Paula of ”Lost in Translation” asks us to use special colours this Thursday – and I learned a new word again: Maroon
The header is a sunset containing most of these colours in one picture.
cyan
golden
maroon
pale pink
aquamarine
Landscape
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #21: Splash!
This week, Patti is hosting our challenge – and she has chosen an interesting subject – ”Splash!” for us to illustrate, and relate to. The essential Water. And in order to survive and live on this beautiful planet, we rely on water. (And oxygen…and…)
In the header, the photo shows the bathroom at Casa Battló in Barcelona. (Fake water…)
Memories from the Spanish west coast – a warm and glorious evening!
The sound of a River in Iceland, making its way to the cold winter sea.
Lofoten, Norway, is something otherworldly…
And down to the tiniest spot, we rely on water. To catch fish, drink, but also to play with – and in…Bring your mum if it looks too dangerous!
My students always had to go through several ”tests” when they first started college. One of them meant filling a tube with water, and to cooperate to stop the water from splashing through the holes in it. Using yourself only! And there were several holes drilled in it…. They almost always threw themselves into the game – After some minutes the leftover water was measured, and the winners were…:-D
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in November – y3
For Paula, at Lost in Translation, I am always lovingly waiting! And gratefully learning something new from every Pick a Word.
Cerulian in the header
Palatial
Comic
Spurting
Radiating
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #19: Magical Light
Magical Light – thank you, Amy, for a magical challenge! Hear a photographer’s voice:
I am forever chasing light. Light turns the ordinary into the magical.
Trent Parke
Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.
William Wordsworth
A gray day provides the best light
Leonardo da Vinci
Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light
Theodore Roethke
While we are alive we should sit among colored lights and taste good wines, and discuss our adventures in far places; when we are dead, the opportunity is past.
Jack Vance
Be a light unto yourself
Gautama Buddha
Every moment of light and dark is a miracle
Walt Whitman
There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.
Leonard Cohen
To love beauty is to see light
Victor Hugo
Tuesday Photo Challenge – Comfort
Tuesday Photo Challenge – Comfort
We all need comfort…sometimes. All living creatures… Be it horses in the harsh Icelandic winter, or humans in difficult situations.
Seeking warmth in the company of friends and family.
Thursday Thoughts – Following a Country Road
I knew this would be the last day of the Indian summer this year. So, I decided to drive through the colourful October landscape over to a neighbouring hiking area.
I did not take the fastest road, but followed the old country roads through the rural landscape in its late evening glory.
Piled trunks, waiting to be chipped, creates another kind of rural harmony in the landscape. Just like the animals, they are essential for the farmers to make a living.
Then the hard road surface softly turns into gravel…
…and just around the corner, new views are awaiting.
Cattle silently munching, not knowing that soon they will have to return to the stable – or…maybe not…
Number 1!
The evening is warm and hazy, colourful and still. I stand in the middle of the road, just to hear the silence and feel the sunshine. There is a certain sadness…coming over me.
Soon we will be there. Ready for the evening walk. Milo and me.
Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge: Mirror Images or Reflections
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Patterns
This spring, I visited Bhutan, and met so many fantastic people and a landscape so different from ours in Scandinavia. Harmony – this is the word describing it best.
I eagerly noticed all the patterns in people’s lives – in clothes, buildings, decorations, religious paintings and habits…as well as patterns in Nature herself. Like the pattern in the header – the mules and horses trotting in a row – while the lines of the landscape, the roads, paths and fences, create natural frames.
I often try to find and capture the less obvious patterns, noticing that colours are not that important to make you see the pattern or structure itself.
But in most cases colours make an obvious difference, natural colours as well as man made ones.
Either you can find patterns in a sweeping landscape or cityscape or you can look at the little details. Any way, you will find that almost everything consists of just – patterns. Moreover, in our human society, they often have a ritual or symbolic meaning.
Among the most interesting patterns must be languages. When a language is written in beautiful pictures or letters – their special patterns will give them yet another meaning. Magical, isn’t it?
Life is beautiful in so many ways – and patterns are a big part of it. So, for this week’s challenge, share your interpretation of patterns— open your eyes and find new ones! In you own home, outdoors, man made or natural… Use your curiosity and creativity!
- In your post, include a link to this challenge.
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- Amy will post the next challenge on Saturday, August 18th.
- Missed our initial Lens-Artists challenge announcement? Click here for details.
Have you seen these?
Great diversity, from Abrie Joubert of Abrie Dink Hardop
Henry Lee of Fotoeins Fotografie
Storm coming in from the sea, from Suzanne of Being in Nature
Thank you for joining the challenge and have an inspiring week!
Lofoten – Å – Oh!
Road nr.10 ends in Å on the southernmost part of Lofoten. An old fishing village with rorbuer and – fish.
And charm…
Many galleries, and flowers in the small gardens.
We had a great view from our hostel Salteriet.
Down the road we felt almost Chinese… I half expected an artist standing there, painting.
When we left in the early morning, the whole landscape felt dreamy and unreal.
Almost supernatural.
But that is what Lofoten does to people…
Svolvær – Lofoten
Svolvær is the main town in Lofoten, and Northern Atlantic Cod fisheries, particularly during winter months, have remained one of the most important economical foundations for the town. Just west of Svolvær is Vågar – mentioned in the book Heimskringla, and might have been established as early as the year 800 AD.
We arrived rather late, and thunder was in the air the whole evening. This also made for an interesting walk in beautiful light and no winds.
The little town has about 5000 inhabitants, and many people were strolling the streets in the soft evening. The special light made all colours stand out – no need for enhancing anything. Natural beauty only.
The old – and new – little houses are called rorbuer. Rorbu is a traditional type of seasonal house used by fishermen. The buildings are built on land, but with the one end on poles in the water, allowing easy access to vessels. Today they are mostly used for tourist renting.
After sorting by quality, most of the stockfish is exported to Italy, Croatia and Nigeria. In Norway and Iceland, the stockfish is mostly used as a snack and for lutefisk production. In Italy, the fish (called stoccafisso) is soaked and used in various courses, and is viewed as a delicacy. The man working where we parked the car, told us that in Nigeria it has become the national dish!
When the clouds occasionally lifted, or there opened a rift in the skies, we could capture some very picturesque views.
Unfortunately, after this lovely walk, we had to say goodbye to Svolvær – still bathing in that special light that attracts many artists and galleries – and us – to Lofoten.
Leya 
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