Fotobloggen 2010

New year - New challenges

2010-12-31T15:45:00.001+01:00

Best wishes for 2011 from Christina, Sweden

I'm starting fresh next year in http://fotobloggen2011.blogspot.com/

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Fabric, Old

2010-12-31T15:41:00.001+01:00

Pieces of ragrugs woven by old relatives to me

Some of the cloth in them are from clothes I had when I was a child

A wonderful linen tablecloth woven way back by my mothers aunt.

They made it all the way, from groving the linen to this wonderful cloth.

The pattern is enlarged here, in reality it's quite thin.

My last post with themes for 2010 and by this I finally made all challenges this month (I know.....I put two together here but anyway) I want to thank everybody for all the comments I've got and I think I learned a lot from them. I've also enjoyed visiting, learning and commenting your posts. As a mostly SOOC-girl ;-) Im amazed of all the things you do with your photos and I'm looking forward to follow you in 2011!!

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Innocence

2010-12-30T10:35:00.001+01:00

Maybe those fits the theme.....?

The innocence of nature. I like the clouds, the light shining through and all different patterns on the ice. You can also se the hovercraft on the ice. Bad quality as it's seen through my window. Many of you have seen quite a few photos from my window wiew so it might be boring. This morning it's about -10 C (14 F)

SOOC Sunday, dogs at Christmas, Camera-critters

2010-12-26T10:18:00.002+01:00

visit SOOC Sunday and Camera-critters

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Primitive

2010-12-24T09:46:00.002+01:00

the primitive way to keep warm, the nice stove in the kitchen at my friends house

Wish you all a Merry Christmas,

more Christmas photos at Mitt Vattenhål

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Large

2010-12-22T18:57:00.002+01:00

Feeds lot's of birds don't you think?

the bird is a Great Tit and the balls are made of suet, seeds and sometimes there is fruit added, available att any supermarket this time of year

Macro Monday

2010-12-20T07:20:00.001+01:00

And what is this, nature own artpiece

Visit Macro Monday

and if you don't figure out I'll show you on Tuesday :-)

Seems this was very easy to figure out, it was the inside of a red cabbage. Looking at with "photographic" eyes when making a salad. the thing a photoblog does to me.....

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Far from home, Scenic Sunday, SOOC Sunday

2010-12-19T01:36:00.003+01:00

Visit Scenic Sunday and SOOC Sunday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Man, Tema Fredag

2010-12-17T12:28:00.001+01:00

Some of a huge amount of Christmas decorations I have.... and now I decided to get rid of lots of them. Thee first two shows my thoughts of how Santa feels after his busy days. The last one is a decoration made for a door and who's been in the family since I was a kid.

Lite från en stor samling juldekorationer, har alldeles för många så nu skall en hel del bort. Hursomhelst, de båda första visar hur jag tror tomten mår efter de hektiska juldagarna. Den sista är en dörrdekoration som har föjt med sedan jag var liten. Besök Tema Fredag för mer av julens färger

Jay Smith - In The Ghetto ( Elvis cover ) Swedish Idol 2010

2010-12-15T16:53:00.000+01:00

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Festive

2010-12-15T08:15:00.002+01:00

Some of the old gingerbread shapes I have, the moon and trees are from my grandmother and the rest I have used since I was a kid. At Christmas I want those so I have to do my own cookies

the photo is from my new toy, the camera above. As some of you might remember I cannot use any complicated ones as I sometines have difficulty to concentrate and remember wich makes it impossible for me to remember any complex settings (and is also a reason why I don't use any modification programs). However I learn a lot from all skilled photographers in this challenge. I hereby wish to thank you all for commenting!

Regards

Christina, Sweden

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Treasured, Macro Monday

2010-12-13T02:05:00.000+01:00

Only 4 marzipan shoes on the cake, who get's them? Usually the marzipan are shaped as Santas this time of year but here he it seems he left, leaving the shoes behind ;-) , Visit Macro Monday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Soft, SOOC Sunday

2010-12-12T20:54:00.001+01:00

Lots of soft snow gets moved around by the wind, enlarge for details, this is actually a small road....

Visit SOOC Sunday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Happiness is........

2010-12-11T08:13:00.005+01:00

I think a new star is born

the video is not from last night but from the selection events

I guess the video from the final will be on Youtube soon....

