Today I went out to a small stream nearby to see if the White throated dippers had come back to there winter habitat. To my delight they were back, chasing each other up and down the stream. After an hour or so they started feeding which made it easier to come close enough to get a few shots. A pretty cold day (-10 C) and heat waves from the stream made it hard to get sharp pictures. /Sven

This time of year there isn’t much sunshine at all. A few weeks from now and it won’t even rise over the horizon in Gällivare Malmberget. That doesn’t mean it’s completely dark tough. This photo was taken in Malmberget, near the part of town that has to be moved because of the LKAB mine.  

Found a couple of Waxwings feeding just beside the road at my brothers house. Really fun to watch as they squabble over the best rowan-berries in the tree.

Just playing with the Wacom tablet and Photoshop.

It’s not often I use multiple exposures to get greater dynamic range. However there are times when a HDR (High Dynamic Range) look is just what I want. There a several different softwares that can help you with that and often I just use Lightroom (my default editor). Last year however I bought, Aurora HDR pro (Created by Macphun in collaboration with Trey Ratcliff)  and I’ve been using it occasionally. Recently Macphun released an...