Sunsets in Landskrona are often a marvelous affair with beautifully saturated warm reds and yellows lighting up the town and bathing it in a romantic hue. These were taken to the north of the town in the Citadel area just by the Öresund Strait between Sweden and Denmark. As usual I used the D850 with the wonderful 50mm f1.8G lens attached, and as always hand held. I set the exposure mode to highlight priority when shooting sunsets.
9 Jul 2024
Öresund Sunset
Fountain at Blue Hour
This fountain is located on a roundabout in the small town of Landskrona in southern Sweden. While cycling past there last night I stopped and snapped this shot with my D850 and 50mm f1.8G, handheld. Edited in DxO PL6. The magical hour or so after sunset is my favourite time to photograph in town, when the light is balanced just right between sky and electric lights something beautiful happens and the colours are superbly saturated while the lights just sparkle. Magic!
8 Jun 2024
7 Jun 2024
Smygehuk
6 Jun 2024
Öja Kyrka
Öja Kyrka just outside Ystad, both taken with the ultra wide 14mm. Get too close and the slope of the walls gets out of hand because of the upward angle of the lens... I think I'll just refer to it as "arty".
5 Jun 2024
Old Buildings in Ystad
Ystad is an ancient town with some interesting old buildings. Here are just two scenes featuring well preserved wood frame buildings.
4 Jun 2024
Greyfriars Abbey - Ystad
Greyfriars Abbey in Ystad is an abbey that was founded in 1267 and belonged to the Franciscan Order. Well worth a visit if you are in Ystad.
3 Jun 2024
Ales Stenar (Ale's Stones)
Ale's Stones (Swedish: Ales stenar or Ale stenar) is a megalithic monument in Scania in southern Sweden. It is a stone ship, oval in outline, with the stones at each end markedly larger than the rest. It is 67 m (220 ft) long formed by 59 large boulders, weighing up to 5 tonnes each. - From Wikipedia.
2 Jun 2024
Sunset on Ystad Pier
Sunset on Ystad Pier.
Nikon D850, Nikon 14mm f2.8, ISO 900, f/8.0, 1/500s, hand held & processed in DxO PL6.
27 May 2024
26 May 2024
Söderåsen National Park
Took a slow leisurely Sunday drive up to Söderåsen National Park today, walked up to the lookout point and was pleasantly surprised by the wonderful views. It was unfortunately a little overcast which restricted the view just a bit but I'm sure it must look quite spectacular on a sunny day, early morning or around sunset. Certainly worth another trip one day, meantime here are the best of what I got today from the forest and the view from the lookout point..
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Easy drive up through the forest. |
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Swedish forest has an almost magical quality to it. |
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The view. |
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Gorgeous. |
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Boardwalk up to the lookout point. |
12 May 2024
Vadensjö Kyrka (Church)
There is a pretty church at the picturesque hilltop town of Vadensjö that can be seen from long distances away and driving towards Vadensjö today I stopped by the roadside to take this photo.
The Battle of Bunketofta Memorial
While out scouting for photos today I drove past an interesting looking scene with trees, flowering rape and a green lane leading through the rape uphill towards the trees. After doing a semi-illegal u-turn at an intersection (all in the name of art...) I pulled in to this scene:
Kinda interesting with the wonderfully saturated summer colours, the leading lines and culminating in a point of interest. Not a great pic but certainly worth stopping for. Then I took a walk up the green lane towards the trees and took another photo:
That is when I noticed that there was something amongst the trees, just what it was I didn't know, but it piqued my interest. So yet closer:
Turns out to be a historical monument as a memorial to something called the Battle of Bunketofta. Why on earth it isn't marked on the roadside is a mystery and I think this needs to be addressed. If you can read Swedish then there is a short Wikipedia page in Swedish here: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaget_vid_Bunketofta but if you don't understand Swedish then here is the plaque that is at the site that actually gives much more information:
So quite a good find for the day even it was purely by chance. If you are ever in the area then look it up.