Thursday, January 22, 2009

SkyWatch Friday


This is a black and white photo. Just as it looked like this day. The sun struggled to break through the heavy clouds.

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90 comments:

  1. Litt annen årstid her hos deg ja. Passer best med rødvin og fyr på peisen her :-)
    Her er det meldt 3 dager til ende med snø i helgen, så jeg får bare vente tålmodig på sommeren enda e stund. Hadde faktisk tenkt oss på hytta i helga, men ikke i snøstorm :-)
    Hils og klem

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  2. that is a perfect winter's day photo and it being in black and white just makes it even more perfect.....

    Gill in Canada

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  3. Ivar, that is an intense shot. I love it!

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  4. Wonderful as always. I especially love the fog/haze/whatever in the background.

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  5. THAT.IS.PERFECT.
    Cheers, Klaus

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  6. Hallo Ivar,
    this is a wunderful wintersky, yes a little bit mystic.
    I like this "stemniger" and it is beautiful to be at a place like that.
    Hilser Hartmut

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  7. Though you captured it in B&W, I bet the scene wasn't much different than that. Beautiful.

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  8. Really beautiful shot, perfect picture of winter! Thanks for sharing!

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  9. Beautiful winter shot. So calm and lovely.

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  10. Der slo Ivar til igjen. Ta en tur når det blir sol igjen, og du har neste års julekort.

    Men dette var bedre.

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  11. One word describes that winter shot, Amazing!

    Cheers!
    Regina In Pictures

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  12. Dette var lækkert. Flott med sort-hvitt, som en kontrast til alt det rosa og oransje:) (Det er pent det også, altså - men moro at ikke alle er like). Hvor er dette tatt, da?

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  13. Absolutely beautiful, could I have some of this serene cool setting, it is so hot and humid here.

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  14. Fantastic! I love the mystic atmosphere and the light!

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  15. Marvellous. I can se the sun struggeling behind the largest tree.

    Marit

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  16. Winter wonderland!
    Veldig flott bilde. Det er nesten slik at jeg får lyst til å spenne på meg skiene - og det sier ikke så rent lite siden jeg ikke er så glad i å gå på ski!

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  17. Man kan spa på seg kink i ryggen og erge seg over store snømengder. Men når man ser slike bilder er alt glem!! Et eventyrbilde! God helg til deg også Ivar :o)

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  18. beautfiul winter scene. gloomy but beautiful.

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  19. Denne var bra. Det er ennå mulig å lure fram litt mer fres i tonene, men det er ganske vanskelig da det faktisk ER grått i været. Veldig flott forgrunn mot bakgrunn. Og rent viderekomment gjort å gjemme høylyset slik bak treet, nice :)

    Skulle jeg ønske noe annerledes måtte det være litt mer rendyrking av motivet, og mindre elgmat forran.

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  20. The first time I landed here I fell in love with your photographs. It's something about the chilly clarity, it's in the subtle details...
    This one makes no exception.

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  21. Even without the sun it's a beautiful photo!

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  22. Det er nesten vår her...Eventyrlig bilde:) Viser vinteren på sitt vakreste!

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  23. Bildet gir en egen ro... vakkert!

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  24. Very effective Ivar, and beautiful.

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  25. There is a real dignity about this image in the monochrome. Love it!

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  26. Vakkert vinterlandskap og like vakkert bilde.
    Vi bor på en fin plett på jorden.

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  27. A winter wonderland picture postcard view.

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  28. I always love what I see on your site, you have a great eye and are a wonderful photographer, have a great weekend.

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  29. I love so much about this photo. I like that it has a beginning, a middle and an end. And the middle is so beautiful.

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  30. You are very talented. This is just beautiful
    Smiles B

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  31. Ivar, your photo's never cease to amaze me.

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  32. Ivar, you take the most beautiful photos!

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  33. I love it! Perfect!
    Take care :)
    Aline - Brazil

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  34. This photo took my breath away. So serene and still.

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  35. Beauty hurts.

    Greetings from Argentina!

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  36. Very beautiful scenery. Have a nice weekend. My weekend will be spending waiting and preparing for the coming chinese new year. :)

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  37. Fantabulous Winter Scene!!!

