Akerselva
Got up early and shot these today. Also had time to sit down and post them in the blog. In other words: plenty of time today.
Akerselva, Nydalen
Akerselva ved Hønse Lovisas Hus
An autumn photo of Akerselva:
http://cardinalguzman.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/akerselva-oslo/
Spring time in Oslo
Finally the holidays have arrived and with it came the spring, or at least a small taste of it. We went for a walk yesterday and, as always, I brought my camera.
Tutorial: Color the sky with Lightroom
Do you use Adobe Lightroom for your image editing? Here I’ll quickly show you how to get some more color on that bland sky.
If I have a photo like this one, where the skies are a bit bland and boring, instead of changing the saturation of the whole image, I pull down the blue luminance slider. It makes the blue more dark and can really help to lift the sky in a photo.
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We used to visit Grenoble
All of these photos, except the one with a view from the hill over a city, are taken in Grenoble. I don’t remember the name of the other city, but it’s right next to Grenoble.
We had some friends that lived in Grenoble, so we went there to visit them a couple of times, but a few days ago they moved to a country far, far, away. Hopefully we can visit them there some day!
Details from the last day of winter?
It’s a bit early to say, but the day these pictures were shot might have been the last day of winter for now…
Of course, winter has its ways and can suddenly come back to surprise us all – weeks after we’d all forgotten that it ever existed. Anyway: one day I was on my way to slavery work as usual and as I was looking out the bus window, I noticed that ice crystals had attached themselves on the branches of our friends: the trees. I thought to myself that this might be the last opportunity to capture this scene on film (or on memory card) for a while, so I got off the bus and took some photos (you never want to miss out on a great opportunity, right?).
Gamlebyen Skole
Gamlebyen Skole, Oslo
Gamlebyen Skole is a primary school in the borough of Gamle Oslo (old Oslo). The school was founded in 1881 under the name Oslo Skole and then consisted of a 3 storey building. In the early 1990′s the school was completely renovated and reopened in 1994. Today the school is home to about 250 pupils aged 6-12. 38% of them have Norwegian as their native tongue.
More home: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/photo-challenge-home/
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More Winter Photos from Yesterday’s Walk
More photos from yesterday’s walk. Skipping home:
You can also see a summer/autumn photo from the same river in this post: Hønse Lovisas Hus
Skipping Home
Today I decided to get off the bus and walk home.
I had my camera with me and the light and the snow was beautiful, so I figured I had to take advantage of the situation. It’s very easy to come up with all kind of excuses: “Not today, I’m too tired”, ”Not today, there’s this TV-program I need to waste my time on”, “Not today, I really need to take a shit”, etc, etc.
Then, all of a sudden, the winter is over, there’s no more snow and you’ll have to wait for the next winter to get that winter shot you were thinking about…
Humans seems to have an endless list of excuses. There’s more excuses than there are situations: for every situation there’s at least 10 excuses and the list is growing. Collectively we’re all experts in not getting things done. We’ve even built our modern societies around not getting things done – it’s called bureaucracy.
Keeping the economy running at any cost seems to be the only important thing we as humans can do. Never mind inventing things, taking care of each other and being creative. Let’s all just do pointless things just to pretend…
So, as I said: today I decided to go on a photo walk home. On my way I saw this:
A kid came skipping along and I realized that I’m an old fart: young, happy people are skipping – old farts are walking.
And let’s face it: most of us are old farts.
Here’s some more photos from today:
Illuminated Mount Pico, Açores
f/1.8 | 30 sec | ISO-100 (of course you can click the image for a large version)
For the Weekly Photo Challenge this week I chose this photo of Mount Pico. I was supposed to post this earlier, but I forgot all about it. The photo was shot during one of my sleepless nights.
“Mount Pico (Portuguese: Montanha do Pico), is a stratovolcano and highest point on the Portuguese island of Pico in the Azores. Further, reaching an altitude of 2,351 metres above sea level, it is more than twice the elevation of any other peak in the Azores, and the tallest mountain in Portugal.” (Wikipedia)
Under The Bridge
With this image (shot earlier today) I wish all my readers a happy and prosperous 2013.
