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2013-05-20 01:59:44 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 19 +1s)

A biking image I captured while out riding the other day. The mountain looked to be on fire thanks to the wind, the clouds and the late afternoon light.
#mtb #mountainbiking  

2013-05-16 18:24:02 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

Been struggling a bit with my landscape photography lately. I would like to be able to create more interesting images. Not just easily digestible photos that grabs me and are pretty to look at for a couple of seconds. Right now, I don't know exactly what that entails, but I'll continue trying and exploring. Probably for a very long time.


#monochrome #holga #toycamera  

2013-05-13 19:44:43 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Been doing some more work with my holga camera. Here's one from the italian coast, close to the Cinque Terre area. As usual it's shot on Tri-X and developed in Rodinal.

I would like to share it with the cool project #minimalmonday run by +Olivier Du Tré as well.

#monochrome #holga  

2013-05-06 15:46:47 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 23 +1s)

looking up.

2013-05-05 14:16:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Just uploaded some of my Holgashots on my website. Shot on Tri-X and developed in Rodinal. Have a look if you're interested. It's a bit of a mix of everything :)
#holga , #monochrome , #6x6 , #toycamera  

2013-04-28 18:00:57 (17 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Birds escaping the brewing storm.

2013-04-25 23:42:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Waterfall meets mossy rocks. From Iceland. Don't remember the exact location.

2013-04-25 16:04:47 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

Moody Image from the well photographed Vik, Iceland. Hope you like. Also, I just uploaded a photo to a competition. Appreciate all and any votes :)
http://www.thegreatoutdoorsphotocontest.com/bin/Rate?image_id=2011300709

2013-03-19 20:58:18 (15 comments, 0 reshares, 24 +1s)

Ibex and the Mont Blanc massive.

2013-03-19 20:35:10 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

Lapland on a sunny day. The weather generally goes from worse to worst fast. And then it gets stuck right around unbearable for as long as your camping trip lasts.
It-was-not-really-that-bad-was-it +Filip Lindby.

2013-03-19 20:02:14 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

Scouting photo locations together with my brother +Oskar Lindby.
It's a busy photo for sure, but at the same time quite simple and uniform. Go figure :)

2013-03-14 13:40:23 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 29 +1s)

A foggy shade of gray. From Chamonix, France.

2013-03-14 13:36:30 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

A reminder that mountain biking is not all about speed and rad trails.
It's also about being harassed by sheep while trying to find a decent restaurant.

2013-03-12 13:26:36 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Happy times.
Nabbed the coveted cover of the latest issue of  Singletrack Magazine with a shot from Fürenalp, Engelberg. I think It came out great.

#mtb
#mountainbiking
#actionsports  

2013-03-12 11:09:13 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Wallis Wall Ride:
First biking day of the season. My buddy Stefan Zuercher enjoying a natural wall ride.

2013-02-07 18:10:46 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

I haven't been motivated when it comes to editing for a while. Here's an image I made this summer while hiking in Lapland, Sweden.

Also, feel free to check out my web site: www.rikardlindby.com. I recently recoded a lot of it to make it look nicer on pads and phones.

2013-01-28 20:51:29 (24 comments, 1 reshares, 36 +1s)

Have started to shoot some medium format film with my Holga. Here is a rather minimal shot from the first roll. (Tri-X, developed in Rodinal, Semi-Stand 1 hour)
I like the "slowness" of shooting film, and developing it myself. It forces me to think hard before I actually press the shutter. I don't think I will give up digital completely. This is more like a complement.

#minimalmonday  

2013-01-14 14:19:36 (11 comments, 1 reshares, 28 +1s)

I made this one while hiking in Peru. During the hike we encountered sunshine, rain, hail as well as snow. Variation is always good, right :)

2013-01-14 13:59:38 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Another one from Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. There were hundreds of flamingoes in and around the lake. But it was this lonely bird that caught my eye.

2013-01-14 13:56:53 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

Image from Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. Had to wait quite a while until i liked the position of the clouds in relation to the mountain. Lately I feel I'm spending more and more time waiting than actually photographing :)

2013-02-04 23:47:22 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

Shot some mountain biking in the area of Bariloche, Argentina. This particular image was made while decending "Cerro Otto". The light was moody. Switching between fantastic and dull. Timing was of the essence.
#mtb   #mountainbiking  

2013-02-04 23:49:37 (17 comments, 1 reshares, 38 +1s)

Last mountain biking shot for tonight. This one from Engelberg, Switzerland. Me and my buddy +Oskar Enander biking on a nice flowy trail. I hiked up on a rather sketchy ledge and positoned the camera on a tripod. I had taped the remote to my handlebar and just fired away :) 
#mtb   #mountainbiking  

2013-02-04 23:51:24 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 21 +1s)

Another mountain biking photo. This one was shot at the same trail as the last one. Just before the sunset. I like the soft light and the pose of the rider blasting down the trail.

