One rainy afternoon, while sorting through thousands of safari photos, I decided to take a much-needed break, indulge in my love for Harry Potter, and have some fun.
Being a huge fan of both the books and the movies, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to immerse myself again in the magical world of witchcraft and wizardry, even if for a few hours.
Happy Midsummer!
If you’re wondering how we celebrate midsummer đ.
The sun is finally out, and the gardening season is in full swing! Iâm either busy in the garden or capturing its beauty, which leaves me with little time for photo editing. And letâs be honest, who wants to be cooped up indoors when the sun is shining? I guess Iâll have to wait for a rainy day to catch up on some editing, ha, ha!
Here are a few photos I managed to edit from May: first out, the delicate cherry tree flowers in KungsträdgĂĽrden. I go there every year to photograph the pink fluffy flowers of the Japanese cherry trees, and this year was no exception. It’s such a joy!
A  playful red squirrel because, you know, squirrels đ.
Vibrant pink peonies from my garden. These peonies are from last year, and I canât help but look forward to the magical moment when this yearâs blooms grace my garden in a few weeks.
I hope you enjoyed these photos; there are more to come next month.
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Warning: cuteness overload! This little joey has got me wrapped around its tiny paw. Just look at those big eyes and fluffy ears! đŚâ¤ď¸ And that golden light! I feel so blessed to witness moments like these.
A Kangaroo Island kangaroo female (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus) tenderly grooms her suckling joey đ. Incredibly, the mother kangaroo can carry joeys at different development stages in her pouch. She can also provide different nutritional content milk in her four teats to cater to the various joeysâ ages!
This is the same joey as in the first photo. How cute?
All kangaroo photos were taken at the Ecopia Retreat wildlife sanctuary in February 2024.
Squirrel on a mission: curiosity never looked so cute! đżď¸đ
Always looking ahead, even when the view seems a little bit nutty đżď¸đł.
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Happy Easter!
Scaly-breasted lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus). I love parrots, and this one was so much fun to photograph! It didn’t sit still for a moment, jumping nosily around as these parrots do, but it did take a break for a few seconds, and I was ready with the camera!
I photographed this Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) on my January 2023 trip to Kangaroo Island but haven’t edited it until now. Many believe they’re a feral species introduced to Australia, similar to foxes or hares. But these ibises are, in fact, native Australian birds.
A cute tiny blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) stopped by and posed so nicely for me. A blue tit weighs around 11-12 grams. A lot of attitude in such a tiny package, wouldn’t you say?
And a couple of squirrels, of course! A good ending to the year.
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Ho Ho Ho! I hope youâve been good this year. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a wonderful day with family and friends!
Baltic Sea reflections. I hoped to photograph some beautiful swans that day, but they were nowhere to be found.
Instead, I stumbled upon the most breathtaking reflection of pine trees and birches in the sea, which looked like a Monet painting. I tried to do justice to that feeling in the editing.
A macro shot I haven’t gotten to process until now, a tiny snail peering down over the edge of a coneflower. I usually take lots of photos during spring and summer, when the light is good in Sweden, and then process many of them during late autumn and winter when there’s hardly any light. It’s a way of reducing my frustration during that dark time and enjoying spring and summer again.
This is another shot from the archives that I just processed. I had almost deleted it. It wasn’t a bad photo, but there wasn’t anything special about it. Something about it made me give it a three-star rating and keep it to try processing it on a rainy day. Now I’m glad I did; I love it!
Another photo from the archives, a European honey bee feeding on an allium flower.
This November has been one of the darkest I can remember, and the snow came first at the end of the month. I use only natural light, so taking photos this time of the year is a challenge. The sun goes up around 8am, and it starts getting dark at 2pm already this time of the year. Unless it’s sunny or snow, there’s no real light in between, just some kind of grey curtain hanging over the world. On heavy overcast days (and we had many of these this month), you wait and wait for the daylight until you realize it’s getting dark again!
I’m glad I still have many photos left to process. Other people may be stressed by having many unprocessed photos, but I don’t. I know November will come, you see.
What a difference some snow makes! It acts like a giant reflector, hides messy backgrounds and dampens colors.
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