Category: Photo of the day
Detail of a rock carving
This is a detail from one of Sweden’s largest rock carvings. It is one of two horses that are pulling a carriage. The carving is dated to the bronze age 1800-500BC. The carving is called Örstaristningen and can be found close to bird lake Angarnssjöängen in Vallentuna. You can buy this picture from Alamy at […]
Pyrite
This is a Cross eyed stereo picture of Pyrite. Pyrite is cubic crystals of iron disulfide. For this picture I stacked over 800 photos in Zerene Stacker. I used a Canon 6D camera and a Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 20x and a Raynox DCR-150 as a tube lens.
Pollen grain in Baltic amber
Today’s photo is a pollen grain on the wing of an ant embedded in Baltic amber. For this picture I used a Nikon M plan 40x 0,5 ELWD objective on a Nikon Optiphot microscope. Trying to compensate for the fact that this lens is made for subjects without a cover glass and this subject was […]
Begonia leaf
Begonia leaf with the Olympus water dipping lens UMPlanFL 20x / 0.50 W oo/0. I used Nikon Optiphot microscope, Canon 5D camera, focus stacked with Helicon Focus. Link to the picture above at Alamy Link to the picture above at Alamy
Todays picture is a Passion fruit flower
Todays picture is a Passion fruit flower (Passiflora edulis) from Bergius Botanic Garden, Edvard Anderson Conservatory http://www.bergianska.se/english/the-garden-and-greenhouses/edvard-anderson-conservatory This is a focus stack from 11 pictures that I took in May 2018. In the green house you are not allowed to use a tripod so for this picture I had slowly move myself closer and closer to […]
Photo of the day – A cold morning at lake Vallentuna sjön
The northern parts of lake Vallentuna have been a favourite place for more than 40 years. For a long time, the windmill Väsby kvarn on the hill have been a well-known landmark. If you search the internet you might even find some old pictures of this windmill with A and B, two members of a […]
Rose chafer (Cetonia aurata)
Link to the picture at Alamy Todays picture is a focus stacked picture of a Rose chafer or green rose chafer (Cetonia aurata), Gräsgrön guldbagge in Swedish. I do like to watch this insect – even if it is in the habit of eating on the apple blossoms in our garden. Gear and teqnique: Camera […]
Focus stacked common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
Today’s image is a close-up of a common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni). The common brimstone hibernates as a fully formed butterfly and is therefore one of the first butterflies to appear in the spring. This image is composed of more than 200 photos. Below is a video made with Helicon Focus 7 to help get a […]
The greylag goose
The greylag goose (Anser anser) can be seen at birdlake Angarnssjöängen.
A visit to Wira bruk in Upland
On my way back from Häverö prästäng a nature reserve in Northern Upland I decided to make a short stop at Wira bruk. Today this is a beautiful and peaceful little village, perfect for a half an hour walk. The forge started 1635 and produced swords. In more peaceful times they made scythes and axes. […]