Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
Last night the good aurora forecast tempted me out with my camera but I ended up coming back with pictures of night clouds and star trails. I headed up to a local viewpoint in the forests above Äsperöd with camera, tripod, warm clothes, flask of coffee and a sandwich to wait and see if the... Continue Reading →
This past six weeks I've been exploring new ideas and finding some new directions in my nature photography. Since finishing Symmetry in Nature in January I have been full of the urge to create but I was only able to follow this once I got to Sweden and Finland in April and May. The places... Continue Reading →
Kate definitely fits the Hotel California lyric 'You can check out anytime you like but you can never leave'. She's now Emeritus Professor but when Pearl Mzobe came to see us this weekend it was plain to see that here was the supervisor with her former student. Pearl's now taking her PhD at Lund University... Continue Reading →
It's a couple of months since I posted about the book project. There's been plenty to work on: finding the right online publisher, deciding on the layout, selecting and reworking images, tracking down picture details, drawing the maps and then composing the book. Here is a preview of the covers: you are looking at the... Continue Reading →
A new compact camera was waiting for me at Willy's post office in Uddevalla last month. It's the Pentax WG-3 GPS that I took around with me. Here are six of my better efforts with the new technology: A sunset from the cliffs above Äsperöd where our apartment is; Black and white leaves and a... Continue Reading →
Kate and I arrived into a cold, grey and wintry Uddevalla on Thursday. On Friday it snowed most of the day but it was mixed with rain so by Saturday morning there was no snow left. We did manage to get out for a walk, though, along our local river. It is appropriately named Bäveån... Continue Reading →
Uddevalla is where I live when I stay in Sweden, a former industrial town set in lovely natural surroundings. That is the mix I am trying to show in these two pictures. The mid-October sunset is taken from above Skalbanksmuseet - the Shell Bed Museum - on the eastern side of town looking west over... Continue Reading →
I suspect this is going to be be the first of a number of posts on this theme .... these four pictures really are My Sweden: The Falun red paint at sunset on the barn at Äsperöd; The 3 am dawn light over the fjord; The Swedish flags snapping in the cold autumn winds; And,... Continue Reading →
I walked past here three weeks ago on a long day's hike with my brother. It is a couple of years since I stayed in the tiny cottage beyond the headland at Gustafsberg, above the small boat harbour at Lindesnäs. I used to wake up early in the morning and you could hear the weather.... Continue Reading →
For three years I came to Sweden in spring and autumn and stayed in a tiny guest cottage at Lindesnäs. It was beautifully situated up on the hillside above the fjord right against the mountain side with lovely views down to the guest harbour at Lindesnäs. You can probably appreciate how nice it was from... Continue Reading →
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