A big thanks goes out to all my followers: both old and new ones. A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone that leaves a comment in this blog every now and then.
Best wishes to you and your loved ones!
Greetings,
The Cardinal
For all you “Weekly Photo Challengers” here on WordPress: Make sure to check out this post: Surprise! A gift for the blogging community
White Christmas in Norway
Christmas holidays is here and it’s a perfect time to use the camera. The Weekly Photo Challenge this week is “My 2012 in Pictures”. Some of these photos are grainy because I shot them handheld in low light, which means I had to crank up the ISO.
Check out these images/logos for the Weekly Photo Challenge 2013:
http://cardinalguzman.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/surprise-a-gift-for-the-blogging-community/
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/weekly-photo-challenge-my-2012-in-pictures/
Winter on the mountain and in the city
Two pictures from Norway. I believe they were both shot in 2006, but I’m not sure and it doesn’t really matter anyway.
Winter on the mountain (2006?)
Winter in the city (also 2006?)
The mountain photo is shot in Valdres, the city photo in Tønsberg.
This Island is Amazing
Just because it’s such an awesome place! Here’s a picture from Iceland:
The Blue Lagoon, Iceland.
Warning: The awesomeness factor of Iceland is extremely high!
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Akerselva, Oslo
Akerselva (the Aker River) in Oslo divides the city.
Akerselva is beautiful during autumn.
The river divides the city and it’s about 8.2 kilometres long, and has a difference in altitude of approximately 149 meters.
The Old Norse name of the river was Frysja, and this old name has been revived as the name of a neighborhood along the river. The name is probably derived from the verb frusa ‘froth’, referring to the many waterfalls in the river. The river is mentioned several times in Sverris saga
Check Wikipedia for more info on Sverris saga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverris_saga
Hønse Lovisas Hus
This picture of Akerselva (the Aker River) is shot this morning next to Hønse Lovisas Hus in Sandakerveien 2, Oslo.
Akerselva, by CardinalGuzman.wordpress.com
Focal length: 24 mm
Exp: 20 s
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 200
Random Landscapes and Mountains
Random collection of landscape & mountain photos.
And here’s a song from yesterday’s post:
Abandoned – music and photo
Here’s another one of my songs. This one is called «Forlatt», which means abandoned / left behind. This song was recorded at a jam session with Knut & Even. I’ve added the lyrics in Norwegian with an English translation.
Norwegian lyrics – Forlatt:
solen har gått ned
fuglene har sluttet å synge
blomstene har visnet
og mannen i månen er død og begravet
det hele ble mørkt
den dagen du forsvant
det ble stille å være aleine
skyene kom og dekket til himmelen
som morgendugg ved soloppgang
forsvant du fra meg
og nattens beskyttende himmel
skjulte seg i lyset
og nattens beskyttende himmel
skjulte seg i lyset
English translation – Abandoned:
the sun has set
the birds are no longer singing
the flowers have wilted
and the man in the moon is dead and buried
it all became dark
the day you disappeared
it was quiet to be all alone
clouds came and covered the sky
like morning dew at sunrise
you vanished from me
and the protective sky of the night
went hiding in the light
and the protective sky of the night
went hiding in the light
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You’ll find more of my music in these posts:
Botanical Garden Waterfall
A small waterfall in the Botanical Garden of Oslo
Same place, different angle.
See more of the botanical garden and some more water in these posts:
She comes in colors everywhere…
Earlier I wrote a comment where I mentioned that I’d finally managed to capture the rainbow this summer. Paula and Jeff asked me if they could see the result and I promised them that I would post it later on.
Finally I managed to capture the rainbow this summer.
Well, now it’s ‘later on’ and this is the result of me chasing the rainbow this summer. Feel free to check out Paula’s blog: bopaula.wordpress.com.
You can find Jeff’s blog here: jeffsinonphotography.wordpress.com.
I’ve also posted another rainbow photo here: In the mist of the waterfall
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