Sten Hallin (1953-2014) Tthe Lord of the Rings has flown away. A kind, good man if I had never known own. He'll be missed.
The following one is the memory I like to share about him, taken from the 2007 Chronicles. "Sten, whom we already met talking about Stenvallen, is an ornithologist, and he is running a ringing project about Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus). Think at what it means for a birds lover having the opportunity of such a close contact which even includes the physical touch, doing moreover something useful to the research about them. After being measured and ringed, owls are released. Sten lets go the claws, and... the bird stays still on his hand, not flying away. The picture catches exactly that moment: in his face look there is all the amazement for what's happening, mixed up with a almost childish joy, wonderful to watch in a grown man. The owl stays on his span for some more time, calmly looking around. Suddenly it flies: goes up straight on the vertical, slowly, flapping wings without a sound, as a large moth whose light shape fades away dissolving in the darkness of the boreal night."
Inga
8/9/2014 01:56:35 pm
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I live in Sweden, in Särna (Dalarna). The Chronicles are a photo diary about the nature (but not just) here around and from all the Scandinavian areas where my photo job takes me.
My book: "My Sweden - Tales from an Italian photographer in the North" is available in the bookstores and by the publisher.
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