The world was still there when I decided to leave the house today. Horrible weather. And that is also pretty much how I felt. Still coughing and snoring so it wasn't a very pleasant bike ride to the old tree.
Showing posts with label Monochrome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monochrome. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Friday, December 16, 2016
My reflection in a window at the Tungelsta school. Fence along the railway track. Snow on a roof at an old greenhouse nursery turned biker club headquarters.
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Saturday, November 19, 2016
A photo from a couple of days ago when there was some snow left. This is the new retirement home at Lillgården in Tungelsta. It was the snow on the furniture that made me stop for a photo. Every time I walk by here I wonder about that missing window.
Sunday, November 13, 2016
You probably knew that I would visit the old tree after that heavy snowfall didn't you? It was a good workout as I had to wade in deep snow to get there. Halfway down the path I met a couple walking in the other direction so from there I could walk in their footsteps. That made it a little easier for me, which I thanked them for.
Saturday, November 12, 2016
On a recent Winter promenade around Tungelsta I spotted a lone bike parked at the Krigslida commuter platform. The bike parking is fairly new and I thought it would make for a good photo with the snow hanging down like this. After taking a few photos I decided to have a closer look on the bike emblem/ornament. I don't have anything like that on any of my bikes so I am a little jealous now! First photo taken with the old Canon 550 with the 85mm lens. Second detailed photo shot with my Canon 6D, which I got back from Canon service&repair a few days ago. I shot the King photo with the nifty fifty lens.
Sunday, October 23, 2016
The Lower Lake at the Rudan nature reserve earlier this week. This cliff is normally popular with anglers, but not on this gloomy Autumn day, so I had to make do with shooting the roots of the Scots pine that grows close to the water.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
I took the bike down to the tiny hamlet that is Ormsta yesterday. The road will only take you that far, and if you want to continue on the very old dirt road you will have to do so either on foot, horse, or bicycle, and I'm pretty sure you know how I get around. Halfway down the dirt road I jumped off the bike and went for a walk in the forest that you can see on the second photo. The first photo shows the pattern I found on a birch tree where someone or something had peeled away the bark.
Saturday, October 15, 2016
A number of stone faced cats have suddenly turned up outside the mall in Handen. This is their leader.
Monday, October 10, 2016
Horrible weather yesterday. Dark and gloomy, windy and rainy. Not the best photography weather. But despite that I jumped on the bike and headed out for a spin. I tried my best in between the rain showers to get a few colorful Autumn photos, but it wasn't easy. I made one pit-stop at Eskilsparken in Handen and that's where I took this photo. Part of a group of sculptures made by PYE Engström. It is called Fåglarna i Handen. The birds in Handen, Or the birds in the hand. And despite not being birds these animals are part of the sculpture group. And just as I left the park another photographer walked in and started shooting the same sculpture.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
You will find a number of these concrete table tennis tables in the school-yard at the new secondary school at the Fredrika Bremergymnasium in Handen. The school opened last month but the official opening takes place this week. Our PM Stevan Löfven will give a talk in the UN in New York about his new initiative Global Deal before flying back to Sweden where he will officially open this school on Friday morning. Lets hope that his jet-lag will be a mild one so that he can play some ping pong with the students1
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Does your car have a skull on the hood? No? Why not? As seen at the Classic car and Customs event at Sundby Gård.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Bike rack at a commuter station. Shot with the pancake lens. Nice DOF as they say, you can't even spot the Steel Horse that I parked at the other end of the rack.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Building site snap from a few days ago. After uploading the roof construction photo to flickr I struggled a bit with a good title but then flickrs new auto tagging system stepped in and added the tag Jungle Gym.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
The third day of Summer. Decided to check out an abandoned (sort of), farm at Högsta in Österhaninge. I was here with a friend a few years ago. Back then the old barn was filled with old machinery and what have you, so we walked in and documented it. Then, after a snowy Winter the barn collapsed. Most of it is gone today but this has been left in the grass. Part of a machine made by a company called AB Westeråsmaskiner from Morgongåva. Boy was it a windy bike ride. The poor Steel Horse fell down a ditch and one mud guard broke. On my way to the farm I peaked at 40km/h. Heading home into the wind it was more like 10km/h!
Monday, June 1, 2015
Halina works at a company in Jordbro. Every day on her lunch hour she goes for a walk. Always dressed for success, Halina is very stylish and looking at her walking can be a bit hypnotizing, at least for me, (I have seen her many times). The first two times I stopped and asked her for a portrait she just laughed and said no thanks. This photo is from our third meeting. Theme Day, at CityDailyPhoto. Stylish.Tuesday, May 19, 2015
I'm sure there was a meeting. And during that meeting it was decided that this area at Ramsdalsvägen needed a bike rack. Could have been a photographer that came up with the idea. Because it's a photogenic bike rack and that is of course important. But I have never seen anyone use it. It's been there for at least a year.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
This is the Skutan bird sanctuary in Handen. The wetland is a bit messy at the moment as you can see. I have been here a few times and I have rarely seen any birds. If you have good eyes you might spot the bird tower. The lack of birds was something that the municipality also figured out and they are now trying to fix that. The big float seems like an impressive machine to do the job. It's an amphibious excavator. There's also a nature promenade here and I was standing on that path when I shot the top photo.
Monday, April 14, 2014
It was a bit windy today. Not very warm, maybe 11C when the sun was out. Arriving to the old tree I noticed heavy rain clouds in the distant and they made for a dramatic sky. I only had the 85mm lens with me so this is umpteen (38), photos stitched together.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
There's always a story behind every photograph. I was meeting a friend at Poseidon's Square in Handen at noon today. I arrived on the Steel Horse fifteen minutes early, so after parking the bike I looked around for something, or someone to photograph. There was nothing that caught my eye on the square so I walked up the stairs, and there it was. Against a cement wall. A bike rack. Circle after circle. Made of steel. So I hunched down and started shooting with the 85mm lens and this was the result.