#mtb   #mountainbiking  

2012-10-30 19:05:55 (14 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

Been going over some older images. Here's one I haven't shared before. It got mountains and it's from Chamonix. France. 

#chamonix   #mountains  

2012-10-29 17:36:21 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 27 +1s)

Landmannalaugar, Iceland. This is a place so special that I feel I need to share this image. Even though I have seen many photos from this place by other photographers.

#mountainmonday  by +Michael Russell 

2013-02-04 23:52:41 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 21 +1s)

I'll share one more mountain biking photo. This one is from Haldigrat in central Switzerland. The trail runs over a ridge and it's pretty steep on the sides. Having a head lamp is definitely necessary when biking after sunset.
Down in the valley the fog lay dense but up on the ridge we had clear skies. 

#mtb   #mountainbike  

2012-10-29 14:35:08 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

I met this friendly little guy in Madagascar. It's a Leaf Tailed Gecko. 
 
#naturemonday  (+NatureMonday) by +Rolf Hicker and +Kate Church  
#plusphotoextract  by +Jarek Klimek 

2012-10-29 11:13:44 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Last couple of weeks I've been doing a lot of mountain bike photography. Here's a shot I made at the same time as the photo from the last post was being exposed. It's a good idea to bring two cameras when doing star trails :) This one was made on the trail on the left side of the lake, and this as well as the last one, contains the Matterhorn and stars.

For #actionmonday  curated by +Adrian Buturca and +Jason Miller. 
#plusphotoextract  curated by +Jarek Klimek 
#mountainbike   #mtb   #startrails  

2012-10-29 08:44:03 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 24 +1s)

I just noticed that I have forgotten to share this image. It got some star trails over the Matterhorn reflected in the Lake Stellisee. A one exposure shot, since I'm too lazy to take multiple ones and stack :)

For #landscapephotography  curated by +Margaret Tompkins and +Bill Wood 
#hqsplandscape  curated by +Delcour Eric 
#plusphotoextract  curated by +Jarek Klimek 

2012-10-28 16:25:13 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 28 +1s)

I have been a bit lazy sharing images lately. Here's an image from Nosy Sakatia, Madagscar. A seascape containing a mangrove tree and some nice looking rocks.
Thanks for looking.

For
#landscapephotography  curated by +Bill Wood and +Margaret Tompkins 
#hqsplandscape  

2012-10-21 22:33:09 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Here another one from the cold and loveless night up by the Stellisee. This one with a slightly longer exposure.

#landscapephotography  curated by +Margaret Tompkins and +Bill Wood 

2012-10-21 16:36:52 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

Sharing one of my favorite mountain bike shots (shared a blog entry about it in the previous post). It's all about color and light. 

#mtb  , #mountainbiking  , #actionsports , #engelberg 

2012-10-19 20:40:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I've finally done it. Gone and written myself a good old fashioned blog entry.

2012-10-19 15:08:16 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Lately I've been traveling a lot. Last stop was Madagascar which was a pretty cool and interesting destination. Have a ton of images of lemurs and other funny animals. Managed to do some landscapes as well, but
I haven't had time to process them yet though.

Here is a shot from another place. Iceland and more specifically Myvatn. It's Fire sky! The colors were crazy. Added a slight s-curve in the processing. Thats all.

#iceland2012  
#sunsetfriday  

2012-09-19 18:06:54 (24 comments, 5 reshares, 48 +1s)

Last Friday I spent a cold, loveless night up by the Stellisee. The views up there are pretty nice though.
By the way, that tiny mountain in the middle is the Matterhorn.

#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography  curated by +Margaret Tompkins  and team.

2012-09-19 14:11:36 (12 comments, 1 reshares, 29 +1s)

My buddy +Oskar Enander, me, our +fstop bags and my trusty old bike enjoying the view from Furenalp, Engelberg.
 
There are some pretty flowy trails up there for sure. Need to get back there soon.

