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Formula 1 – season 2012 – The Cars

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This post will be updated as soon as there is more information/new pictures

As some of the readers of this blog already know; I’m a big fan of Formula 1. I’ve followed it almost my whole life and visited races (only in Europe). The speed, the sound (!!!), even though they lowered the effects during the last years, the technique and finally the design! If you like photos and beautiful designs, you gotta love F1.

During the last weeks the teams have presented the new cars for the 2012 season. To be honest, these cars are not the most beautiful I’ve seen. There has been some new rules, among those a rule to lower the nose, which has dramatically changed the design of the noses.


I’ve put together a list of the cars for the new season. Below every picture you’ll have a link to more pictures for each car.

Enjoy, and let’s hope that february goes by quick. Can’t wait for the first races to kick off!

If you find any errors or get information of any of the cars to be announced, please let me know!

F1 Car Line up 2012

Red Bull Racing – RB8

RB8 - planetf1.com

Ferrari

Link to the site

McLaren

Link to the site

Force India

Link to the site

Mercedes F1 W03

Mercedes F1 W03

Link to the site

Caterham

Link to Caterham
Link to the images site

Lotus – E20 – 2012

Lotus F1-team
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk

Toro Rosso – str 7

Toro Rosso Str 7

Toro Rosso

Williams

Image from Planet F1.com

Williams webpage

Sauber – C31

Image of Sauber C31 (Planet F1.com

Not announced – To be updated
Marussia – Link to Marussia F1 site
HRT F1 Team –

HRT F112

NASA:s new HD-images of the earth

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I’ve always been a big fan of images from, and images of space. These are some images of the first kind, images from space. Love the detail and quality, ans as always it makes me think of how small we all are.

On the Flickr-site you will also get an insight on how these images were done.

To get the full image size, click on “original”

Have a great end of the weekend.

Link to the pictures:
Earth, with focus on USA
Earth with focus on Africa

3 hour walk

On By saarimnerIn D7000, English, Photography7 Comments

This morning I took a really long walk. At the moment it’s pretty cold in Sweden (-20 degrees in the morning and around -12 degrees Celsius in the day), but it’s also so beautiful. I’ve always loved winter and these clear blue days together with the snowy scenery is so great and it’s almost like you don’t wanna go inside again, even though it’s pretty cold.

So I got up early, stopped by at 7-11 and bought myself a big Latte and off I went. What a great way to start a weekend.

Two photos from today that started cloudy but around noon, it was clear blue skies.

© Pedro Hansson - The Hostel Af Chapman in Stockholm Sweden - Nikon D7000
© Pedro Hansson - Copper Tents in Solna, just outside of Stockholm - Nikon D7000

Billboard Fun

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I wish more companies /ad agencies would have the same kind of creativity when they’re creating Billboards. Almost every ad on this page is truly amazing!

Hope you have a great weekend! (Click on the image to jump to the site)

Seaweed – from my Sunday walk

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This is a photo from my walk last Sunday in Grimsta Naturreservat, just outside of Stockholm.

Hope you’ll have a good day at work or wherever you are.

@ Pedro Hansson - Seaweed in Grimsta - Olympus ZX-1

Music for Tuesday evening – Marit Larsen, Coming Home

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I’ve never heard this song before. A little on the safe side but I just can’t stop playing it.

Hope you all have a great Tuesday evening!

 

Todays sunset in Stockholm

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On my way from work today I had to stop two times. Just had to preserve todays sunset that was awesome. Unfortunately I didn’t have my DSLR, but I’m really starting to like my “little friend”, the Olympus. Small enough to keep in the pocket everywhere I go and I think the quality is satisfying compared to the size.

Hope you have a great evening!

@ Pedro Hansson - Stockholm Januari 2012 - Olympuz XZ-1
@ Pedro Hansson - Stockholm Januari 2012 - Olympus XZ-1

 

Cat vs Alligator

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This is one tough kitten! Takes nerves to fight an Alligator over food, but it doesn’t keep this one from trying!

Now that’s attitude!

 

Short introduction to Swedish by Ola Lustig

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Since I’m living in a country where the word for Married and Poision is exactly the same (and pronounced the same) and, as you will learn in the video the number six is the same as sex, I thought it would be of great value to share a quick introduction to “how to speak Swedish”.

