Sweden: Moose and Reindeer Hunt in Wonderful Light

Yesterday was spent from dawn to dusk (c 5 hours) looking for Moose and Reindeer near Jokkmokk. They are difficult to spot as they feed on twigs and young shoots in the forest and feed solitary much of the time. Their soft brown colouring camouflages them very well so that the first Moose image would make an excellent jigsaw.  Reindeer were easier to spot as they feed in the open digging down for lichen under the snow. The images chronicles the day from the bright golden rays in the morning and as Marcus made us lunch to the soft pastel and finally blue tones at the end of the light.

JokkMokk - Northern Light Display

With the temperature at -33 degrees, our evening photography session was a bit limited in time and ability to twiddle knobs but certainly the Northern Lights did us proud. My favourite shot is the second in the series but have learnt that it doesn't fit FB dimensions so please click to get full set

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Minus 30 degrees and Falling in Sweden

This morning we flew from Stockholm to Lulea and then drove north to Jokkmokk stopping just as the sun dropped below the horizon by some water rapids. Definite blue hour with a very obliging moon.

Stockholm Gamla Stan

Gamla Stan, the Old Town, is one of the largest and best-preserved medieval city centers in Europe and dates from 1252. There are mediaeval streets to explore as well as impressive buildings from many periods of history including the Royal Palace built in Roman style with Baroque architecture. Images of the streets at sunset in a later Blog.

Sunrise and Sunset in Stockholm

Yesterday, I started and ended my photography session with images of the waterfront and the city from the Hotel, the first shows a very bright Venus in the sky by the City Hall.