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Lightning strike in Manila

May 13, 2018 Mats
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Mayon Volcano

Mar 4, 2018 Mats
Adventure Photography

CENANT1403- Antarctica Cruise

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Testing out night photography

Nov 13, 2013 Mats
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Solar Eclipse – The Diamond ring

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Jun 4, 2007 Mats

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  • Hacking the Canon 5D Mk II or why not the new Canon 5D Mark III
  • Hybrid Eclipse 2013 in Uganda November 3rd
  • How I captured the Total Solar eclipse in Uganda 3 November 2013
  • Second attempt at taking photos of the sun and now with HDR fusion
  • First Picture of the sun with B+W 110E ND3.0 filter
archive
  • ► 2018
    • ► May
      • Lightning strike in Manila
    • ► March
      • Mayon Volcano
  • ► 2015
    • ► January
      • CENANT1403- Antarctica Cruise
  • ► 2013
    • ► November
      • Testing out night photography
      • Solar Eclipse - The Diamond ring
      • Hacking the Canon 5D Mk II or why not the new Canon 5D Mark III
      • Hybrid Eclipse 2013 in Uganda November 3rd
      • How I captured the Total Solar eclipse in Uganda 3 November 2013
    • ► October
      • Second attempt at taking photos of the sun and now with HDR fusion
      • First Picture of the sun with B+W 110E ND3.0 filter
    • ► July
      • Traditional outrigger in Moroni, Comoros
    • ► June
      • Masindi Hotel by night
    • ► February
      • Car VW Beetle nostalgia found in Singapore
      • Fiat 500 nostalgia found in Montevideo
      • BMW X5 4.8iS MAK Highlands wheels
      • MAK - Highlands Gun Metallic Mirror on BMW X5
      • Modern Art in Singapore
    • ► January
      • Red Franigpani flower in Singapore
      • Green Lamborghini in Singapore
      • The colorful Chinatown in Singapore
      • Beautiful Purple Orchid found in Borneo
      • Lizard in Kuala Lumpur
      • Water hyacint
      • Petronas Tower Kuala Lumpur
  • ► 2012
    • ► December
      • Star Ferries Hongkong
      • Christmas dolls :-)
      • Hongkong by Night December 2012
      • Sunrise in Kampala
      • Shooting the moon
    • ► September
      • Leblon Beach picture
    • ► July
      • Samba Dancers on Copacabana in Rio
      • Sunrise over Rio de Janeiro
    • ► May
      • The bad roads of Karamoja
      • The mountains of Karamoja
      • Rains in Karamoja, Uganda
    • ► April
      • The Beach at Forty Thieves, Mombasa
      • Canon at Fort Jesus, Mombasa
      • Fort Jesus Garrison in Mombasa
    • ► March
      • Mombasa color contrasts
      • Sunrise on my balcony in Kampala
      • MAF Cessna Caravan airplane in Moroto
      • Sunrise in Kampala from my balcony
  • ► 2011
    • ► November
      • Lake Victoria from my front lawn
    • ► July
      • The Republic of South Sudan soon a reality
    • ► May
      • Original vs Bracketing for HDR
      • Rainy season is back in Jonglei
    • ► February
      • Coffee-shop in Pajut
      • In the clouds
      • Sunet Sonaisali Island, Fiji
      • Beach on Mana Isand, Fiji
    • ► January
      • Jonglei - Cattle - Roads and Floods
      • Sunrise over pacific
      • Islands in Fiji
      • Mana Island Fiji
      • Sonaisali Island sunset
      • Victoria Harbour , Hongkong by night
      • Sunrise over South Pacific 10,000 meters up in the sky
  • ► 2010
    • ► December
      • Canal Boat in Bor
      • Traditional Dinka homestead in Jonglei
      • Tin sheds and Tarpaulin shelters
      • Tokuls burned, Kaikuny October 2010
    • ► October
      • Kids in Africa, Uganda
      • Taj Mahal, Agra
      • Dragonfly up close
      • Canoe on river Nile
      • Brick walls and Razorwire
      • Some people take the bus to work, we take the plane
      • Murle Woman with traditional beads
      • White Nile flowing in Jonglei State
      • White Nile flowing through Juba
      • Turquoise sunset
    • ► September
      • The bittersweet tears of a mother.
      • Floods all over Bor
      • Bor town is flooded
      • Who needs a truck to move a house when a donkey can do the work
    • ► August
      • Traditional house in South Sweden
      • Dubai by night
      • Sunrise in Juba
      • Putting up a mast
      • Opening ceremony of a house in South Sudan
    • ► June
      • Billboards and workflow
      • One cloudy day
      • Changing EXIF data and Geotagging with least effort?!
      • Murle Village in Jonglei State
      • Purple Village Chief
      • UNHAS Caravan in Akobo South Sudan just before the rain
      • Old lady smoking pipe
      • Tokul and tree before the rain
    • ► May
      • Nile Riverside facing oilcompany bargelanding
      • Nile Riverside
      • Sunset in Bor
      • How long time does it take to grow a tree?
      • Who said sausages dont grow on tree's
      • Bricks Galore
      • Hack the Canon EOS 350D
      • Testing HDR
  • ► 2009
    • ► November
      • Who We Are, What We Do, Why We Do It
    • ► September
      • South Sudan and another massacre
    • ► May
      • Sudan clashes
  • ► 2008
    • ► November
      • Congo DRC: A Country cursed by natural resources
      • Civil Defence cars Dubai style :-)
      • The Worlds biggest Shopping-mall will it be the Worlds biggest flop?
      • The Worlds biggest Shopping-mall = The Worlds biggest flop?
      • Congo DRC, History repeating itself
    • ► May
      • Taking pride in your work
    • ► April
      • Unlikely Coincidences
      • You know you are in an emergency when...
      • My son is 1 year, and walking :-)
    • ► March
      • 2 months, 3 continents, Taj Mahal and a new posting
      • 46 days, 16 Countries and 37 flights later...
    • ► January
      • 20 years ago I decided to travel the world
  • ▼ 2007
    • ▼ October
      • Dubai in a nutshell! or Credit card Hell!
    • ▼ September
      • Once I climbed Mount Makilala, Mindanao
      • Don't!
      • Been there, done that!
      • Flying to Africa with 10 dollars in the pockets
      • A few seconds from horror
      • Once I climbed a mountain with the karamojong
    • ▼ August
      • 852,231,021 the number is ... not 852 Million!
    • ▼ June
      • Lionel teach me how to bargain
      • Speed trap African style
      • Waterskiing in a warzone
      • no froglegs today?
      • Helping hand
      • Embargo
      • My second flight with UN, the real inititation to the work
      • My first flight with UN
      • Checking in Air Afrique way
      • Dont try so hard :-)
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