The star is from my own window :-)

Skywatch Friday, 2010 Virtual Photowalk - Relaxation

2010-12-10T09:41:00.007+01:00

Sorry it is a bad quality photos as they are shot through my window this morning. Thought they were worth showing anyway, hope you like them. Sunrise at 08:50, 08:53, 08:55 and 09:07. the temperature is about -10 C (about 14 F) and it's windy - COLD. Enlarge for details and don't forget to visit Skywatch Friday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Looking up

2010-12-09T14:42:00.001+01:00

No, it's not my house, I have better insulation than this

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Wrapped

2010-12-09T14:34:00.000+01:00

Macro Monday

2010-12-07T19:50:00.001+01:00

Bought at a Christmas Market this weekend, visit Macro Monday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Golden

2010-12-07T19:49:00.001+01:00

Scenic Sunday, SOOC Sunday

2010-12-05T10:08:00.002+01:00

Sunrise at my countryhouse. Visit Scenic Sunday and/or SOOC Sunday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Insignificant?

2010-11-30T14:54:00.001+01:00

I think it's magic what snow and wind can create but I guess many of us just pass by without thinking

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Paper

2010-11-29T19:02:00.001+01:00

the snow is falling again and the birds try to eat as much as they can before dusk

Macro Monday

2010-11-29T02:13:00.001+01:00

Visit Macro Monday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Sharp, Scenic Sunday, SOOC Sunday

2010-11-28T17:34:00.002+01:00

Effects of the sharp wind today

Visit Scenic Sunday and SOOC Sunday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Desire, Words

2010-11-28T17:00:00.001+01:00

Cheating a bit with two themes in one shot ...

From a Christmas market nearby this weekend

Scenic Sunday, SOOC Sunday

2010-11-20T18:44:00.005+01:00

Frozen pumpkin, leftover from Halloween. The Castle of Karlberg, Stockholm in the back.

Added a B&W version since I thought it looked more scary. Forgot to turn the photo horizontal....
Visit Scenic Sunday and SOOC Sunday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Comfort

2010-11-19T18:18:00.002+01:00

Sealions in Valparaiso, Chile
since I don't have the energy to create new photos right now I challenge myself to find the remaining posts for November among the photos I took in Chile this February. This is the second one and I have 8 more to do...

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Numbers

2010-11-19T18:08:00.000+01:00

Flower Clock at Vina del Mar, Chile

The famous Flower Clock, made with flowers and plants centered around a huge time-piece donated by Switzerland in 1962 during the world cup of soccer held in Chile that year.

Tema Fredag - Siluett

2010-11-19T11:24:00.001+01:00

klockstapeln vid Kristinebergs Slott, beläget på Kungsholmen, Stockholm
belfry at Kristineholms Castle, situated in Stockholm
besök Tema Fredag

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Wood, Scenic Sunday, SOOC Sunday

2010-11-14T14:11:00.002+01:00

It has been windy around here this week so the woodpeckers tree cracked in the middle. It was perforated with nestholes so I'm not surprised. Gave me a nice profile though.

Vistit Scenic Sunday and SOOC Sunday

Macro Monday

2010-11-08T01:03:00.000+01:00

Reflection by candlelight through red wine

Visit Macro Monday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Brown, SOOC Sunday

2010-11-07T18:01:00.001+01:00

thin ice on the path in the wood
visit SOOC Sunday

Scenic Sunday

2010-11-07T01:39:00.000+01:00

Hay is transported to the animals living on an island nearby

later the same day

visit Scenic Sunday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Warmth

2010-11-07T01:26:00.000+01:00

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Many or Multiple

2010-11-05T12:01:00.000+01:00

flags, doves, cabs, houses you name it
overlooking Taksim Square in Istanbul where a bomb burst was last Sunday. I took this photo one week before that so I guess I choose the right weekend to go there

Skywatch Friday, from the sky down

2010-11-05T11:03:00.003+01:00

overlooking the Andes when flying to Santiago,Chile
enlarge for details and don't forget to visit Skywatch Friday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Interior

2010-11-03T04:10:00.002+01:00

A piece of the roof in the Blue Mosque, Istanbul. If you want to see more of my photos from the Istanbul weekend you can find them HERE

Macro Monday

2010-11-01T03:29:00.001+01:00

can you figure this out??

from inside Topkapi Palace area in Istanbul

visit Macro Monday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Ordinary, Scenic Sunday

2010-10-31T11:23:00.002+01:00

For the first time I did all themes of the month. I left the window at the side of the photo to show that I'm actually looking out the window and I also like the reflection of the tree in the window

Waking up and looking out of my window at this tree is right now the start of my day

Visit Scenic Sunday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Weathered, SOOC Sunday

2010-10-31T07:25:00.003+01:00

remains of a shed by the sea, enlarge for details

visit SOOC Sunday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Full

2010-10-31T07:15:00.003+01:00

Spice Market in Istanbul, enlarge!!

