Category Archives: Landscapes

Lock down 2020 work out possibilities with XPequod sailing boat

Some activities done with an old project to get my Express sailing boat refurbished. Designed by Peter Norlin. The job had been started in earlier years with the hull repairs and new keel stocks etc. This year was excellent timing for the rest of the job. I could not travel to the Canaries where IContinue reading “Lock down 2020 work out possibilities with XPequod sailing boat”

Atlantic Navigator – summer 2019 – Gourmet cruise – walking through the island of Gomera in Canaries

This time a very different cruise. Our gourmet cruise started already from the aiport of Stockholm. We had some time to spend when waiting for the connecting flight. We took the opportunity and took one glass of champagne. That is a good starter for a holiday, after that we tasted various kind of beers andContinue reading “Atlantic Navigator – summer 2019 – Gourmet cruise – walking through the island of Gomera in Canaries”

First set of landscape photos with my Leica T

Finally now I can attach my fathers 50 mm, Ernst Leitz 1:2 Summar lens to Leica T. I have a long time wanted to do that. But finally it is there. It even looks nice. I know the hand made lens more than 50 years old, represents values of craftmanship from Ernst Leitz Wezlar. I´mContinue reading “First set of landscape photos with my Leica T”

Choosing a new street camera. The reason why I look through my best Travel photos!

100 photo´s of various places! Here I have nearly a hundred photos, / 50 of them are with Nikon and Nikkor lenses, /40 are with Fuji X Pro1 and Fuji 35mm / 1:1,4 lens. / 7 fotos are with cellphone LG G4. Cellphone photos can not be enlarged a lot but they still are withinContinue reading “Choosing a new street camera. The reason why I look through my best Travel photos!”

Year 2018 – almost a whole year with my LG, G 4 phone. The only camera.

Winter 2018 was mild. Ice period only lasted two months or so. This year was busy with a lot of building work in our premises in Turku in Kipinä yritystalo. I had several trips to the archipelago of Turku to vitsit Eva. February at last we saw the sunshine in the Canaries. A short maintenanceContinue reading “Year 2018 – almost a whole year with my LG, G 4 phone. The only camera.”

Wide angle photo´s – Beaches and harbors cavalcade

Some of the photographs are taken with the Fuji X Pro wide angle program, some faults occur. Other photographs are with my Nikon 700 and the new Sigma 15mm fisheye lens. These photos are from my recent trips in Europe please look the photo cavalcade and enjoy Thank you for looking my wide angle atmosphereContinue reading “Wide angle photo´s – Beaches and harbors cavalcade”

The icy winter period 2016 was very short in archipelago of Turku

The sea was very warm in the autumn and the ice came middle of January. Before the beginning of February it was all over and done with. Now the first week of February it has been some nice spring feelings already. The ice melted as fast as it came, the last weeks winter  storm blewContinue reading “The icy winter period 2016 was very short in archipelago of Turku”

Atlantic Navigator journeys to the Macaronesian Islands in the Atlantic Ocean

 Macaronesian islands in the Atlantic ocean are volcanic and high in altitude. The peaks reach easily to 2000 meters and over. The island’s West of Gibraltar as Greeks called them. All islands have almost the same vegetation, only seen here in the Macaronesia. The Portuguese islands (Azores and Madeira) are cooler and more humid, butContinue reading “Atlantic Navigator journeys to the Macaronesian Islands in the Atlantic Ocean”

Atlantic Navigator – The third part of the journey

Now we start the third leg of our sailing trip. From Nazaré in Portugal to Tenerife in Canaries. Nazaré is located near Berlenga island and is one day´s sailing distance from Lissabon. We set the sails early this spring after the month of March. It is the month when the wind is blowing from all theContinue reading “Atlantic Navigator – The third part of the journey”