Monday, April 13, 2026

At a square

Walking up The whale Gunga Katsan
Four photos from a little square at Hammarby sjöstad. Fredriksdalstorget. Close to the water of course as is everything in Stockholm. I did not use the stairs here as I arrived on my bike, surprise, surprise but when I saw the guy walk up I decided to take a few snaps of him. You might have seen the whale sculpture, called UrVAL by Tom Nepomuk Brand on the blog before, but at two other locations. So it gets around. There are two swings at the square that was designed by Nivå Landskapsarkitektur. They look better at night photographed from the other side as you can see in a local paper. The glass building is on the North side at Norra Hammarbyhamnen on the other side of the busy canal. It is known as Katsan. It was designed by the architects at White. If you have a very good memory you might remember photos of the Concrete Pier. It is also part of this square.

9 comments:

Luis Gomez said...

These are fun shots!

Jack said...

The top photo is terrific.

RedPat said...

Each pic is a keeper.

Ananka said...

These are great :-D

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

Wonderful photos. Warm greetings from Montreal, Canada ❤️ 😊 🇨🇦

Fred said...

How do you get that first photo? Amazing!

Bill said...

The top photo is fantastic. It's too bad someone felt the need to tag the tiles.

Stefan Jansson said...

In manual mode with the correct setting I took three photos. Normally you would focus on the subject, turn off autofocus after the first photo and then take a few more snaps. Here I put the focus on the stairs and took the photos as he walked up so no need to turn off the autofocus. Then in Photoshop I used a script to align the photos and put them in different layers. Having done that I used the eraser tool to make the person visible in the different layers. Fairly easy when you have done it a few times. And there are many free tutorials online where you can learn all sorts of tricks.

roentare said...

That first shot is fabulous.