Scenic Sunday 120

Towards the end of a storm I like to go right out to the coast 

(the west coast of Norway) and watch the waves. 

This time I was a little late, 

but there were still some good waves playing around, 

and I got a nice light from the setting sun as a bonus. 

Watching waves is very calming :-)

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Weekend Reflexions #58

Weekend Reflections.

Typical fall conditions here, rain and fog....

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Window Views... and doors too!

A challenge from Window Views... and Doors too.

This is a picture window from inside a municipal market hall in Sáo Paulo, Brazil.

Here are a couple of views from the lighthouse I posted about in my last windows post.

And one of the lighthouse itself.

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A new technique

I am a person who likes to know a little about a lot of things. In that respect I have taken classes and workshops in subjects and techniques that I never intended to take any further than just to know what it's about. Also, I think it's healthy to continually acquire new knowledge, it keeps the brain alive and active.

So my latest attempt at learning something new happened last night. Our local culture house is celebrating it's 5 year anniversary, and as part of it's program there was a graphic's workshop. I  found out about the workshop from my friend Spindelmaker Janne Robberstad. She's a wonderful costume designer and textile/multimedia  artist and a lot more, you really should check out her blog! I didn't know exactly what to expect, so I just turned up, open for whatever would be presented.

It turned out to be a hands-on workshop in lino-cutting and printing. We started by making a drawing of our design. Help! Give me some kind of tool, and I'm in heaven, but I'm totally challenged with pencil and paper. So I decided, in desperation, to settle for some very simple lines. After all, my intention was to learn the technique, not to make an incredible work of art :-) 

So, this is about as simple as it gets:

Next I traced it over to thin wax paper, 

and then transferred it to a piece of linoleum,

(you know, the stuff that our parents/grandparents had on their floors).

The next step was carving out the design:

Then I rolled paint onto the lino-carving, placed a piece of paper over and under, and rolled it through a roller press (sorry, didn't get pictures of this part, I was too focused on the process).

And voilá, a humble piece of art!

The finished picture becomes a mirror image of the carving.

Not tooo bad, if I may say so myself. Actually, I rather proud of it :-) 

Here I am, carving away. Way into the workshop I remembered that 

"I have a blog" and "I need a picture of me doing this!"  

So I got the instructor to take some for me :-)

Here is the finished product of my second design.

And finally, a bonus image; a relief print of the first design.

Like I said initially, I don't intend to take this any further, 

but I can see how I could use the technique in small scale

 f.ex. to make little stamps for scrapping cards :-) 

Thank you Janne, for posting about the workshop, 

and drawing my attention to it!

I thoroughly enjoyed the experience!

Himmelsk #7

Himmelsk er den norske versjonen av Sky Watch Friday, hos Petunia.

Hvis du har lyst til å kommentere (og det blir jeg veldig glad for), 

så kan du gjøre det på det språket du føler deg mest komfortabel med :-)

Himmelsk is the norwegian word for heavenly, but it can also mean delightful.

This is a challenge from Petunia.

This post is also linked to Photo Friday for Fluffy.

Litt ull kan man vel ofre når gresset er grønnere på den andre siden :-)

One has to sacrifice a little fleece when the grass is greener on the other side :-)

Klikk her for flere himmelske bilder.

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Ruby Tuesday

Ruby Tuesday is hosted by Work of the Poet.

This mushroom is said to be what the vikings ate to get in the mood for going berserk :-) 

It's poisonous and gives hallucinations!

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Challenge#6 - Food

The 2 daughters, 1 mother, 3 cameras challenge this week is Food Photography. 

Go here for a tutorial.

First out is a cheese plate, with a nice runny Camembert type cheese.

A pepper fruit (here it's called a paprika), sprayed with some water, 

in sunset light, on the deck railing.

My brunch today, an omelet with spring onions. 

I had some corned beef with it, but added that after the picture was taken.

Finally, I had to add a drink, and I chose a glass of red wine. 

I suspect the glass was leaking as I had to keep refilling it :-) 

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Moody Monday: Frosty

The Moody Monday challenge this week is Frosty.

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Photo Time: Orange skies

The Photo Time challenge Orange Skies is hosted by Day One.

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Ruby Tuesday

I went out to the coast yesterday evening to get some sunset pictures. Unfortunately, the horizon clouded up, and there was nothing but grey. Not even interesting grey, or dramatic grey, just dull grey.

So I turned my camera downwards instead, and the colors I found there! These pictures are taken at dusk, right down into the water, from just above the surface, with a flash.

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Himmelsk #6

Himmelsk er den norske versjonen av Sky Watch Friday, hos Petunia.

Hvis du har lyst til å kommentere (og det blir jeg veldig glad for), 

så kan du gjøre det på det språket du føler deg mest komfortabel med :-)

Himmelsk is the norwegian word for heavenly, but it can also mean delightful.

This is a challenge from Petunia.

Klikk HER for flere himmelske bilder.

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Challenge #5 - Silhouettes

The 2 daughters, 1 mother, 3 cameras challenge this week is Silhouette Photography. 

Go here for a tutorial.

This one shows the bridge across to Bømlo island on the west coast of Norway, where I live.

In the middle is Siggjo, the island's signature mountain. 

It's visible from way out in the North Sea, and has been a sailing beacon for centuries.

This shows an old cemetery almost on the beach at West Cape, Norway.

Sunset on Øland island, Sweden.

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Photo Time: Fall Faves

The Photo Time challenge Fall Faves is hosted by Day One.

My first fall picture is representative of a typical fall day in my neck of the woods: 

rainy and grey, but still with great photo opportunities :-)

But sometimes the sun does come through :-)

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Shadow Shot Sunday #125

The Shadow Shot Sunday challenge is from Hey Harriet.

This picture is of the ceiling in the Pantheon temple in Rome, Italy.

The light from the characteristic ceiling window casts lots of
small shadows in all the squares in the dome.

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Swedish fall, by Spindelmaker Janne

A couple of weeks ago I posted this photo:

My friend Janne at Spindelmaker liked it so much that she wanted to make a painting of it. 

Two days ago she posted the result, and I think it turned out absolutely beautiful! 

Check out her whole post here.

Weekend Reflexions #56

This picture is taken at 10 pm in early May 2010. 

I love the blue after sunset light of nordic summer nights.

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Color Carnival #61

This one's from a carnival show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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