Arranged Police Horses (Weekly Photo Challenge)
Finally WordPress posted their Weekly Photo Challenge. This week the theme is “Arranged”. So, here’s a photo from a demonstration in Oslo, Romeo – all lined up:
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Scenic through a mirror (Weekly Photo Challenge)
WordPress writes: “Share a picture that means THROUGH to you!”
Through a mirror
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B/W Close-up of Aloe Vera
I’m not much into photos of plants & flowers – normally I find them boring, but today I felt like taking some photos and after I came home from work I neither had the time or the energy to go on a motive hunt outside.
So, I had to improvise:
B/W close-up of an aloe vera plant. Click for larger image (No shit Sherlock!)
Useless trivia: This plant is actually the son/daughter of a “mother plant”. The mother has also produced 3 other babies – one which I gave to a friend.
According to Wikipedia Aloe Vera “are widely used in the cosmetics and alternative medicine industries, being marketed as variously having rejuvenating, healing or soothing properties. There is, however, little scientific evidence of the effectiveness or safety of A. vera extracts for either cosmetic or medicinal purposes, and what positive evidence is available is frequently contradicted by other studies. Medical uses of aloe vera are being investigated as well.
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Jerusalem Street Photography
I wanted to share this photo from Jerusalem that was shot last summer. This a typical case of “shooting from the hip”.
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Shooting from the hip means taking a risk, as it is unpredictable, yet it can yield good results and I’m quite pleased with this particular photo.
Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL
Shutter Speed: 1/800 sec
Aperture: f/5,0
ISO: 100
Landsbylivet ved foten av Himalaya
Dette er en reiseartikkel jeg skrev for en del år tilbake som omhandler dagliglivet i en liten landsby rett utenfor Pokhara Lakeside, Nepal.
Pokhara, det er altså hvor jeg holder til mellom soloppgang og solnedgang i disse dager. Hvor jeg holder til under de timene av døgnet vi refererer til som søvn, er noe uklart. Jeg går ut i fra at jeg befinner meg sovende i det lille steinhuset jeg leier utenfor byen og utenfor turistområdet. Men, som de sier på spansk:
pregunta a las mariposas (gå og spør sommerfuglene).
Technical problems with WordPress
I seem to experience some problems with WordPress. To be more specific the problems arise when I am trying to post a comment or click like on blogs that are under their own domain (blogs that have an example.wordpress.com adress are fine). Here’s a screenshot of the error message that I get:
That email address is associated with an existing WordPress.com (or Gravatar.com) account. Please click the back button in your browser and then log in to use it.
Of course I am already logged in and the email address is mine.
A similar thing happens if I want to click “like” on a post, I’ll be asked to log in (again: blogs that have an example.wordpress.com adress are fine). After I’ve clicked like & logged in, nothing happens. So I click like again, and I’ll be asked to log in again.
Here’s a screenshot from RobertSantafede.com:
Just one more step to like this post (but you’ll have to repeat this step forever and ever like Sysifos).
At first I thought the errors was related to my browser, so I decided to try commenting with Chrome instead of Firefox, but had no luck…
So, after having read about this on the WordPress forum (http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/recent-update-to-commenting?replies=4) I now believe that the error is to be found here:
Update #2
We discovered another bug that prevented some users from commenting if they attempted to comment on a blog with a custom domain name and had third-party cookies disabled. This bug has been fixed as well and we’re sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused.
According to user johnnytesting “It’s to stop counterfeit commenting. It may have been implemented poorly, but it was needed. Previously, if I had timethief’s email address, I could pretend to be timethief. So now, if someone tries to comment with an email in the WP database, WP wants to make sure it’s legit. That’s all.”
But, the problem still remains and as I discovered; multiple posts have been made on the subject.
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/you-must-be-logged-in-to-comment?replies=185
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/about-the-recent-update-to-commenting?replies=5
Unusual Art from a Saami artist. (Weekly Photo Challenge)
This week WordPress wants us to: “Share a picture that means UNUSUAL to you!” So, I decided to present my readers to the Norwegian Saami artist Gjert Rognli. It’s not an understatement to claim that Gjert Rognli’s art is unusual: unusual & original, just like the artist himself. Here’s a short presentation and some of his photos:
How to remember your dreams
The lyrics of “Remember Your Dreams” by King Missile. Photo: cardinalguzman.wordpress.com
Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrast, snow, trees and trains!
WordPress’ Weekly Photo Challenge. This time the challenge is to “share a picture that means CONTRAST to you!”.
Here’s a few photos. Taken within a few days. I captured the first ones on Thursday – the day named after the Old Norse God Thor. Thor was the son of Odin – and he is the God of all Gods. On Thursday we had what probably and hopefully was our last day of winter this season.
Thursday: On Thursday morning it looked like this.
Another in the Valkyrie-series
Here’s another manipulation in the ghostly Valkyrie-series (well, I’ve just made two so far, but for me that’s enough to be classified as “series”).
Edit: I added this version after a request from Rick:
I brightened the picture with brightness/contrast layer that was already there. Then I added an empty layer between the woman and the wall. Then I painted the layer (just the part behind the woman) black with a soft-feathered, low-opacity brush so that the woman wouldn’t be brightened, but keep her shadowy look.
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Icelandic Village
We have come to your village, to rape and pillage.
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Don’t touch!!! Just dream!
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Kids playing football in Jerusalem
The title pretty much explains everything: Kids playing football in Jerusalem.
I don’t know if there’s anything more to say about this photo…?
Kids having fun: playing football in Jerusalem
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Distorted Sexy Lips (Weekly Photo Challenge)
For this weeks photo challenge WordPress writes: “perhaps something is actually distorting your picture, or perhaps your perception, feelings, or outlook is what distorts what you’re aiming your camera at. Get creative!”
So, here are some sexy photos that I shot last weekend:
And I’ll throw in this one, just for fun:
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