Blev en snabb tur när jag var nere på staden med en kompis, såg att det kunde bli en rätt så fin solnedgång så jag passade på att ta några snabba bilder.

Första blev en bild på Knappstad tagen över den totalt frusna Klarälven. Solen är på väg ner.

Vy över Orrholmsviken, himlen börjar brinna ordentligt.

Isvak, här övade visst långfärdsskridskoåkarna att plurra enligt min vän Tomas.

Bryggudden, Karlstads nya stolthet. Av någon anledning börjar jag tänka på Cape Canaveral när jag ser bilden. Bara Apollo 11 som fattas.
26 februari, 2013 | Categories: Karlstad, landscape | Tags: architecture, arkitektur, block, bryggudden, building, byggarbetsplats, byggnad, cold, country, cross, flats, foot, footspår, house, hus, ice, is, kallt, karlstad, kbab, klarälven, knappstad, lägenheter, nordic, of, orrholmen, print, prints, scandinavia, skidspår, snö, snow, snow.snö, spår, tracks, värmland, vinter, winter | Leave A Comment »
Rådjur utanför Skived, Forshaga. Hade helst fått en varg i sökaren

Rådjur i skogarna sydöst om Skived.
18 februari, 2013 | Categories: animals | Tags: deep, djup, djur, djurliv, forshaga, hunt, jaga, natur, nature, nordic, rådjur, roedeer, scandinavia, snö, snow, värmland, wild, wildlife | Leave A Comment »
Det blev EN exponering på eftermiddagens promenad i skogen.

Det blev kallt för kameran, autofokusen var seg som sirap
Satt nog iallafall nytt personligt rekord på denna tur, en enda exponering. Här har man en digitalkamera som det går att skjuta hur mycket som helst med och jag fick iväg ett enda skott.
9 december, 2012 | Categories: Karlstad, nature | Tags: fir, gran, karlstad, snö, snow, stockfallet, sunset, vinter, winter | 2 Comments »
Så kan man säga.

Alstern en eftermiddag. -10°C

Dimma över Alstern.

Påväg hem så tog jag vägen över skogen. Kolsvart, kameran på ett Jobystativ vilket innebar att jag bara måttade in på måfå, när jag kom hem såg jag att huset inte riktigt hamnade där jag ville. Dumt att göra saker på måfå 
8 december, 2012 | Categories: Karlstad, landscape, nature, night | Tags: alster, big, cold, d300s, dimma, dipper, fog, ice, is, kallt, karlavagnen, lake, nikon, scandinavia, sjö, snö, snow, star, stjärna, sverige, sweden, Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 AT-X PRO DX, värmland | 2 Comments »
Laddade ned Snapseed för PC.

Originalbild.

Snapseed filter gjorde det lite mer ”spooky”.
7 december, 2012 | Categories: snow | Tags: filter, flash, snapseed, snö, snow, spooky, strobe, träd, tree | Leave A Comment »

Snow and ice on lake Alstern

Someone was plowing snow on the ice.

The haze makes the lake feel much bigger than it is.

half moon over a winter landscape.

Alster sunrise.

Snow on road.
14 februari, 2012 | Categories: Karlstad, landscape, snow | Tags: alstern, ice, is, karlstad, nikon.d300s, snö, vinter, winter | Leave A Comment »
January 17th.

17 januari, 2012 | Categories: Karlstad | Tags: dimma, fog, ice, is, januari, karlstad, klarälven, kväll, snö, sundstabron, sverige, sweden | Leave A Comment »
Took a short walk.

Time to put the winter tyres on...

Cold and creepy

Someone taking a walk.

Love you! (my girlfriend wrote it)
5 december, 2011 | Categories: black and white, Karlstad | Tags: 11-16, cykelbana, d300s, evening, halka, ice, is, klarälvsbanan, kväll, lorensberg, night, nikon, road, slippery, snö, snow, stockfallet, tokina, våg, vinter, winter | Leave A Comment »

Old man feeding bouncing duck.

Yes!

FAIL! but kind of funny, that is what I think at least

Air traffic controler!

Flaps out!

