01-JAN-2008
Final of the year and start of the next
29-DEC-2007
December morning by the Fyris river
28-DEC-2007
Sunrise over Västerbron
27-DEC-2007
Restoration of the tower
26-DEC-2007
The stone laid path
24-DEC-2007
Something for me??
23-DEC-2007
Urban concrete
22-DEC-2007
Not really Christmas weather
21-DEC-2007
The brick tower
20-DEC-2007
Closed for the season
19-DEC-2007
Frost on the hip rose
Cold but no snow. However, the air humidity slowly forms a shell of frost on everything.
18-DEC-2007
Sunrise over Nybroviken, Stockholm
16-DEC-2007
Christmas musicans
without much audience of Sunday shoppers.
15-DEC-2007
TV-tower in Stockholm
A low low sun partly covered by clouds does not give much light on a Decembers day.
14-DEC-2007
None in the park at night
13-DEC-2007
Lucia morning
At schools and workplaces all over Sweden young girls dressed in white robes carrying candels and young boys in robes or dressed up as santas sing on the morning of the 13th of December. There is really a need for some light at this time of the year.
12-DEC-2007
Still morning
11-DEC-2007
A dark december morning
09-DEC-2007
Sunday sun on Riddarholmen
08-DEC-2007
Knitted drain pipes
A group of knitting gerilla artists has decorated town see:
http://stickkontakt.blogspot.com/
07-DEC-2007
The Thai on the corner
The saviour of a Friday evening. Late home from work and not enough energy to cook dinner. Excellent curry, strong and tasty. If it wasn't for the darkness, the rain and the chill you'd think you were in Thailand.
06-DEC-2007
The light at the end of the tunnel
Hope my cold soon gets better, all deadlines will be met, Christmas comes and some winter comes with it...
04-DEC-2007
"I'll bet you just want to PAD me"
Home sick and just the cats to focus on, but they know what I'm up to by now.
30-NOV-2007
Last of November
Soon december, but no real winter feeling yet!
28-NOV-2007
Karlbergs slott in morning glow
27-NOV-2007
Late November morning
Not a great thing to go up when it's still dark. This morning at least the sky had a deep blue colour and was scatteres by pink clouds. Actually my camera clock is wrong it's 7 o'clock.
25-NOV-2007
Autumn flowers
24-NOV-2007
The cold seat
A little bit of frost this morning. Snow by evening turning into rain.
22-NOV-2007
Thursday night at Stadshagen
Sankt Göransgatan is my long boring way home from work. The hospital on the right hand side and the football field on the right. Msity rain and strong flood lights can make an effect.
18-NOV-2007
Sunday afternoon traffic
17-NOV-2007
Houses by the park
16-NOV-2007
Stockholm entrance
14-NOV-2007
Morning on the golf course
.., but no I wasn't golfing.
13-NOV-2007
A not so bright day in the park
Snow from the Baltic coming in horizontaly and with zero degrees all melts when hitting the ground. Not good for my cold, best to stay inside.
12-NOV-2007
Railways into Stockholm
10-NOV-2007
Frozen pigeons
Went for a brisk walk this afternoon. Icy and cold, winter is catching up on us. Met this trio of pigeons, who friendly and cold as they were modeled for me without getting even a bread crumb as pay. I have to go down there tomorrow and feed them.
09-NOV-2007
A rainy and windy day in Malmö
Malmö in southern Sweden is known to be windy in winter. Today was no exceptation when horizontal rain struck on Friday afternoon. I was down for the day for a meeting and walked around the Central station waiting for the airport bus. Saw the two girls under the giant umbrella, but I only had my old Canon S40. Oh so slow, and me loosing by grip of handling it made them disappear a little to far before the picture was taken.
08-NOV-2007
Crying hip rose
07-NOV-2007
Draped motorbike
05-NOV-2007
Morning light
02-NOV-2007
Red on yellow green
01-NOV-2007
Ghosts in the park
31-OCT-2007
The autumn garden
The morning frost has melted in the sun and small droplets form on the hip rose leaves.
30-OCT-2007
Fruits of fall
25-OCT-2007
Same view different weather
Compare with PAD from 22th october
23-OCT-2007
Kista Science Tower
22-OCT-2007
Afternoon by the canal
18-OCT-2007
Kiruna church
Built in 1912 by architect Gustaf Wickman resembeling a same house. A separate clock tower and golden statues.
16-OCT-2007
Giant cranes
I walked the path across Stadshagsberget this morning. It was some time ago. A very good vies of the city from there, although starting to be more and more obstructed by trees.
