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Talgø@retractus· 11d

Good morning and welcome to another lovely Caturday. #Caturday #Cats #CatsofBluesky #BlueskyCats #CatWorldDomination #CaturdayEveryday #Orangecats #CatPhotography #Findus #Photography #Macro #Norway

A close-up photograph of my orange tabby Findus, one of my rascally cats, as he lies snoozing at the foot of my bed, as he has made a habit of doing every morning.

Talgø@retractus· 17d

Mountain birch grove Hemsedal, Norway #Stunday #Path #Forest #ForestScape #Trees #Birch #Ferns #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky

A photograph of a mountain path meandering along a mountainside in Hemsedal, Norway. The path snakes its way through a grove of stunted birch trees, which are surrounded by a sea of small, delicate ferns (Phegopteris connectilis, commonly known as narrow beech fern).

Talgø@retractus· 25d

Helgetjern (Helge Pond) at the foot of Skogshorn Mountain, Hemsedal, Norway #ClassicMono #ArtYear #Scapes #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #Nature #Trees #AquaticPlants #Wetlands #Ponds #Mountains #Black&White #Photography #Reflections #Clouds

A black and white photo of a group of trees, bushes, and aquatic plants, growing on the shore of a small lake in a wetland area at the foot of Skogshorn Mountain, at Hemsedal, Norway.

Talgø@retractus· Jul 8

Forsaken #ArtYear #ClassicMono #Photography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #HighContrast #AlteredPhotography #Atmospheric #Art #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersOfBluesky #Norway

A black & white, high-contrast photograph of a table abandoned in a forest, surrounded by forest foliage, with several plants growing through the gaps between the tabletop boards.

Talgø@retractus· Jul 5

Shadow, Light, and Reflection #Stunday #ArtYear #Photography #Art #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #Monochrome #Light #Reflection #Shadow #HighContrast #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersOfBluesky #Sunday #Norway

A black & white, high-contrast photograph of my bathroom sink, reflecting and breaking up light coming through an adjacent window, with a shadow cast by a windowsill potted plant.
There is something about our house, with its juxtaposition of windows with the surrounding trees and the arc of the sun, aided by wind and shifting clouds, that offers up ever-changing tableaus of shadow, light, and reflection.

Talgø@retractus· Jun 30

Hvervenbukta, Oslo #TidesOutTuesday #RockinTuesday #Seascape #Scape #Sea #Shore #Waves #Beach #Rocks #Sunset #Reflections #Photography #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersOfBluesky #Norway

A photograph of a sunset over a rocky beach at Hvervenbukta, Oslo. The setting sun casts warm reflections on the gentle waves while the stone-filled beach settles into shadow as the evening advances.

Talgø@retractus· Jun 22

Hammeren Kraftverk (‘power station’) Hammeren Kraftverk, a hydroelectric power station, is the only power station in Oslo. Established in 1900, it’s among the oldest power stations still running in #Norway. #MinimalMonday #Minimalism #Photography #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky

A photograph of the Hammeren Kraftverk building, a simply designed red brick structure featuring a unique, black wrought-iron gate. The architectonic style is considered to be protofunctionalist.

Talgø@retractus· Jun 21

Hvervenbukta, Oslo Fjord Scandinavian summer light— circa 10:30 pm (22:30), the day before Midsummer's eve. #Stunday #Sunset #Photography #GoldenHour #SeascapePhotography #Seascape #CloudScape #Ocean #Fjord #Sky #Reflections #Clouds #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #Sunday #Oslo #Norway

A warm-toned, cloud-filled sunset over Hvervenbukta, Oslo Fjord, with the last rays of sunset reflecting across the waves and a lone sailboat in the background

Talgø@retractus· May 27

Oslo Fjord Sunset seen from Malmøya, 10 pm. #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBlueSky #Urban #OsloFjorden #Sunset #GoldenHour #Reflections #Waves #SkyScape #SeaScape #SeaScapePhotography #SunsetPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #Thursday #Oslo #Norway

A photograph of a two people relaxing on a dock looking out over Oslo Fjord. The late evening sun is setting over Oslo, sending reflections across the waves, and bathing everything in golden light. Harbor cranes dot the skyline, resembling mechanical animals.

Talgø@retractus· May 25

Lysergic Nouveau Post Process weekly challenge—Found Abstraction Original photo by @rjrock.bsky.social #PostProcess #FoundAbstraction #ECK

#PostProcess challenge by @rjrock.bsky.social, finding the abstract in the ordinary. The subject is still there — but it becomes secondary to something else. Software: ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate. Special editing effect functions Bathroom Window and Liquify.

Talgø@retractus· May 22

During the two summers I did fieldwork for my degree, I lived in a deeply secluded Norwegian forest. No electricity, no running water, total isolation. It was here, in the green quietude, that I first truly experienced the subtle living spirit of the forest. #ForestFriday #Trees #Spirit #Awareness

A photograph of the cabin I lived in, located in the Solholm Fjell nature reserve in Southern Norway. No electricity, water was fetched from a nearby stream, food was prepared on a portable camping stove. Everything had to be be backpacked in on a forest trail. I would drive down from Oslo on Sunday evening, staying at the cabin while doing my field work, rain or shine, and then drive back to Oslo on the following Friday evening. I did this from May to September for approximately two years. By the end of the week, I rarely had any desire to leave the forest and return to the city.

A photograph of myself wearing my trusty hoody and a scarf on my head, trying to identify some tiny species of moss using a powerful scientific magnifying glass. What couldn’t be identified in the field was bagged and taken back to the lab for microscopic identification. My research was centered mostly on forest moss ecology and distribution.