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Professional

2010-10-27T23:06:00.002+02:00

A piece of roof on one of the buildings in Topkapi Palace, Istanbul. Enlarge for details!

a piece of the building to give perspective as Ron suggested

Watery Wednesday

2010-10-27T11:24:00.000+02:00

a quick post from my weekendtrip to Istanbul. Visit Watery Wednesday

Watery Wednesday

2010-10-20T11:46:00.001+02:00

on the beach in Vina del Mar, Chile. Visit Watery Wednesday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Prosperity

2010-10-19T12:24:00.000+02:00

a tradition in Riga is for newlymarried to put an engraved locker on this bridge and throw away the key

a detail from the bridge above since I like the shadows

back in Sweden I walked on Västerbron in Stockholm and found this. I don't know if it's married couples who do that in Stockholm or maybe those who are engaged. A bit puzzled though about the combinationlock.. hard to throw away that key. Is there anything similar in other parts of this world?

Ruby Tuesday

2010-10-19T10:01:00.000+02:00

Can't get enough of the colors of leaves this season. The mailboxes got their own house sheltered from the weather outside. From my trip to Öland in October. visit Ruby Tuesday

Macro Monday

2010-10-18T08:57:00.003+02:00

A piece of the ice on top of a water barrel at home yesterday. The leaves was frozen into the ice and the flowers put behind the ice for the composition. Visit Macro Monday!

SOOC Sunday, Scenic Sunday

2010-10-17T16:08:00.002+02:00

visit Scenic Sunday and SOOC Sunday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Translucent

2010-10-17T15:34:00.002+02:00

from the top of my water barrels on Sunday, a closeupcomposition is HERE

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Tools

2010-10-16T08:19:00.000+02:00

Dont know if this old wastebin qualifies as a tool but,,,,, I thought it was a smart way to reuse it .

Behind is a typical old house in the Swedish countryside, most of them used as summerhouses now

Skywatch Friday

2010-10-15T19:45:00.002+02:00

at first it was just clear blue sky so I took this

then some interesting clouds appeared

enlarge for details and don't forget to

visit Skywatch Friday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Fresh

2010-10-11T11:21:00.001+02:00

straight from my garden today, nice size or.....

an ordinary match in the photo gives another perspective

more suitable for dolls :-)

Macro Monday - mushroom, 2010 Virtual Photowalk - Hanging

2010-10-11T04:17:00.002+02:00

underneath looking at the toothed mushroom, Sarcodon imbricatus

I think the tooth looks like they are hanging down from the hat of the mushroom......

and on top with pine needles to show the size

finally a closeup of the surface

visit Macro Monday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Motion, or after....

2010-10-09T08:49:00.001+02:00

a composition by the road during the harvest festival on Öland. Notice the cap on the first one and the beercan on the bike on the second. The story is for us to figure out......

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Real life

2010-10-09T08:10:00.001+02:00

this is real life for me right now. Being awakened (is that the right expression..?) by my daugthers dog way to early, why does she do that everytimes she visites me?? Anyway it's not a bad sight from my window this misty morning. I do like the sheep being in sight but soon they will be gone as it gets to cold for them.

Veckans hus - Välkommen in (House of the week - Entrances)

2010-10-08T11:06:00.002+02:00

Found another challenge, again.... and this week with a perfect theme for some of my photos from my trip ti Öland for the Harvest Festival lately

Hittade en utmaning till...... och med ett tema som passade perfekt för några av mina bilder från höstresan till skördefesten till Öland i månadsskiftet sep-okt

a nice playhouse with matching small furniture outside, the sign on the door says that you are welcome to use the kids playhouse as long as you leave sand and stones outside :-)

en trevlig lekstuga med omgivning, förstora så ni kan läsa texten på dörren!

nice entrance to a house in the village Gärdslösa on Öland

entre till vackert hus i Gärdslösa, Öland

entrance to the cemetry and Föra church on Öland

välkommen in till Föra kyrka

for more interesting entrances visit Veckans Hus

Macro Monday, Tisdagstema - Sött (Sweet)

2010-10-05T05:15:00.001+02:00

the last wild blackberrys for the season, tastes very sweet,

sommarens sista vilda björnbär, så söta och goda

visit Tisdagstema and Macro Monday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Tranquility or not?

2010-10-05T04:55:00.002+02:00

two different photos (enlarge and look at her eyes), played a bit with the second ones color

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Disguise

2010-10-05T04:39:00.000+02:00

almost there.....

