Kaamos

I tried to think the English word for kaamos  – maybe its constant darkness, or polar night. That is what we are in at the moment, daylight time is shortening all the time these photos are about beating it or  just it.

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Photos were shot at noon

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Candles help to beat this time of the year and good food

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Linked to  Valokuvatorstai 303. haaste

November light on trees in Northern hemisphere

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Linked to : Skywatch Friday

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Wind surfing in cold November / Watery Wednesday #176

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Watery Wednesday #176

Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Blue

So, for this challenge something simple and easy, the colour blue. Try for something different from the obvious like sea and sky.

First two – blue colors and atmosphere

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The rest are still life photos of something blue

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Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Blue

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit

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My habit is to sit at this desk – play with my photos,create digital art, update my blogs, read news—

Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit

The Weekend in Black and White

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The Weekend in Black and White

Värikollaasi

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More color collages at:

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A WORD A WEEK CHALLENGE – Behind

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Various”fashion” styles from young men in Helsinki in grey November

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A WORD A WEEK CHALLENGE – Behind

Silent Sunday

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: One Item or the Number One

only one cat in a photo

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: One Item or the Number One

Kide / Ice crystal

 

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 Sea Salt

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Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Birdhouses

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Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Birdhouses

A WORD A WEEK CHALLENGE – Two

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A WORD A WEEK CHALLENGE – Two

Porkkala, Kirkkonummi – Autumn

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Water reflections – nature art at its best

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Vols – Kirkkonummi at fall

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Brown – Ruskea

 I found these browns in my garden today, took the easy way out – I did not have to play with the flash

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Black and White Landscapes: Weekly Photography Challenge

Black and White Landscapes: Weekly Photography Challenge –

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See more at: http://digital-photography-school.com/black-and-white-landscapes-weekly-photography-challenge#sthash.0QUcqy51.dpuf

Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Trees/ Fall Colours?

There is two weeks time between these photos, the winter is slowly coming, the beautiful yellow leaf are on he ground…dark November is upon us.

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more at:

Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Trees/ Fall Colours?

Still life – Perfume bottles

Playing with Tones – working on still life – Glasses