Time passes by

The landscape is lit by the full moon. 350 exposures has been combined to create the startrails showing the motion of the stars across the sky.

Self portrait under the stars

The milky way over Extremadura. Naturalqueva is located right on the border with Portugal, the border is just 150 meters away, and the city lights are from the Portuguese side.

Milky way meets the northern lights

A colorful meeting between the milky way and the northern lights over Stora Alvaret at Skärlöv, Öland. The photo is a 3*2 panorama where each image is a stack of five photos to reduce noise. Each image was first noise reduced in DxO Optics Pro before being manually stacked in Photoshop. The panorama was then stitched in PTGui.

Northern lights and milky way

The Northern Lights were visible all the way down to southern Öland and competed with the Milky Way for attention. This image is composed of five photos taken with a 12mm fisheye and merged in photoshop to reduce noise.

Nortern lights and milky way

The Northern Lights were visible all the way down to southern Öland and competed with the Milky Way for attention. This image is composed of five photos taken with a 12mm fisheye and merged in photoshop to reduce noise.

Heading north

Wheel trails on the lime stone heath Stora Alvaret at southern Öland. The Big Dipper and the North Star appears in the road's extension. Over the light pollution from Mörbylånga, Förjestaden and Kalmar it is possible to glimpse the northern lights. The image is a stack of five images to reduce noise.

Five steps to heaven

A stile leading to the limestone heath Stora Alvaret at Skärlöv on southern Öland. This is two exposures with a 12mm fisheye, 30 seconds at ISO 6400 for the sky and ten minutes at ISO 800 for the foreground.

Five steps to heaven

A stile leading to the limestone heath Stora Alvaret at Skärlöv on southern Öland. This is two exposures with a 12mm fisheye, 30 seconds at ISO 6400 for the sky and ten minutes at ISO 800 for the foreground.

Bridge to eternity

The bridge at Sebybadet reaches far out into the Baltic Sea, but not all the way to the stars even though it may feel that way when you are standing at the beach on a late winter evening.

The pier in Seby under the Milky Way

The swimming season is still almost two months away so I'm alone at the beach in Seby when the Milky Way rises out of the baltic sea.

The Milky Way over the harbour in Skärlöv

The milky way rises from the Baltic Sea just before the moon comes up. The image consists of three 120 second exposures of the starry sky, taken with a Skytracker, and a 240 second exposure for the foreground.

The moon shines on the harbour in Skärlöv, with Milky Way fading away

The last astronomical night of the season was the week before. Now the sun does not sink far enough under the horizon to make the night really black. And when the moon rises, the night will become even brighter. This is two photos that have been combined in Photoshop, a 121-second exposure for the foreground and a 71-second exposure (with Startracker) for the night sky.

Mars and the Milky Way over the south cape of Öland

The lighthouse Långe Jan is lighting up the scene from behind the cottage. The Milky Way is accompanied by bright shining Mars. The image is eight exposures stacked to reduce noise.

Milky Way over the south cape of Öland

The lighthouse Långe Jan in the background, Hahn's fishing huts in the foreground and the Milky Way above it all.

Beneath the starry sky

The old cabins of a fisherman, long since gone, under the Milky Way stars.

Milky Way and the old stone cross

The chapel of St. Johannes in Ottenby was used from the thirteen century until the middle of the seventeen century. The stones from the then abandoned chapel were used when the lighthouse Långe Jan on the south cape of Öland was built in the 1700s. The stone cross still remains where the chapel were situated. Thirteen images for the starry sky and three for the ground have been stacked to reduce noise.

A different horse head nebula

The horse head is a detail on a gate out to Alvaret at Skärlöv, Öland. I deliberately walked close enough to the foreground to get the Milky Way in the background slightly out of focus for a creative effect.

Stargate

Milky Way over one of many gates on the limestone heath Alvaret on Öland. One exposure at ISO 1600, f/2 and 360s for the forground and twelve exposures at ISO 3200, f/2 and 15s for the sky.

The old garage

An old garage in desperate need of some TLC with the milky way above.

Milky Way over a windmill att Gettlinge burrial ground

With a streetlight not far behind me, the foreground bathed in a yellow light. But the windmill with the Milky Way towering over it was difficult to resist. To this picture I have used a NaturalNight filter and eight stacked exposures.

Stargate

The milky way hoovers over the gate to Eketorp's fortress. The fortress, originally built around the year 400, was rebuilt and used for nearly a thousand years before being abandoned. By the end of the 20th century the castle was reconstructed. Ten images with ISO 6400, f / 1.8 and 15s were merged with median stacking to reduce noise in the starry sky.

Stargate

The milky way hoovers over the gate to Eketorp's fortress. The fortress, originally built around the year 400, was rebuilt and used for nearly a thousand years before being abandond. By the end of the 20th century the castle was reconstructed.

Milky way over the gate to the fortress in Eketorp

The milky way hoovers over the entrance to Eketorp's fortress. The fortress, originally built around the year 400, was rebuilt and used for nearly a thousand years before being abandond. By the end of the 20th century the castle was reconstructed. Twelve images with ISO 6400, f / 2.0 and 15s were merged with median stacking to reduce noise for the starry sky. The ground is a 30's exposure which was then combined with the starry sky.

Wind mill and Milky Way

This wind mill in Jordhamn, Öland, was used to polish limestones. Constructed in 1905 it is the only polishing mill left on the island. 15 exposures for the sky and one long exposure for the ground was used to reduce noise.