Water is faschinating but frozen it’s amazing. King Frost swept in during the night and created this lovely work of art.
I could not decide if it came out best in color or in monochrome. What do you think?
Stay cool, ha de Gött!
The small island Tjärnö with a view to the northeast. Behind the island lie the Kosterfjord. Kosterfjord is not really a fjord but a deep underwater valley with a depth of 250 meters. On the Tjärnö island is also a marine biological research center linked to the University of Gothenburg. It’s open to the public so they can learn more about the unique environment in the Kosterfjord.
I struggled a bit to get the color saturation right as the thick clouds hardly let any light through. At first the picture came out very blue. Even if it was cold it was not that cold and I wanted the picture a bit warmer. Now I hope it’s reflecting -3°C and no wind.
Don’t be blue, connect. Ha de Gött!
He was a bit annoyed when I just took pictures without feeding him. Under loud quacking he hid under the quay. I guess I need some breadcrumbs in my pocket for the next time.
This is a male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in his colorful plumage. The female has a brown spotted plumage. The mallard is common all over the northern hemisphere but has been implanted to several places in the southern hemisphere. Some individuals are resident and stay with the same partner even with changing seasons. As omnivore they adapt very well to humans and is therefore often seen in cities.
Quack, Quack, ha de Gött!
More snow on the winter green juniper bush. Love the contrast of the sharp needles and the soft snow. There is warmth in the vivid green and coldness in the white snow. Like Snowwhite taking refuge with the raw barked seven dwarfs.
Be cool, ha de Gött!
Wordless Wednesday, ha de Gött!
The small port in the fishing village Resö a cold winters day. Thermometer showing -4°C but with the wind at gale strength coming in from northeast the cold effect is -10°C. The hardships of the fearless photographer.
The small village shares its name with the island it’s situated on. 170 people live here year around but in summer this number goes up significantly. The trawl fishing boats gets crowded by leisure boats in the sheltered harbor. The island is also accessible by a narrow winding road. Here is also one of the ‘gates’ to the first national marine park in Sweden, Kosterhavet National Park.
Keep warm, wear Long Johns, ha de Gött!
Lines in the sky. Airlines. There in the skyline, high flying.
Commercial airline race. Line up in the blue haze.
Underlining our freedom. People connecting white lines.
Smoke lines to adventure. Draw the line till she choke.
There’s always two sides to a coin, ha de Gött!
Just like Adam and Eve
Should I pick and eat
Sun kissed but frozen
Would I know it all
Or is it just the Serpent Sun
Lure me
To bite my teeth off
Be curious, but not dumb, ha de Gött!
Sometimes you don’t have to make that long hike to get that fantastic image. Last Teams meeting in my home office I open the blinds to see this. So now you know. If someone suddenly drops out of the meeting they run out with the camera. Two minutes after this was taken it was gone. Time stamp 16:34.
Mother Nature’s continuous art exhibition, ha de Gött!
I just let the picture be the poetry today, ha de Gött!
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