A photograph from the Solholm Fjell nature reserve not far from the field site where I did my studies, featuring a small pond and a river leading down from a large outcrop of mostly bare rock. The Solholm Fjell nature reserve was chosen for my thesis due to the fact that there had only been negligible human activity there in the last hundred years, i.e. no habitation, farming, or logging, making it as close to virgin forest as one can find in Norway.

Talgø@retractus· May 15

Afternoon Light #ForestFriday #Scape #Trees #Spruce #Mosses #Bryophytes #Blueberries #Light #Shadow #Warmth #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersofBluesky #EastCoastKin #Oslo #Norway

A photograph of a verdant moss-carpeted spruce forest, with late afternoon sun light filtering through the tree boughs.

Talgø@retractus· May 8

The High Ridge Path Hvervenbukta, Oslo #ForestFriday #Scape #Trees #Treescape #Forest #Mist #Photography #Processed #Painterly #Dark #Moody #Eerie #LandscapePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Norway

A heavily processed photograph of a broad, pine-needle covered path running through a dark, eerily lit forest, leading to a misty portal of light.

Talgø@retractus· May 8

Apropos nothing except my all-encompassing fascination and love of cats. Btw, I'm quite fond of Twain's writing, too. "When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction." ~ Mark Twain #Cats #CatWorldDomination #MarkTwain #Photography #ClassicMono #Monochrome

A monochrome photograph of American author and humorist Mark Twain with one of his beloved cats sitting on his shoulder.

A brief comical text about one of Twain’s cats that went missing (happy ending) and how at one time he owned 19 cats, all with fantastical names.

Talgø@retractus· May 2

Fiddlehead ferns, old and new (Matteuccia struthiopteris) #ColorADay #GreenSat #Green #Nature #Plants #Ferns #Pteridophytes #ForestPlants #Plantsky #Photography #Landscape #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Saturday #Norway

A forest photograph of several yellow-green young fiddlehead ferns unfurling beneath three brown, withered fiddlehead fronds from last year. They are surrounded by bright green plants while a placid river flows past in the background.

Talgø@retractus· May 1

Forest Floor #ForestFriday #Scape #ForestScape #Trees #Treescape #Forest #Ferns #Moss #Bryophytes #Photography #HDR #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersofBluesky #EastCoastKin #Norway

A HDR (High Dynamic Range) photograph of a forest floor, featuring an intertwining mosaic of decaying logs and branches, interspersed with mosses, ferns, and a variety of small forest plants.

Talgø@retractus· Apr 28

Like this, only without the fun of actual drugs...

An 60s comic series by underground cartoonist R. Crumb showing a person's head melting after getting high, originally entitled Stoned Again.

Talgø@retractus· Apr 28

Somewhere in Manhattan (2016) #ColorADay #BlueTue #CyanTue #Photography #Buildings #Architecture #Urban #UrbanGaze #UrbanScape #CityScape #CityscapePhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #NYC #USA

An urban photograph of a large brick building in New York City, composed of red bricks, dark blue bricks, different shaped windows, and a complicated array of black fire escapes. There are a series of fashion posters featuring a young woman at the bottom of the picture as well as several forest-green panels to the left.

Talgø@retractus· Apr 25

Mossy logs straddling a reddish creek, located just south of Oslo (Svartskog/Nordre Follo).

A photograph of fallen mossy logs bridging a small forest creek taken just south of Oslo. The forest floor is otherwise covered with an abundance of mosses, ferns, and small plants. This area is a marshland—typical for such oxygen-poor ecosystems, the water assumes a reddish hue due to iron oxidization (rusting) caused by natural bacterial processes.

Talgø@retractus· Apr 21

Painted Shore #PostProcess challenge #Painterly Inspired by Impressionist painters such as Monet, Degas, Pissarro, and Cézanne. Added grain, softness, adjusted contrast, color, temperature, and saturation. Software special effect 'Oil Paint' was used. #ManipulatedPhotography #ArtYear #EastCoastKin

The original photograph in the #PostProcess challenge of an evening scene featuring a sunset and colorful flowers growing along a deserted beach.

#PostProcess challenge by @rjrock.bsky.social, transforming a photograph of an evening scene featuring a sunset and colorful flowers growing along a deserted beach into a more painterly image. Software: ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate.

Talgø@retractus· Apr 20

It's rare that I actually lol, but these two thematically related photos did indeed get me to laugh out loud. Seeing them next to one another makes them even funnier. :D

Two photographs, side by side, the first a photograph (on the left) of a penguin standing next to a bagpipe player in a snowy arctic landscape, where whoever wrote the caption felt a need to note for identification purposes that that the figure to the right in the photo was the bagpipe player. The second photograph (on the right) is of US President Donald J. Trump standing next to a bespeckled costumed Easter Bunny on the White House Truman Balcony where whoever wrote the caption felt a need to note for identification purposes that the figure standing to the left in the photo is the President of the United States.

Talgø@retractus· Apr 17

"All warfare is based on deception." ~ Sun Tzu #FishyFriday #Humor #Lol #Comical #Inks #Watercolor #Painting #Illustration #Drawing #Art #Camouflage #Ships #Submarines #OriginalArt #HandPainted #HandDrawn #ColorfulArt #ArtSky #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A comical ink drawing/watercolor depicting a submarine camouflaged as a stylized killer whale stalking a battleship.

Talgø@retractus· Apr 13

The Bluebird theater, 'shifted' back to circa 1860 #PostProcess challenge #EraShift Inspired by wet plate photography. Manipulated grain, contrast, color, clarity, saturation, etc. Wet plate effect from Analog Efex Pro 2 w/scratches and stains. #ECK #ArtYear #PhotographersofBluesky #EastCoastKin