12-OCT-2007
Autumn storm
Funny weather today hail, rain and sun in an ever changing cycle.
10-OCT-2007
Working on water
09-OCT-2007
Broken reflections...
...of a house and some trees
08-OCT-2007
The autumn path
My forest way to work is now dressed in autumn colours. Fine day, but no time to take real advantage of it.
07-OCT-2007
Bricks en masse
06-OCT-2007
Seat under the chestnut
04-OCT-2007
Sake
Two days at the Japanese Spa and conference Yasuragi at Hasseludden in Nacka just outside Stockholm. Wearing a Yukatu and feeling away from the world. Well, it was a job conference, but at least away from parts some of it.
02-OCT-2007
Autumn stilleben
30-SEP-2007
Defoliated
Actuall a fine autumn Sunday, but the past few weeks of bad weather and strong winds was too much for this tree.
29-SEP-2007
Meeting
A very rainy Saturday going by bus through Stockholm, where weekend shoppers hide beneath their umbrellas. I focus on the window and get this impressionistic image. For more see:
27-SEP-2007
Foggy morning by Riddarfjärden
23-SEP-2007
Chimneys in morning sun
19-SEP-2007
The ferry to Djurgården
15-SEP-2007
Leaves against the wall
14-SEP-2007
Hot
Some red peppers laid out for drying
12-SEP-2007
Rainbow over Lidingö
Part of the beautiful view of the Stockholm harbour inlet from the Yasuragi Conference and Spa at Hasselbacken. No, I did not have time for baths or massage I was just lecturing.
11-SEP-2007
By the canal
A quite afternoon with a slight drizzel. Not much people around.
10-SEP-2007
The Golden leaf
09-SEP-2007
The House of Music
The newly inaugerated consert building in Uppsala, Sweden.
08-SEP-2007
Hard rain
This year's Bellmanstafetten a 5x5 km relay went in the sprit of precipation. My team made a defendable result (although not thanks to me)
07-SEP-2007
Broken Glass
Looks beautiful with the colours of old glass, but they are mostly made of heavy metals and are now an environmental issue.
04-SEP-2007
Paving on a rainy day
Well, I should have moved closer, but then I would have been run over by a steamroller. Not so fun returning home through the letter box.
03-SEP-2007
A taste of what's coming
02-SEP-2007
The naked cat
31-AUG-2007
Blushing leaves
Presently, autumn seems close and summer (although here just a few days ago) seems far away. Although for a photographer autumn has a lot to give.
30-AUG-2007
Helicopter over the park
On my evening walk a police helicopter flies in low over the park. Hunting for criminals? It lands in the park and a man walks out takes his bag and walks away. Home from work?
29-AUG-2007
Two towers and a storm
Summers gone (temporary?). Although mostly sunny today occasional rains storms drew in over Stockholm. Now just after midnight it's 12 degrees C. No more warm light summer nights.
26-AUG-2007
Three windows and a lamp
25-AUG-2007
Roses by the grave
The grave of Ragnar Östberg architect of Stockholm City Hall, which appears in many of my other pictures.
23-AUG-2007
The red bike
Went to Malmö today (Sweden's third largest city in Southern Sweden). Now the Malmö Festival is ongoing, with lots of music and people. Didn't have time to see much, but I saw this bike at Lilla Torget. Wouldn't you like to bike around on it?
19-AUG-2007
Venice by Svartån
River Svartån runs through Örebro with some houses right by the riverside.
17-AUG-2007
Green house in the green
12-AUG-2007
Blackbird with red berries
04-AUG-2007
Cormorants in fog
02-AUG-2007
Another Gräsö sunset
After a somewhat gray day the sun finally comes out and as usual with a dramatic sunset.
01-AUG-2007
Boy and wet dog
30-JUL-2007
Colourful CV2
29-JUL-2007
Rain in sunset
27-JUL-2007
The Church on Gräsö
25-JUL-2007
Red houses with roses
Öregrund 150 km north of Stockholm is an old harbour city on the Baltic full of old wooden houses often with beautiful gardens.
23-JUL-2007
Remnants of rain
22-JUL-2007
Golden sunset
19-JUL-2007
Final of the day
18-JUL-2007
Delicious
Wild strawberries, blueberries, milk and a touch of sugar. Great!!!
17-JUL-2007
Sunset Rainbow
16-JUL-2007
Lighthouse in sunset
10-JUL-2007
Swedish summer
07-JUL-2007
Photofestival in rain
Stockholm Photofestival with lot's of very good pictures, contests and stuff. Unfortunately with very bad weather.
