Tomos

You don't see too many of these out on the roads. A Slovenian Tomos Flexer moped. So I googled it. One was sold at an online auction a while back. For 5000SEK. Chances are that this was the guy with the winning bid. Spotted at Klara Mälarstrand a while back.

Cyclists & escooter riders

We had two really warm April days this week. At least for this cold Spring. The temperature reached 15C. Sitting on the bike, I began to feel warm, as I am usually dressed for colder weather. So I had to stop twice to remove garments, and that gave me an idea for a new photo project. So I parked the bike at the statue of Gustav III across the street from the Royal Palace in the Old Town and began taking panning photos of passing cyclists and the odd e-scooter rider. These are most of the snaps from the first day of shooting. To not overcomplicate things, I shot using Auto ISO at 1/100th of a second.

A few minutes at a bridge

Cycling to a friends house for a Summer BBQ I stopped at the pedestrian bridge that crosses the busy Gudöbroleden in Handen. My preferred place for panning photos since a number of years. People often walk up to me asking what it is I am shooting and that always surprises me. This time it was a guy from a company inspecting the bridge. Are you hoping to shoot some accidents he asked. Not sure why any normal person would like to do that. So I explained it to him, no I shoot convertibles, old cars, unusual cars, tough guys on motorcycles, tough girls on motorcycles or just anyone who I find interesting. And on this day it was three white cars and a bunch of Harleys.

Vroom!

A Fat Bob Harley-Davidson. A Peugeut Django moped and a Kawasaki VN 1500 Classic. Three panning photos shot from the pedestrian bridge crossing Gudöbroleden earlier in the week. They are all riding down Söderbyleden. My first panning photos this year.

Campingsemester

Swedish word of the day. Campingsemester. Camping holiday. They could be on their way to Lapland for all I know in the Volvo Laplander. As spotted from the pedestrian bridge that crosses Gudöbroleden a day or two ago.

Lo(w)tus

You don't have to wait long before an interesting vehicle will drive by the bridge where I sometimes shoot panning images. Snapped these two cars on Saturday before cycling on to a BBQ at Norrby.

Female cyclists

We have seen a few fine Summer days lately. Whenever I'm out on my bike I always have an eye open for other cyclists. I snapped the first photo at a roundabout in Västerhaninge. There were three girls, but they were a bit too quick for me so I only got two of them in the photo. I shot the second one a few days later while standing by the side of the road, along Stavsvägen in Tunelsta, shooting a photo of a sunflower.

To Each Their Own

Statistics from one year ago says that there were 323 148 registered motorcycles in Sweden in June of 2019. One year on and I'm sure there are a few more out on the roads. Here are a few that I photographed from the pedestrian bridge at Gudöbroleden in Handen. My favorite is the first guy on his Harley.

English or Italian?

Americana

Two American classic cars. Very popular over here. Snapped from the pedestrian bridge that crosses the Gudöbroleden in Handen. One 1959 Impala and one muscle car.

The Friendly Cyclist

I had just jumped off the bike and was slowly walking along a field near Aspen Hill in Österhaninge when I noticed a cyclist climbing up Österhaningevägen at Husby so I quickly changed the camera settings to one that works for panning photos and had time to shoot four photos of this happy cyclist.

The one handed rider

Nice day for it, although it was snowing just ten minutes before. I was shooting a big old oak out on a field at Häringe Castle when I heard the Harley coming so I only got this one shot. Snaps from the castle and it's surroundings to come.

Focus On Living

A happy cyclist enjoying the Spring weather, in the background the Västerhaninge cemetery. Photo snapped earlier in the week when it was a bit warmer.

Motorcycles

That time of the year again when I sometimes jump off my bike on the pedestrian bridge that crosses the busy Gudöbroleden for a few photos of passing motorcycles. Yesterday was one of those days. A fine Swedish Summer day, so maybe 20C cooler than an Aussie Summer day, but still kinda nice.

Kawasaki

Whenever I photograph a motorcycle you know that real Spring has arrived. But as I snapped this one yesterday I seriously regretted not wearing my Winter jacket. The Summer temperature from the last two days were nowhere to be seen.