A little international warning: In Sweden everyone’s allowed to speak words like fxxk, and other foul words in TV and press, so if you’re offended by those words this is a little warning that there are no “beeeps” in Swedish film clips in general. If you, on the other hand likes a little bit of irony and language comparisons you might find this extremely short introduction interesting 🙂

You’ll find episode 2 here

Last day of an intense week

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So, this is Sunday evening. The end of a week, that in many ways feels like a month! The week started of hectically with all the work that needed to be done, before getting up from bed at 3:30 Tuesday morning to jump on a plane to London for the ICE fair, so Tuesday night was a night out, and do I need to tell that my eyes were both pointing at my nose?!

@ Pedro Hansson - A squirrel I shared a power bar with in London - Olympus XZ-1

Wednesday went by pretty quick. Had some nice discussions during the day and in the evening I had a great dinner together with some new acquaintances and a colleague of mine. Back at the hotel I found out that an old school friend from Piteå also was in London. 15 minutes later we had a beer and shared some laughs at a restaurant and talked to a French woman in her 60:s about life in general, and the history of Europe. A friendly conversation that made some sudden U-turns at the end when she started to repeat “I wanna kill, I wanna kill”…. 🙂  so, we jumped in a taxi and finished the night down at Picadilly.

Thursday afternoon I went back to Stockholm and had a full night of sleep.  Friday morning I had some really interesting business meetings before I went on a conference with me and my colleagues company, DevCode. We stayed at a conference center called Skepparholmen which I really recommend! Great service, great view and excellent food! In the evening we spent two hours in the outside pool, surrounded by snow and all the boats that enters / leaves Stockholm. Magic! A good conference that I think can be important for the future.

@ Pedro Hansson - View from the pool at Skepparholmen (iPhone is not that good in the dark)

Suddenly, it was Sunday. A week that went by as fast as it can and at the same time feels like it was an eternity.

To get back on track I spent the whole Sunday walking in the spring like weather in the woods in Stockholm. Don’t think that are any better ways to slow down and fill up the reserves again.

© Pedro Hansson - A frozen plant in winter time towards a sunny sky in Stockholm, Grimsta. Olympuz XZ-1

I hope you all had a great week too, and best wishes for the new week.

B/W photos colored to reflect history

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This is a powerful article I’ve found yesterday, about old B/W-photos that now has been colored and how they actually describes the reality in a new way. Two of the photos are really graphic (warning), and when colored even more horrifying than before.

For me this was an eye-opener. It’s easy to think that the history looks so much different than the present, but I guess it’s easy to imagine that things were more different than they were.

-> Link to the article

Picture from Gizmodo

Sunrise in Norrbotten – Sweden

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This is a pic I took a few months ago (also in Piteå). The pic has just been lying around on my computer but I recently got some new inspiration in composition from a close friend of mine and the composition of this pic is actually a suggestion from my inspirer; and I think the result came out so much better than the original. It’s strange. Sometimes you just need that push to get out of the blocks.

In terms of other adjustments I’ve added some Noise reduction. Part from that the image is all natural.

Sunrise in Norrbotten
© Pedro Hansson - Sunrise in Norrbotten

Polar bears and dogs – Svalbard

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I didn’t thought that polar bears (as I’ve learned to be one of the toughest animals out there) could be this gentle and playful.

Really great short video!

Electric moon

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During my winter holiday I spent some time in Piteå. The 27:th of December was a remarkable day in terms of a beautiful sky and a clear moon, so I spent a whole day walking around in my old home town. On my way back (behind Nolia for those that are familiar with Piteå) I came across some electric wires, and just behind the wires, The Moon – so I thought I’d call the pic Electric Moon…

Hope you all get a good start of your week.

Electric Moon
© Pedro Hansson - Electric Moon

A clever page turner

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Happy New year!

So, Christmas and New Years Eve is over and things are getting back to normal. Have tried to keep my hands off the blog world for a few weeks and find new inspiration, and boy, inspiration I’ve found!

Let’s kick this year off with a really clever page turner 🙂

Best wishes for a happy 2012!

Julbord in Stockholm

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In Sweden we have a tradition called Julbord (Christmas table). Almost every company  as well as all the familys meet up to have “a Julbord”. This is a tradition that goes on from first of Advent until Christmas day, and is a “must have” on Christmas eve. A typical julbord consists of Herring, ham, meatballs, salmon and many many more dishes. It’s almost like Spanish tapas but served in the middle of the room where all pic up their food.

Yesterday I had a Julbord at an old ship called Mälardrottningen. The weather wasn’t typical Swedish since we still have no ice (!!) and just a little snow, but we have plenty of clouds and rain 🙂

This is a pic that’s taken from the ship towards the southern parts of Stockholm. The reason for the pic is the lights that I suspect comes from Zinkensdamm.

