Momento: A moment; A memento; One photograph. My photoblog.


Butterfly from Styrsjö

Butterfly
At least this butterfly didn’t flutter byor butter off before I’d caught it’s portrait!
Friday 29 July 2011 16:53
Olympus SP55OUZ | ??? sec | f/4.2 | ISO125

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Sundial at Tjoloholm

The Sundial at Tjoloholm
This sundial makes several appearances in Lars von Trier’s film Melancholia which was shot on location at Tjoloholm Manor.
Wednesday 27th July 2011, around 20.40
Olympus SP55OUZ | ??? sec | f/4.61 | ISO125

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A skytrap for the moon

And over head wires make a skytrap for the moon.
Saturday 6th July 2011, around 22.55
Olympus SP55OUZ | 10/400 sec | f/4.6 | ISO125

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Water Salamander

Young water salamander
In the pond of the fountain at Gunnebo Slott, Möndal (south-east of Gothenburg) This little water salamander was probably hunting microscopic insects, but looked like it was just having fun.
Saturday 25th June 2011, around 14.00
Olympus SP55OUZ | 10/2500 sec | f/4.6 | ISO125

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The Moon in June

The full moon behind driving clouds
The full moon disturbingly bright behind driving clouds.
Saturday 17th June 2011, 23.39
Olympus SP55OUZ | 10/20 sec | f/4.5 | ISO400

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Carnival audience on scaffolding

Carnival audience on scaffolding
These workers had a bird’s eye view of the Hammarkullen Carnival parade. Something that really delighted the paraders when they saw it. For example these kids
Saturday 28th May 2011, 12.43
Olympus SP55OUZ | 10/800 sec | f/3.2 | ISO50
More pictures from the carnival here …

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Carnival kids through a rainy window

Carnival kids through a rainy window
The carnival parade at Hammarkullen in Gothenburg was a windy, rainy affair, but these kids got to travel in the shelter of a van. What are they looking at? See here …
Saturday 28th May 2011, 13.17
Olympus SP55OUZ | 10/600 sec | f/4.3 | ISO125
More pictures from the carnival here …

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Duck and ducklings

Duck and ducklings
The spring’s first clutch of ducklings with their mother on Slätta Damm.
Sunday 22nd May 2011, 15.49
Olympus SP55OUZ | 10/500 sec | f/4.4 | ISO125

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Legs going round

Varvet legs
The local name for the Gothenburg half-marathon is Göteborgs Varvet. This is a pun. Varvet means both the shipyard and circle, round or lap. The half-marathon is run in a wide circle through the town, partly through the old shipbuilding area.
Saturday 21st May 2011, 13.59
Olympus SP55OUZ | 10/4000 sec | f/4.7 | ISO125

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Demonstrating against racism

Anti-racist demonstration, Kvillestan
Well over 1500 people demonstrated against racism and nazism, and in support of the soon-to-open mosque in my old neighbourhood, Kvillest’an, here in Gothenburg.
Saturday 21st May 2011, 11.39
Olympus SP55OUZ | 10/2500 sec | f/4.4 | ISO64

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