2012-09-08 07:21:08 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Luzern, Switzerland. Man cleaning the floors in a dock building.

2012-09-07 15:05:54 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 13 +1s)

Sometimes when I open up a file in my RAW editor I'm genuinely surprised. And now I know why they call It the golden hour.
Here it is:
The Golden Nugget Deluxe (also from the Lutersee shoot) 

2012-09-07 14:40:37 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 30 +1s)

Another shot from the excursion to the Lutersee. This one shows a bit more of the surroundings. 

2012-09-07 12:18:04 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Just came back from a night of shooting up by the Lutersee, in the area of Engelberg, Switzerland. Me and my buddy +Georg Infanger hiked up with our bikes and camera gear, hoping for clear skies and calm weather. But the fog was relentless and didn't give up it's nasty grip until early burly morning. Still, we had some great fun, trying to shoot in the fog and testing different strobe setups. When the morning came we got up early and managed to squeeze off a couple of frames, before we headed down to engelberg on our bikes.
Here are two shots of mount Titlis and the Lutersee. One taken before sunrise and the other one just after.

2012-09-07 07:58:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

The story behind this shot is kinda interesting (I think): We spent two days on the slopes around Cotopaxi, but never once saw the peak, it being shrouded in cloud the entire time. By the end of the two days, we'd given up, and despite getting a bunch of other shots, felt dejected at not getting "the" one we were looking for, so we packed the bikes into the van and started to drive away. Just minutes later we looked back for one last farewell to what could've been, only to see the clouds parting and the unto-now-ellusive view of the perfect peak start to form.

The next 5 minutes of panicked scrambling led to this shot. 

2012-09-02 15:07:04 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 24 +1s)

Icelandic horses close to the lake Myvatn (Mosquito lake). And yes, next time I'll be bringing my bike :)

#iceland  

2012-09-02 14:47:17 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

Iceland, Landmannalaugar area. Next time I'll be bringing my bike.

#iceland  

2012-08-30 20:22:51 (6 comments, 3 reshares, 22 +1s)

Here is another photo I made while hiking in Lapland, Sweden. It features the lake Vassaloamijavri. The landscape in this area is quite different from the one around Tarfala, where the other last two images are from. 
#Lapland   #Sweden  

2012-08-30 19:29:51 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 26 +1s)

Another shot of Lake Tarfala and the glacier. Here the extremely strong winds have broken the ice apart. This shot is a lot more busy than the last one.
#Lapland   #Sweden  

2012-08-30 20:23:23 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Lately I have spent some time hiking up in the northern parts of Sweden. Lapland. The landscape in this part of the world differs quite a bit from what you encounter in the alps. The mountains are lower, but the environment is generally more untouched by man and in the summertime the good light lasts a lot longer. In addition you are allowed to set up camp just about anywhere and you encounter less people on the trails. This photo shows the Lake Tarfala on an overcast and windy day. I had hoped for calm weather so that I could capture some reflections in the water, but the gods had other plans, as they often have. When the wind didn't make it hard/impossible to shoot they decided to throw in some rain and hail just to make life slightly more interesting. Anyway, bad weather usually makes more interesting photos I think. 

#Lapland   #Sweden  
#landscapephotography  +LandscapePho... more »

2012-08-24 14:08:37 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

Biking the Surenenpass, engelberg with oskar and lina. Perfect conditions.

2012-08-30 20:24:24 (15 comments, 1 reshares, 31 +1s)

Another Ibex. Shot the evening before the last one in the same general area, Les Lacs Chessery. I feel very fortunate to have been able to observe these magnificent animals from "wide angle distance". 
I was shooting the landscape when the Ibex wandered in to the scene. 

#chamonix  
#LandscapePhotography +Landscape Photography curated by +Margaret Tompkins  

2012-08-30 20:24:06 (10 comments, 4 reshares, 30 +1s)

I have spent the last couple of days in Chamonix with my brother. We hiked the area of Lac Blanc and Les Lacs Chessery and camped up there for two nights. It was good fun even if the wind was a bit on the strong side.

Here is a shot I took of an Alpine Ibex one early morning. Afterwards I realized that I had forgot to change the ISO back from 3200. Still, I like the photo a lot. 

#chamonix  

2012-06-26 09:00:52 (14 comments, 2 reshares, 23 +1s)

Between heaven and hell.
Shot of a paraglider in the area of Grindelwald, Switzerland.