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Orange, Seasonal

2010-10-05T04:33:00.000+02:00

Creations from the harvest festival on Öland this weekend, only our imagination sets the limit

SOOC Sunday, Scenic Sunday

2010-10-03T16:39:00.002+02:00

Visit SOOC Sunday and Scenic Sunday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Used (and Reused)

2010-10-01T00:34:00.000+02:00

SOOC Sunday, Scenic Sunday

2010-09-26T09:04:00.001+02:00

My companion choose this spot all by himself, he just sat down and waited for his photo to be takaen and who am i to resist that? visit SOOC Sunday and ScenicSunday

Skywatch Friday

2010-09-24T06:10:00.001+02:00

Nice reflections.Railwaybridge at the back, visit Skywatch Friday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Solitary or Singular

2010-09-23T07:55:00.000+02:00

this vase with beautiful luktärtor (sweet peas) stood on all shelf in the bathroom at a friend of mine, I like the light from the sun shining through the window

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Trapped

2010-09-22T17:30:00.002+02:00

The fresh apples are trapped in this heartshaped metalframe. Here showed from inside. Lovely dark red apples can be seen on the outside but I decided to show this. If you want to se this from the other side - outside the door, look HERE

Macro Monday

2010-09-20T05:20:00.001+02:00

A piece of the bench you can se in the post previous to this. Visit Macro Monday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Open

2010-09-19T23:04:00.000+02:00

Walkway through the side of Tyresö Castle and an open spot against the park, serenity for everybody. Enlarge for details.

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Massive

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Entrance to Tyresö Castle

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Foreground

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My favourite companion is ofcourse in the foreground. In front of Tyresö Church, in the park between the church and castle and on the bridge leading to a small island in the park

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Perspective, Skywatch Friday

2010-09-16T16:49:00.001+02:00

Tyresö slott, read about it HERE

SOOC Sunday

2010-09-12T13:50:00.000+02:00

Wonderful Dahlia outside my front door. Visit SOOC Sunday

Watery Wednesday

2010-09-08T00:28:00.001+02:00

From Öland this summer

Visit Watery Wednesday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Clustered

2010-09-07T20:56:00.000+02:00

From todays walk in the woods. I recommend that you enlarge the first one.

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Structure, Macro Monday

2010-09-06T11:19:00.001+02:00

Lack of fantasy - Macro from the same photoobject as yesterday but I thought it was pretty interesting so.... underneath slicy and on top it looks almost wooly.

SOOC Sunday

2010-09-05T10:07:00.001+02:00

Stolt fjällskivling (Macrolepiota procera ). This one is 24 cm (1,5 inch) across. An ordinary match at the bottom to show the size.Delicious to fry and just add some salt. Enlarge to se details and don't forget to visit SOOC Sunday

Skywatch Friday

2010-09-03T07:41:00.002+02:00

wiew from my livingroom at 5.30 pm, 01 am and 07:30 am, wich one is your favourite?

visit Skywatch Friday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Monochrome

2010-09-02T19:03:00.000+02:00

This is a bronzestatue of a former Swedish actor standing outside the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.

New month, new blogging groups and new things to learn :-)

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Lacy, Macro Monday

2010-08-30T06:48:00.001+02:00

Some of the creations my grandmother made, so thin I would never be able to copy those. The pillowcase is made out of linen she weaved herself. The ordinary sized match is just there to show the size.

Visit Macro Monday

Lemon Merengue recipe

2010-08-28T10:56:00.001+02:00

some of you wondered if I made the cake and the answer is YES

you can do it to, just follow this recipe

Dough: 2,5 dl (about 1 cup) wheatflour , 0,5 dl (about 0.2 cups) sugar, 100 gram butter and 1 egg
Lemoncream: 3 dl water, 3/4 dl (about 0.3 cups) sugar, 1 msk (1 tablespoon) butter and 4 msk (4 tablespoons) cornflour, 3 eggyolks, juice from 1 lemon and zest from 0.5 lemon
Merengue: 3 eggwhites and about 0.5 cup sugar

Mix wheatflour, sugar and butter, add the egg and make the dough. Let it rest in a cool place for about 1 hour. Roll out to fit a pie plate and put some tinfoil around the edges so the dough will stay up during baking. Nibble the bottom with a fork so it does not get bubbly in the oven. Let it rest in the plate about 20 mins before baking. Put in the oven, 225 C ( about 430 F ) for about 10 mins, then remove the foil and bake for another 5 mins.

Mix water, cornflour and sugar in a sauce pan and simmer for about 3 mins. Remove from heat and agg the eggyolks and butter. Back on heat, just simmer, absolutely not boil!!, until it thickens. Let it cool down a bit and add the lemonjuice and zest.

