A week ago I went fishing with friends in Norway. Not a rod in sight. I am usually not going around with a camera just in case, but this was different.
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Been there, done that
But, every year there are different artists and a new look, so today is not as before. Go there for an almost once in a lifetime experience. I will be back with my images from my visit soon. Article from The Guardian. šĀ Pelle
Founded in 1989, the Icehotel in Swedish Lapland is built from the snow up each year, using ice from the local river. The rooms are designed by international artists and this year feature spacemen and an ice queen
Top image:Ā The hotel has 35 suites, featuring ice carvings designed by 36 different artists from 17 countries. Queen of the North (created by Emilie Steele and Sebastian DellāUva) is one of the more intense rooms, with the bed surrounded by the head and hands of an icy goddess.
Photograph: All photos by Asaf Kliger/IceHotel unless stated
I went fishing
Something that I donĀ“t often do. However, with my dear friend Knut, his brother Asle and their wonderful friends in Norway it all went well. We caught lots of fish. Fishing is very relaxing. Also taking care of the net after is contemplative. We had so much of everything and nothing to talk about. First time I managed to photograph fishing as well.
Thanks Knut for letting me borrow your camera!
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The way I do it
If I shoot 24×36, 6×6, 4×5″ or any other format, 9 times out of 10 I compose and fill the full frame. Just a way I started many years ago and just a way I still work.
From yesterdays races at Bro Park. Enjoy!
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Massive landscapes, or just a trick…
More shots from above, but this time not so high up. The drones has gotten us into thinking in new patterns. The article from Washington Post. šĀ Pelle
Photographer Joseph Philipson saw more than just cuts in the sand on the shores of Long Beach, Calif. He saw the ācode that constructs our visual reality,ā or the mathematical phenomenon of fractals, mathematical sets that show a repeating pattern at every scale. In nature, fractals can be seen not only on coastlines but also river systems, blood vessels and crystals, to name a few. Philipson noted to In Sight that his images could be āmassive landscapes, deep valleys, canyons ā¦ itās a trick of the eye but Iām really only maybe five feet over.ā
Finding patterns in Australian farmland
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“The end game for me is producing these series as fine art”.
Ā© all photographs Josh Smith. Article in BBC.
Flying high above farmland, photographer Josh Smith captures colours and patterns not usually associated with rural Australia.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38888453
His often abstract images feature subjects like machinery sculpting lines into a vast frame.
His often abstract images feature subjects like machinery sculpting lines into a vast frame.
It was a hobby until 2011, when his aerial shots of floods in Queensland and New South Wales were featured in a major newspaper.
So he took to the skies, hoping to draw attention to how food and clothing is produced.
“Here in Australia, we’ve got farmers producing the highest quality produce anywhere in the world,” he said.
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Up up and away
Here is another set of drone photography. One perhaps considered as a selfie. Nature from above is often very graphical and beautiful. Just look at these images. Hmmm, just thinking, how many are falling from the sky?
Aerial photography platform SkyPixel received 27,000 entries to its 2016 competition. Here are the winning shots plus some of The Guardians favourites. SkyPixelās competition was open to both professional and amateur photographers and was split into three categories: Beauty, 360, and Drones in Use.
The image at the top:
A line in the sand …Ā This image ā of a camel caravan in the desert ā won first prize in the Professional Beauty category.
Photograph: Hanbing Wang/SkyPixel
Catching the winning image … fishermen close the net in Fujian province in China. This was the grand prize winner in the competition.
Photograph: Ge Zheng/Ge Zheng/SkyPixel
Ā Dam near perfect … second prize in the same category was of the Huia Dam in Auckland, New Zealand. Hong Kong-based SkyPixel was launched in 2014.
Photograph: Brendon Dixon/SkyPixel
Ā Dead straight … this image of a road bridge in the US won first prize in the Amateur Beauty category.
Photograph: SkyPixel
The Art of Building 2016
The 15 finalists of this year’s Art of Building architectural photography competition have been selected from thousands of entries. Here ( BBC ) we present the photos along with a comment from each photographer.
http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-38301001
I picked these up at BBC. I like the one with ladders especially. That is also an art of building a building. š
About the above image: Jonathan Walland: “This is part of a series of photographs demonstrating how the absence of light can be used to divert the attention of the observer towards what the photographer intended to highlight.”
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Michele Palazzo: “New York City’s iconic Flatiron building emerges from the blizzard, like the bow of a giant ship ploughing through the wind and the snow. Taken during the historic coastal storm, Jonas, on 23 January 2016, the photograph went viral during the aftermath of the storm.”
Enrique Gimenez-Velilla: “This photo seeks to pay homage to all the clever unknown workers that still build and maintain built infrastructure in the developing world.”
James Tarry: “This series is about looking past imperfections and ‘incorrect’ architectural photography techniques. The expired Kodak Ektachrome was developed in the ‘wrong’ chemicals to produce these big slabs of often other-worldly colour. These are flawed and hopefully challenging, just like some of the buildings themselves.”
See the entries for National Geographicās Nature Photographer of the Year contest
You have seen some of these earlier in my blog. Many great images. The opportunity comes slow like a snail and disappears like a lightning. You better be prepared!
Four female lions fight a pack of 16 hyenas over a kudu that the hyenas had killed at a watering hole in Etosha National Park in Namibia in the late evening. The hyenas won
Photo by Ā© NingYu Pao/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
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I picked it up in The Washington Post.