05-JUL-2007
Building the new Stockholm
The new hotel at Norra Bantorget. Big and dominating like an old battleship thrown down on a relatively nice part of town.
01-JUL-2007
The old grave
29-JUN-2007
In memory...
Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory –
Odours, when sweet violets sicken,
Live within the sense they quicken.
Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,
Are heaped for the beloved's bed;
And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,
Love itself shall slumber on.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
21 jun 2007
Midsummer sunset
18-JUN-2007
June 18: City rowing
15-JUN-2007
June 15: Young Chestnuts
10-JUN-2007
June 10: Old Sabbatsberg
In between the big streets, the traffic and the houses this little road leads up to a small remanant of old Stockholm.
09-JUN-2007
June 9: Stockholm Marathon
In the June heat wave (28 degrees in the shade) Stockholm marathon was run by more than 15 000 runners.
03-JUN-2007
June 3: Boats in twilight
May 14: Young and vigorous
May 11: Summer skies over the spring green city
May 9: Shadows on the chimney
May 5: Fresh oak leaves
Exceptionally early for the oak to have new leaves in the beginning of May.
April 27: Shadows on the lamppost
April 26, 2007
April 26: Urban rush
Busy businessman heading over Sergels torg in the morning. The shadow is not directly from the sun, but from reflections in a highrise.
April 25: Urban flowers
In the cracks between the stones of a balcony these yellow Hawkweeds thrive.
April 23: Young birch leaves
April 21: The Royal Guard
.. as reflected in the front window of a sightseeing bus.
April 19: Forgotten door
We have many forgotten doors in our lives. Worn, with peeling paint and overgrown by bushes. It can be friends we lost touch with, things we forgotten how to do, or visions and dreams we have lost. But somewhere there is a key to open these doors.
April 14: Frog looking for wife
April 11: Snakes in the park
April 6: White tailed eagle
28-MAR-2007
March 28: Västerbron
March 25: Bikes rule
Spring is here and so are the bikes.
March 20 2007
March 20: Conference
Two days in Örebro fpr a conference on contaminated soil. The setup for the panel discussion.
March 15: Spring's slowly coming
March 12: Traffic at afternoon sunset
March 11 2007
March 11: The Greenhouse
March 8: Winter Stockholm
March 7: Breaking the ice
March 6: Ducks on wet ice
March 4: Spring has arrived
Back in Stockholm after a week sking in the mountains (more from that later) spring has finally arrived. But who knows snow and winter may still be back.
Feb 23 2007
February 23: Night skies over Riddarfjärden
Feb 22 2007
February 22: Snowy Stockholm
Not easy to be happy and relaxed in this weather.
Feb 21 2007
February 21: Sunrise over the park
A very cold morning -12 centigrade.
Feb 20 2007
February 20: The winter garden
The small garden lots at Mariedal are now abandoned except for the rabbits, one or two cats and an enthusiastic PBaser.
Feb 19 2007
February 19: Walking home a snowy night
New snow makes everything clean and fresh, bit I still long to spring.
Feb 17 2007
February 17: Night by the canal
February 13: On guard by the Royal Castle
Took an evening walk around Old Town. Light snow coming down. I like this view of the Royal Castle with a lot of clear sky in the background. Although it is strangely coloured due to the artifical lights of the city.
Feb 12 2007
February 12: Dog rose (Rosa canina)
Not much with colour in nature this time of the year, only a partly eaten hip of a dog rose. The rest is brown, gray or black.
But, in two months nature will awake. So it's time to dust of the old macro lens.
Feb 11 2007
February 11: Mirrored house
February 10: Window to the sky
Feb 9 2007
February 9: Green house and green waters
Cool winds and cool colours.
Feb 8 2007
February 8: Mallards gathering in the only hole in the ice
After a short warmer spell temperature is well below zero and ice starts to form again. These poor mallards found the only hole in the ice.
February 7: Walking home after dark
Sankt Eriksbron on a late winter afternoon
Feb 6 2007
February 6: Snow again
Snowy trees outside Royal Technical Institute, Valhallavägen, Stockholm
Feb 5 2007
February 5: Torso
Feb 4 2007
February 4: Cranes
Cranes towering over the city reflected on the watery ice.
Feb 2 2007
February 2: Friday morning, end of week
At last Friday and weekend. Let's hope the rain stops.