Whip the eggwhites hard, add the suger a little bit at a time. Whip until it's hard enough.

Put the lemoncream on the dough in the pie plate and spread the marengue on top.

Bake in 175 C ( about 350 F ) for about 10 mins

Enjoy!! Sounds a bit tough when reading the recipe but its quite simple doing anyway. I tried to convert as good as I could....any questions? Feel free to mail me :-)

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Tiny

2010-08-26T11:29:00.000+02:00

Looks like a nice size of cake right?

Well I guess this photo tells another story. This is what happens when putting a lemon-marengue cake on the table ;-)

Macro Monday

2010-08-23T08:08:00.001+02:00

Got stuck in an elevator for about an hour last week, Ican tell it felt lika a very looong hour. Lucky for me my camera was in my bag. Got lots of strange photos, this is a part of a loudspeaker oc the wall and a piece of the plastic floor. I bet there is more that 100 dots inside the speaker and much more on the floor but anyway....Visit Macro Monday for great macros and participate yourself so there will be 100 posts as this is the 100'th celebration.

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Rough

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2010 Virtual Photowalk - Faces

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Enlarge for details

SOOC Sunday, Scenic Sunday

2010-08-22T08:26:00.001+02:00

Bambi picking berries in my garden

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Ground level

2010-08-21T01:00:00.000+02:00

One of the photos from last week when I got stuck in the elevator on my way to work. I was very glad that I had my camera in the bag as I spent almost an hour waiting to get out.

Got a lot of photos that I never would have thought of otherwise....

Watery Wednesday

2010-08-18T05:51:00.000+02:00

Part of central Stockholm seen from Västerbron. City Hall at the left. Visit Watery Wednesday

Macro Monday

2010-08-16T12:08:00.001+02:00

Photo from the center of Riga, capital of Latvia

SOOC Sunday, Scenic Sunday

2010-08-15T07:40:00.002+02:00

Misty morning, humidity 98%. Can you se the garden-stoneface at the left? Enlarge otherwise, he's cute ;-)
Visit SOOC Sunday and Scenic Sunday

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Wet, Watery Wednesday, Macro Lovers

2010-08-11T10:31:00.001+02:00

No use sitting inside and be sad on a rainy day, just get out there with your camera :-)

Visit Watery Wednesday

More closeups than Macros but I thught "well I participate anyway"

but visit Macro Lovers and you will find great Macros!

SOOC Sunday

2010-08-08T12:00:00.002+02:00

My first entry to SOOC (Straight Out Of my Camera) Sunday shows the nice dinner we had at a restaurant in the archipelago situated right out on the landing-stage. The second photo shows one of the boats passing by during our dinner. It's great sitting there having a great meal and watch boats of all different kind pass by. For other SOOC-shots press HERE

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Flight

2010-08-07T11:31:00.002+02:00

Wiew over the Andes, the worlds longest continental mountain chain.

On this one I'm close to Santiago otherwise its just rocks and rocks covered with snow. Enlarge for details. Another post from the same flight is HERE

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Strange

2010-08-07T05:17:00.003+02:00

butterfly of the night, the lower photos bottom was light and against my light background....need a frame but I wanted to show the structure of this fellow from the side

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Extreme Close-up, Macro Monday

2010-08-07T05:08:00.001+02:00

artichoke from tonights dinner (or more exactly after)

Skywatch Friday, In a Yellow House - on the road

2010-08-05T22:03:00.001+02:00

Skywatching from my car. Visit Skywatch Friday

or for more on the road shots visit In a Yellow House

2010 Virtual Photowalk - In Shadow

2010-08-05T17:12:00.000+02:00

Depending on where the sun shines and where it is shadow the same place look so totally different. Didn't think of that when I took the photos so I cropped them to show almost the same wiew. I think the difference is quite obvious anyway. Must be seen enlarged for details.

Watery Wednesday

2010-08-04T08:38:00.001+02:00

From Byxelkrok,Öland overlooking the small mystic island Blå Jungfrun.

Enlarge to se details. Visit Watery Wednesday

Macro Monday

2010-08-02T06:00:00.002+02:00

center of a Clematis Jackmanni

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Found, Camera-critters

2010-07-30T15:05:00.004+02:00

I think I found my friends dog in a perfect place ;-)

I strongly advise you to visit this blog where you can find som really fun photos of this dog (and I am participating in those to..)

2010 Virtual Photowalk - Night, Skywatch Friday

2010-07-29T01:01:00.001+02:00

It was a very strange light outside last night.

Visit Skywatch Friday