White throated dipper

White throated dipper

Today I decided to go to a small stream in the vicinity to try to get som pictures of a White throated dipper. I would suggest att long lens for this kind of photography because the Dipper can be quite shy. I used my trusty 300 mm f/2.8 IS with a 2x extender and since I couldn’t get closer than a 100 feet. The light was really bad so I had to crank upp the ISO really high (up to 10 000). Still it was nice to see this little winter bather...

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A big hole

A big hole

This week I visited one of the many mines that exists in northern Sweden. While not the biggest (by far) still an impressive sight.  Fog and snow made it a bit more dramatic than usual =)   On my way home the light from the fading sun gave on one of the many bogs, I passed, a kind of reddish glow. I also found a small lake which had frozen over (probably for the first time this year).

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Vacation

Vacation

This year we decided to go to Turkey (Side) again due to the convenient direct flight from Umeå.  This is a place where you have to look deep behind the scenery to find anything that resembles normal life, apart from what tourism has created. Antalya, Side and Alanya receives  about 15 miljon tourists every year and there are thousands of hotells. Millions of meals are served every day and a lot of waste is created. Waste water treatment has...

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