At Home in the River

The Mallard / Anas platyrhynchos / Gräsand is a common sight all year round, as long as there is open water to be found. This was not the sharpest of photos but I liked the way the light from the inside the buildings on the other side of the river was reflected in the water on this otherwise grey day. Putting it through a number of editing steps in PSP helped enhance the effect.

A Guest in the River

One day there was this unusal sight in the river. It was definitely not one of the usual mallards, so I had to go home and have a look in my bird book. Arrived at the conclusion that it must be a  Bucephala clangula / Common Goldeneye / knipa. According to my book and Swedish Wikipedia both, it is more common in the north of Sweden, but not so often seen here in the southern parts.

Tuesday Blues

Paint Shop Pro Art

By the River - II

A more heavily edited image - in PSP9 - from photo taken at the same time and spot as yesterday's photo.

Shifting Colours

For this picture I have used Artistic Effect "Coloured Edges" in PSP9.
(I had intended to schedule this one for another day...
but forgot to change the date... Well, never mind!)