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Motive, opportunity, intent

Motive, opportunity, intent

Ejdgesjön, Bohuslän Sweden

As a landscape photographer you sometimes feel like a detective in a crime novel. There are some apps available to guide you but if you want to find the unexpected you have to go out there and detect.

Finding the motive will take you on many dirty back roads. On the major roads you will create long lines of angry, honking drivers. Wonder what that middle finger in the air means? If you find a parking spot you struggle onwards through dense forests and muddy paths in thunder and rain.

It it’s all worth it when you find that spot. Makes your heart pump with joy, or is it trying to catch up from the walk? There it is, but what do you want to tell with this scene, what is the intent? You walk back and forth like a nervous first time dad in the delivery room. You realise you’re talking loud to yourself. Looking around for the guys with the long sleaved white jacket.

Finally you find a good angle. Then you realise you miss the final ingredient, the perfect light! Will the clouds clear, will the sun shine? You could wait for that perfect opportunity, but then you should not have sat down in an anthill!

I have to plead guilty to this passion, ha de Gött!
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Herring gull

Herring gull

Do you know how hard it is to fly around, scream and shit all over, asked the gull. Especially in this dreadful storm. Can’t I just sit here in leeward for awhile and rest, maybe taste some of that lunch?

I said, sure but can you guarantee that you will not take of, call your friends and have them dump all over me and then fly off in screaming laughter. Try me, he said. But are you willing to take the chance not to share?

I let him have a bite of my sandwich, and for a moment we were the best of friends, sitting next to each other in silent coexistence. I put the remains of my lunch into my backpack and stood up ready to go. A final look at each other before he took of with a loud scream. He circled a few times around me, and I think he waved with his grey wings.

Be kind, ha de Gött!

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The Saint

The Saint

Picture taken at museum World of Volvo, Göteborg Sweden.

Not a saint but a boring and safe Volvo car. This beautiful sports model, P1800 was made from 1961 until 1973 and it gained cult status from the TV-series the Saint. The British TV-series with among others, Roger Moore, was made in impressive 118 episodes from 1962 to 1969 where the main character, Simon Templar, drove a California white P1800.

This could be the most beautiful car ever made, ever. What do you think? Ha de Gött!
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The old belting factory

The old belting factory

Some photos from the old industrial belting factory in Göteborg, Sweden.

This historic factory, Göteborgs Remfabrik, was built using clay bricks in 1900 after the original wooden building was destroyed by fire. Most of the machinery, dating from around 1900, was imported from England and powered by a steam engine via belts. In 1916, the steam engine was replaced with an electric motor. Some modernisation took place in 1940s when fluorescent tube lighting was installed. Hardly anything has changed since then.

The factory remained in operation until 1977, when the employees and the owners shut down the machines, locked the doors, and went home – leaving everything as it was. This makes it one of the best-preserved industrial sites in Scandinavia from the early 1900s.

Today, it’s a museum, and most of the equipment can still run. An association of volunteers maintains and run the machines. You can find out more on their website, Göteborgs Remfabrik. These dedicated men and women deserve great respect for keeping history alive. If you ever find yourself in Göteborg, it’s worth a visit.

Never put your fingers in a running machine, ha de Gött!

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