Swedish sports?

Swedish triathlon?I guess we all know those signs “No diving”. But today I spotted a sign on the peninsula Örviken, that surprised me. It said “Dykning (med eller utan cykel) förbjudet” which means “Diving (with or without bicycle) prohibited.

I try to imagine what happened at that place? Flocks of Swedish teens cycling like mad right into the water? Maybe, for it definitely was an extraordinary warm summer this year and I would believe many things the Swedes could do, if it’s only holidays, warm summer and twenty-four hours of daylight.

Two early shots at the seaside

When I wake up earlier than necessary I have two choices. Either to stay in bed, turn on the other side and continue sleeping, or to get out of bed and – if weather is fine – make some photos. Today I chose the latter of the two and drove to the “lotsstation”, the nearest of my favourite places which is just two and a half kilometres away, and waited for the sun rise.

Two shots of this morning, the 1st day in October:

Sun rise at the Baltic SeaTree stump at the seaside

Two snaps in the autumn morning

Last night we had a clear and starry night above Skelleftehamn. You could even see polar light, a large bow in the northern sky, but it was quite pale and quickly faded away.

Temperature dropped down to -5 °C, the coldest night since springtime. I woke up half past six – just a few minutes too late to catch the sunrise, but I went outdoors anyway. It was still chilly this morning and sky was clear.

To my big surprise there was no ice at all on even the tiniest water puddles. I guess the ground is still too warm to let the water freeze over night. However, when I’m outside I want to take pictures. Two of the todays snapshots:

Autumn colorsBlankets of moss

Photographers comment: Contrasts are quite extreme on these against-the-light-shots, that’s why the sky it white instead of coloured. I should have taken my gradient filters with me for better exposure.