Category: Photo of the day
A strange couple, a Greylag goose and a Canada goose
I saw this stange couple, a Greylag goose (Anser anser) and a Canada goose (Branta canadensis) at birdlake Angarnssjöängen on mars 22. I have not seen them afterwards, maybe they realised that they where not a perfect match. When I observed them they swam close together. After eating simultaneously for a while they tried to […]
Spring is coming to Bergius Botanic Garden
In just a few weeks it seems like spring is finally coming to Bergius Botanic Garden. Below is some pictures showing some of the flowers and animals that can be seen in the garden. Due to Corona virus The Edvard Anderson Conservatory is closed until the 13th of April. Almost alone I must have been […]
First common European adder this year
The fact that the spring is a couple of weeks early this year have made me start looking for snakes earlier than usual. Found this common European adder (Vipera berus) or Huggorm on mars 14. In Sweden we only have three species of snakes, the common European adder is the only poison one. The zigzag […]
Sun pillar
A Sun pillar or in Swedish “Vertikalpelare” is a light phenomenon that is created by tiny flat horizontal ice crystals. For this photo I used a Cannon 400 mm lens. I was standing near bird lake Angarnssjöängen and the Sun set was above Vallentuna.
Early spring at Angarnssjöängen
Whooper swan, Sångsvan (Cygnus cygnus) Last week had a couple of nice sunny days. So I took the opportunity to walk around the bird lake Angarnsjsöängen.
Cross eyed stereo, butterfly wing scales
Usually I photograph butterfly scales with the intention to make a beautiful image. This time I wanted to have a photo with a different approach. This is a small part of a butterfly wing with some damage. A few scales have fallen off entirely, leaving a part of the wing without any scales. Two dislodged […]
Panorama
A panorama made from 4 stacks. Nikon ELWD plan fluor 20x objective lens. Butterfly scales from a Peacock butterfly, photo Jörgen Hellberg.
Morpho aega pseudocypris
The colurs of Morpho butterflies are stunning, but photographing Morpho wingscales are new to me. This is a photo of what I expected a Morpho to look like – a didius argentiferus from the Swedish Natural History Museum It turned out that, at least some, Morphos can be quite difficult to photograph. This is a […]
Fireworks
Fireworks are interesting and quite fun to photograph. It can be difficult to find the right settings for the camera. To short and all you catch is some sparks. To long and the entire picture is overloaded with fireworks. For the blue explosion 0.6 seconds was enough but the red flowers needed 13 seconds. Another […]
I have just aded a section about Baltic amber
Ant in Baltic amber, photographed with Mitutoyo M plan apo 20x objective. Baltic amber are said to be from 44 million years ago. If you want to photograph insects or other amber inclusions you have to chose carefully to find nice objects that are close to the surface. A water dipping objective and submerging the […]