Feb1 2007
February 1: Mushroom tree
A swarm of mushrooms escaping from a crack in a tree. Rather strange sight in February...
January 31: Karlbergs station the last of January
A few glimses of the sun was all I saw. Temperature rising and snow thawing away. A typical Stockholm winter.
Jan 30 2007
January 30: Winter sunrise
There is a very special light in the hazy winter sunrises. Wished I had a better view, I might have caught the clouds from the chimneys in golden colours.
Jan 29 2007
January 29: The newly frozen canal
After some windy days the canal has started freezing over, reflecting the lights of the city.
Jan 28 2007
January 28: Full speed
The slopes of Kronobergsparken filled with children racing down.
Jan 27 2007
January 27: A filled pint
A nice afternoon in good company celebrating two old friends birthday. Not a bad day to spend a Saturday.
Jan 26 207
January 26: Sankt Görans Church
After a long day in the office I passed the illuminated church on my way home.
January 25: Hoya
Home all day not feeling too well. Today's shot was of the abundanty flowering Hoya.
Jan 24 2007
January 24: Sunrise over Kronobergsparken
January 23: Sun and Halo over City Hall
Halo wtoh sun dogs this morning. Sun dogs or mock suns, are colored, luminous spots caused by the refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere. These bright spots form in the solar halo at points that are 22 degrees on either side of the sun and at the same elevation as the sun. Typical for cold winter days in Sweden.
Jan 22 2007
January 22: Going to work on a snowy Monday
January 21: Snowy pillars
After a night with heavy snowfall Stockholm has changed it's "skin". Now it is Snowy white that rules.
January 20: Snow storm coming in
At six o'clock the snow started drifting in. It will be a white weekend!
January 18: Tearing down the bridge
The old passway to Mariebergsviadukten is teared down to give room for a new hotel. A lot of green space and a nice view will disappear as well.
January 17: Morning traffic on Valhallavägen
Every other morning being windy and rainy and the next with a fabolous sunrise.
January 16: Stormy morning
Several storms has passed over Sweden. Not to bad in Stockholm, but a lot of trees have blown down in Southern Sweden. And a new one is coming on Thursday. Hold on to your hat...
January 15: Workers going for morning coffee
January 14: Cold morning in Umeå
Umeå, 600 km north of Stockholm is famous for it's wooden houses and birches. They were planted to reduce the risk of fires spreading. The whole town burnt down in 1888.
January 13: Skål
Skål, as we say for toast in Sweden. A fantastic party for an old friend.
January 11: Finally some snow
Today it was almost winter. A fine cover of snow lay on the ground and on the trees during my second trip to Västerås this week.
January 9: A very gray day
Went to Västerås for a meeting. Thats about 100 km west of Stockholm. Drissle, windy and gray. Took this from the car window. No I wasn't driving.
January 8: Golden sunrise
Another beautiful morning ending in a rainy afternoon. A small detour to work resulted in this shot and a few others. The rest of the day was just hectic.
January 7: Västerbron a winter afternoon
Sun sets a little after 3 PM. At 4 PM it's getting realy dusky, but if you're lucky a nice blue colour on the sky and the water.
January 6: Red tears
A rather dull Saturday. Long ago this was a holiday witn no shops open. Now it's like almost any other Saturday. I went to town to buy a router.
June 5: Dirty white van
Finally Friday in the first working week of 2007. Saw this van on my way to the office this morning. It seemed to have had a hard week as well.
January 4: Three small sheds
Made a daytrip to Malmö in southern Sweden, ghastly weather with low clouds and rain. Visited an old industrial site to be rebuilt. Fantastic things to photo there, but not much time or any decent conditions today. If you like old junk look in my "Wrecks - The old and faithful left to rust" gallery: www.pbase.com/mark_elert/wreck
PS So far I been pretty busy with my lazy PAD. Four of Four. Old habits die hard.
January 3: Early birds
January mornings in Stockholm can be fantastic. There is a special light shining on the clouds forming overnight, the clouds slowly breaking up as the sun reaches them. Today I missed the "pink phase", but caught the yellow. An advantage with January is that you can sleep until 8 and still catch the sunrise. Yes, that's right I had a late start on the first working day of 2007.
January 2: After Christmas Sale shoppers
Drottninggatan in central Stockholm filled by eager shoppers to get what Santa didn't bring.
Janauary 1: Morning rain
Not much of a winter. 5 degrees C on New Years Eve and not a snow flake in sight. The smoke from the nights fireworks has blown away and the gunpowder is washed of by the morning rain.