106: Winning entry

Good evening PhotoLovers. Yesterday was a grey and foggy day. we had a meeting in the PhotoClub where I won the contest called "Fikabilden". We have that every meeting and the winner does not have to pay for his coffe. My entry was the portrait I had on my blog yesterday. http://www.fotosidan.se/blogs/bengtsbilder/12302.htm

Afterwards we had the "paper cup" a competition where we show two pictures at a time. the picture that gets most votes goes on to the next round. You are allowed to have five entries with you. the winner yesterday was Björn Björnsson with a beautiful portrait.

Today has also been a grey day, i have not seen the sun at all so I' m posting some spring/summer flowers.

Hold on winter will pass.

Good night

105: Google search terms EDIT

Added a portrait of the model/photographer Sofia A

After reading Siljas Blogg I had to check what people are looking for on the Internet.
On google.com/trends you can see popular search terms.
I found a blog (Source: http://hd.se/mer/2007/10/19/den-som-soeker-skall-finna-kate/) on the internet where there was a list of the most popular search terms around the world.

Sex — Egypten, Indien, Turkiet.
Hitler — Tyskland, Mexiko, Österrike.
Nazi — Chile, Australien, Storbritannien.
Gay — Chile, Mexiko, Colombia.
Jihad — Marocko, Indonesien, Pakistan.
Terrorism — Pakistan, Filippinerna, Australien.
Hangover (baksmälla) — Irland, Storbritannien, USA.
Burrito (mexikansk snabbmat) — USA, Argentina, Kanada.
Irak — USA, Australien, Kanada.
Taliban — Pakistan, Australien, Kanada.
Tom Cruise — Kanada, USA, Australien.
Britney Spears — Mexiko, Venezuela, Kanada.
Homosexual (homosexuell) — Filippinerna, Chile, Venezuela.
Love — Filippinerna, Chile, Venezuela.
Botox — Australien, USA, Storbritannien.
Viagra — Italien, Storbritannien, Tyskland.
David Beckham — Venezuela, Storbritannien, Mexiko.
Car bomb (bilbomb) — Australien, USA, Kanada.
Marijuana — Kanada, USA, Australien.
Kate Moss — Irland, Storbritannien, Sverige.

I wonder why we in Sweden are so interestde in Kate Moss? According to Google Sweden the most popular search term is not Kate Moss.
Anyway if you want some one to read your blog now you have an idea what you should write about to interest different cultures.
It'll be fun to see how many hits this entry will get.

104 The project continues

Maybe I got stuck on the shapes, shadows and light in this building?
Maybe I found it's soul?
Anyway these are the kind of pictures I find myself taking most of.
Maybe a bit more of grain?

103: Morning walk and candid portrait

The first picture I show you today was taken during a morning walk with my 500 C/M just after I bought it.

The second picture is a candid shot during a swim meet in march 2005. I just could not resist taking this shot of one of the competitors during one of the long periods of waiting during the meet.

I don't know what it was that made me push the shutterreleas. The sadness in her eyes, the sun in her red hair?
Anyway I think it's a nice shot

102: Project pictures

I'm working on selecting the pictures for the upcoming exhibitions. I don't know yet if any of these will be chosen.

This picture is colorised using spilttoning.

Converted to B&W