Touchdown!
20 mars, 2011 | Categories: animals, Karlstad, snow, Vänern | Tags: 70-300, anka, d300, duck, feeding, flyger, flying, is, jump, lillängshamnen, matar, nikon, skoghall, snö, sol, spring, sunny, vår | Leave A Comment »

Ozzy going bonkers!









Chilli chilled!

Maybe because of his battle scars.


20 mars, 2011 | Categories: animals, Karlstad | Tags: 70-300, cat, d300, katt, lek, nikon, play, scar, snö, snow, spring, sun, vår | Leave A Comment »

Made it to the top of Svinbäcksberget exactly when the sun started to set.

Turned around to get the sun behind me. Almost two seconds exposure,zoomed in at the same time.

View west from Svinbäcksberget.

Anybody home?

Skyline cropped.

Skyline original.

Vortex, spinning, fainting...
16 mars, 2011 | Categories: Karlstad, Sunset | Tags: 16-85, backlight, d300s, himmel, höghus, karlstad, mars, motljus, nikon, norrstrand, red, sky, skyline, snö, snurrig, spinning, sunset, sverige, svinbäcken, svinbäcksberget, sweden, träd, trees, värmland, yellow | Leave A Comment »

On the hunt for beaver in Alsterdalen,Karlstad ,Sweden.


Did not find any beaver, lots of trees though.

Tree, black and white version.

Maybe the beaver is hiding under the ice.
6 mars, 2011 | Categories: black and white, Karlstad, landscape | Tags: a, alster, älv, bäver, beaver, black, creek, d300s, dal, fröding, herrgård, is, karlstad, nikon, panorama, river, snö, snow, sverige, sweden, träd, tree, valley, värmland, white | Leave A Comment »

Rock and reed.

4 mars, 2011 | Categories: Karlstad, landscape, snow | Tags: 70-300, black, d300s, karlstad, minimal, nikon, reed, rock, snö, snow, sten, svart, sverige, sweden, vass, vit, white | Leave A Comment »
in deep snow is fun!

Exposure 122 sec. f/8.0

Adding som flares which is ironic as I usually hate flares

Playing with hue/saturation in several different layers to get this result.
22 februari, 2011 | Categories: Karlstad, night, Photoshop, snow | Tags: 16-85, color, colour, d300s, deep, exponering, exposure, ficklampa, flare, flares, flashlight, foto, karlstad, lampa, light, ljusspår, long, nattfoto, night, nikon, photo, snö, snow, stockfallet, streak, sverige, sweden, trace, wood | 1 Comment »

It's in the eye of the beholder...

Splatt! Do not use emergency exit before the plane has landed.

Solar energy injection.

Enlightment!
13 februari, 2011 | Categories: facedowns, fotosöndag, Karlstad, landscape, Photoshop, snow | Tags: art, cs5, filter, flare, fotosöndag, ice, is, karlstad, konst, kroppkärrssjön, lens, odd, photoshop, snö, snow, strange | 6 Comments »

Someone enjoying the winter sun.

Cross country skier on the ice, Hammarö, Kilene, Sweden.

A lone birch. It's not led lights in the branches it's ice reflecting the sun light
12 februari, 2011 | Categories: Karlstad, landscape, snow | Tags: 16-85, birch, björk, d300s, fritid, hammarö, ice, is, karlstad, kilene, landskap, längdskidor, mm, nikkor, nikon, outdoors, photography, skier, skiing, snö, snow, soligt, sunny, sverige, sweden, vinter, winter | Leave A Comment »

10 minutes before I took this picture I had to push two cars that were stuck in the snow.

Two of my neighbours shoveling snow, their favourite past time (NOT)
10 februari, 2011 | Categories: Karlstad, night, snow, street | Tags: bergsgatan, bybackagatan, gata, gatlykta, karlstad, lamp, lorensberg, plow, shovel, skotta, snö, snow, spade, stockfallet, street, sverige, sweden, värmland, vinter, winter | Leave A Comment »


Kallt var det men uniformerna från den tiden höll en rätt varm, runt -15C om jag minns rätt.

