible to disable the TTL, and just have the flash fire everything it got. There are no controls on the flash whatsoever, so my only change was to remove the TTL comunication. I did this by covering all but the main flash trigger with tape. And it WORKED!

Wow - a ring flash for a tenth of the price of a Canon. Of course the camera has to be run completely in manual mode. But since macro are such a controlled environment, that isn't much of an issue anyway.

Here are some of todays images. Some of them are by my girlfriend. Enjoy!

Macro World

2006-03-25T22:12:00.000+01:00

Today we are in macro heaven. I've previosly borrowed a friends Canon 100mm F/2.8 Macro lense, but now my girlfriend just recieved hers. All I can say is that it is wonderful. Extremely sharp and great to work with. Images are sharp from the lense - even if it is wide open.

Compared to the Sigma 105mm macro, the images are very compareable, but the build quality is just a lot better. Also the internal focusing is really great. Even though automatic focus isn't much needed for macro work, the USM makes the lense usable at other than macro lengths.

We bought a bunch of flowers. Here are some closeups:

Zoo Monkey Business

2006-03-20T18:53:00.000+01:00

Yesterday the weather was great, so I was able to get some great shots of the Zoo animals outside.

Walking in Aalborg

2006-03-18T17:11:00.000+01:00

I was on a walk around Aalborg today. Here are some of the shots:

Waiting in the parking lot

2006-03-13T19:15:00.000+01:00

I had a few minutes in a parking lot, while my girlfriend was shopping. I've just gotten my 28-135 IS USM back, so I put it on to give it a spin after repairs.

The First Miles Concert at Studenterhuset

2006-03-12T19:13:00.000+01:00

Here are the last concert photos I promised yesterday. These are from last weekend, where The First Miles played an intimate and very energetic set at Studenterhuset for Studenterradioen.

Zoo Indoor Shots

2006-03-11T22:23:00.000+01:00

Let's take a break from the concert photos. I've still got a few left, but here are some from the Zoo today.

I brought my girlfriends 70-300mm IS, and tried using it under very little light, as I was able to get good support in the feline house. The first shots below are all 300mm taken at around 1/15th f a second. I was able to support the camera on a railing, but no tripod was used. I must say I was surprised at the sharpness when I got home.

Most of the other indoor images are with the good faithful 50mm F/1.8.

Enjoy!

Vectormusik Concert

2006-03-08T21:42:00.000+01:00

Here are some photos of Vektormusik, who played at Studenterhuset last saturday. Great music!

Should I mention they had RED light there? ;)