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  38. This is soooooo pretty Ivar. But I know it is cold, I'll visit Norway in the summer and only look at the winter pictures.
    Happy SkyWatching, it's been a while! Today my sky is one from Florida.
    ..

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  39. This one is very beautiful! If you make greeting cards with your pictures they will be really unique.

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  40. Noen ganger får sola bare kjempe for å komme fram, så får en flotte bilder:-)

    Riktig god helg!

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  41. i love natural monochrome shots - excellent capture

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  42. Hei! Jeg kan ikke se lista over skywatchere. Vet du hva som har skjedd? Jeg har prøvd flere nettlesere og operativsystemer, men Mr.Linky kommer ikke frem...

    Siden tydeligvis andre ser den, kan du skrive meg opp på lista? http://stineshverdag.blogspot.com/

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  43. Flott bilde forresten :)
    Jeg skulle gjerne hatt en slik nydelig vinterstemning, men her bare regner det...

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  44. God helg der oppe i flotte vinterland :o)

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  45. I´m cold cause i see this picture. Perfect!

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  46. I love the very greyness of this winter scene. It really gives the feeling of a long cold winter.

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  47. How beautiful - so much "color" in the B & W.

    My first visit to you and I enjoyed many of your previous posts also. You have a great eye.
    I'll be following you in the future.

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  48. As always it's a wonderful picture.
    You used a great piont of view and I like your choise for the black and white. It give's the picture something dramatic.

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  49. Some days are made for black and white. It heightens the lonely feeling.

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  50. Very nice colors, Ivrig! ;)
    Dette var meget flott Ivar. Meget bra komposisjon, dette gjorde seg godt i sort/hvit.

    Ha en fin helg!

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  51. The black & white is a perfect choice. I like how the 2 trees in the front are somehow standing guard over the scene behind them.

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  52. Ivar: A neat capture of the stark sky, nicely presented.

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  53. Det er alltid like nydelige bilder på din blogg. Jeg har fått en utfordring fra Ida og videresender den til deg. Tar du den? Den er enkel og grei og høyst frivillig. :-)Du finner den på fotobloggen min.
    God helg!

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  54. This is wonderful in black and white!

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  55. Very Nice! I like the depth, the angles, right front you have the slope, then back and to left another slope, with mountain in background. Nice balance. Black n White, great touch!

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  56. Stunning offering as always.
    I love that the sun is just breaking through the clouds, yet is still obscured by the snow laden tree.

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  57. Nydelig bilde. Skal aldri klage på for mye snø.

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  58. The B&W choice certainly projects mood. Nice job.

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  59. This picture of a Winter landscape is a truly perfect representation of Winter in all its glory

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  60. Hi Ivar,
    an excellent and beautifull frame

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  61. Our last few days here have been so foggy that even the color pictures look like this--varied shades of gray. Again, beautiful shot.

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  62. Black and white made the image amzing...

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  63. Oh My, the photos are stunning and my favorite one is the header.

    Greetings all the way from East Borneo, Indonesia

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  64. Better late than never to comment. This is magnificent!
    :-)

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  65. Le jeu avec la lumière est remarquable et donne du relief à cette magnifique photo.
    Les tonalités d'origine ne devaient effectivement pas être si éloignées du noir et blanc.
    Cette photo pourrait faire son entrée dans Monochrome Maniacs

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  66. Awesome photograph, I love the ethereal light!

    Your photographs are such an inspiration.

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  67. it is really a great black and white picture, but i got fear of dying when seeing the pictures like this.

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  68. Absolutely love this shot, Ivar...really good!!

    Hey nice job on the HDR below (the night city shot) as well.

    Always a pleasure to catch up on your blog....

    Looking forward to that cold beer with ya some day...

    Scotty

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  69. Piękne zdjęcie i piękny widok, bardzo mi się podobają kolory i światło, którym operujesz na tej fotografii,
    pozdrawiam
    agus

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  70. This is such a beautiful, peaceful photo!!

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  71. What a beautiful, haunting picture this black and white is. You have a wonderful eye!

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