Mauser m96/swedish mauser the one on the left is manufactured at Stockholms vapenfabrik (replica)

Bilen är en Plymouth/The old car is a Plymouth

Väntar/Waiting

Snö faller från träden/Snow is falling from the trees, it was a windy day.

waiting....

Action!




Panorama skjutbanan i Likenäs.

Påväg mot inspelning av Närkampsträning.

Här ska det slåss med bajonett/Guys preparing for a fight scene with bayonet.

Gamla skidor och stavar/Old swedish military skis and poles.

Polare i uniform M/1939 brevid stabsbilen som är en Plymouth/Friend wearing Swedish uniform M/1939 standing next to a Plymouth.

Vinter camouflage, beväpnad med Mauser M/96 / Winter camo armed with Swedish mauser M/96.


Kafferast/ Coffee break.

Väntan/Waiting.

27 januari, 2011 | Categories: military, movie | Tags: 1939, 1942, 2010, 2011, action, ammo, andra, border, bössa, camo, camouflage, car, combat, film, försvar, gränsen, guard, hat, hemvärn, likenäs, m, mauser, military, movie, national, plymouth, pouch, range, rifle, second, shooting, skjubana, snö, snow, sverige, swedish, target, uniform, världskriget, värmland, war, white, winter, world | Leave A Comment »

Snow mobile on lake Vänern,Skutberget just outside Karlstad, Sweden on a snowy day.

Borgmästarbron 20110106 in the middle of a snowy day.

3 times a day is the amount of times we have to showel snow, good exercise. The only problem now is to find a place where we can put the snow.
6 januari, 2011 | Categories: Karlstad, landscape, Vänern | Tags: borgmästarbron, e18, icy, karlstad, lorensberg, mobile, motorväg, road, skutberget, snö, snöskoter, snow, stockfallet, storm, yra | Leave A Comment »

Face-down was the theme ( after looking at the end result I came to the conclusion that I look like a huge dog shit)
4 januari, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: d300s, down, face, karlstad, lorensberg, nikon, snö, snow, sverige, sweden, vinter, winter | Leave A Comment »

Two roedeer staring at my direction, they were pretty busy eating so it took a while before they saw me coming closer.


After observing me for about 5 seconds they decided to take off. I realised after a quick look in my cameras lcd-display that I had should have used a larger aparture. However I like the this picture and the movement the roedeer display.

This in Manfred, he is the fellow who run through the woods chasing rabbits and roedeer. We were after rabbits today, the only animals we saw was roedeer. Manfred ran for two hours straight in the deep snow.

Christmas tree, this picture was an "accident" but I like the result anyway

In the afternoon my girlfriend and I "fixed" the christmas tree.

My girlfriend like christmas decorations as you can see.
19 december, 2010 | Categories: animals, Karlstad, landscape | Tags: christmas, cold, dog, hund, hunt, jakt, jul, kallt, rådjur, roedeer, snö, vinter, winter | Leave A Comment »
Shot at Skattkärr by the lake Vänern. In the summer you can take your car by ferry from this place to an island called
Jäverön. In the winter you simple drive on the ice to get to the island. This pictures are shot in almost complete darkness.

View towards Karlstad,iceroad. City light reflected in the clouds.

Slightly different angle.



"Fire walk with me"

Winter road
17 december, 2010 | Categories: Karlstad, landscape | Tags: d300s, färja, färjeläge, ferry, ice, is, jäverön, karlstad, light, night, nikon, nordic, paint, parkinglot, reed, road, skattkärr, snö, snow, sweden, vänern, värmland, vass | 2 Comments »

Fallande Orkidè




Shot from the side,shallow angle.

-Common baby light my fire...

Backyard visitor? 30 sec exposure, run, headlamp from Claes Ohlson.
13 december, 2010 | Categories: foto, fotosöndag, Karlstad | Tags: blixt, blomma, d300s, flash, fotosöndag, friggebod, fryst, karlstad, light, ljus, natt, night, nikon, sb900, snö, snow, stockfallet, strobist, sverige, sweden, vatten, vinter, winter | 2 Comments »