Hope you had a nice weekend

Söder
© Pedro Hansson - Stockholm Söder - Nikon D7000

Parents give their kids terrible presents and tape it

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Jimmy Kimmel has made some hard tricks against the kids during the last months. First he asked the parents to eat their kids Halloween candy and tape the crying kids when they told them.

This is the follow up, “give your kids a terrible present and tape it“.

Hope you enjoy! Happy fourth advent!

Amazing talent – Man draws two portraits simultaneously

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iPhone 4S – camera test

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Last month I upgraded my iPhone 4 to the new 4S. I couldn’t say that there is a big difference between the two.

The main reason for upgrading was the improved camera so during the last weeks I’ve taken some pictures and to be honest, the difference isn’t as big as I thought, but of course it’s better.

But maybe it isn’t about the cam when it all comes down… a good photo is always a good photo, with almost any cam 🙂

Almost all pics are taken with the app Pro HDR in Stockholm and are not edited in a computer afterwards.

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Received the Versatile Blogger Award

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This week has been really hectic so the work with my blog hasn’t been up to par to say the least, but it filled me with great joy to receive this award from Xandi (a truly great blogger that I’ll never miss a post from – big fan Xandi!).

versatilebloggeraward

so.. thank you Xandimusic for giving me this “The Versatile Blogger Award” !

Here are the rules for the Versatile Blogger Award:

  1. Nominate 10-15 fellow bloggers
  2. Inform the bloggers of their nomination
  3. Share 7 random things about yourself
  4. Thank the blogger who nominated you
  5. Add the Versatile Blogger Award Pic on your blog post.

Things about me:

  • Born above the arctic circle
  • Love photography, music and debates on TV
  • Love people with civil courage combined with big hearts
  • There isn’t a single day when I’m not thankful for living in the world’s best city Stockholm (a little bit subjective on that point..)
  • I started blogging to meet and interact with people all over the world

Here’s my nominations:

Adrianharveyphotography is a great source for the photo-interested. What I really enjoy with this blog is the workflow descriptions for each pic. Great blog when I lack inspiration.

http://adrianharveyphotography.com/

Great stories and higg quality blogging with 1001scribbles

http://1001scribbles.wordpress.com/

La Plume Noire was one of the first blog’s I started to follow. Great pics and great stories!

http://laplumenoire.co.uk

Lesley Carter – this blog could be described as the blog for the adventurer.

http://lesleycarter.wordpress.com

Katie is definitely in the top 5 photographers I follow on the internet and I think we share the same type of images. Always a pleasure when new material is out there. I’ll never a miss post from this blog.

http://katiescamerablog.wordpress.com

I recently discovered this blog that I truly appreciate. I think we share the same thoughts about life as well as our interest in Photography.

http://nandinidhiman.wordpress.com

Don’t be fooled by the name of this blog. It’s nothing about stupidity. Great blog with great pics!

http://oceanofstupidity.wordpress.com/

Ristinw’s blog is a great one to follow. This blog is all about life and follow every day activities in her life. Check it out!

http://ristinw.wordpress.com

Unfortunately Marina Chetner already received this blog, but it’s still a great blog. Don’t miss it…

http://marinachetner.com/

Renslittleworld is a truly great blog with travel pictures. The pictures are subtle but yet full of life. Don’t miss it!

http://renslittleworld.wordpress.com/

Dive like a dolphin with this “flyboard”

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Ever wished that you could feel like a dolphin? Just cruising around in those waves, jumping up and down. Well this must be the closest thing so far.

It looks like something taken out of last Spiderman movie, this crazy and amazing gadget Flyboard Zapata. Don’t miss this!

Man in the mirror

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This morning I looked through some pictures from this years summer. A summer that was truly amazing. One pic that I’ve forgot that I took during the summer was this self portrait in the front window of a boat on our way out in Stockholm’s Archipelago.

I had never really looked at this picture so close before but it struck me that it’s  almost like two pictures in one. It’s almost hard to see where the reflection starts and finish, and at the same time there are so sharp edges between those two. Do I sound weird? Maybe a little?!

Also like the look on the women’s faces inside the boat, staring at me with a look on their faces “What the xxxx is he doing?!”.

Hope that you can see a little of those things too. 🙂

Since there are quite a lot of details, the image looks best in full size.

I hope that you’ll have a great 3:rd Advent!

Man in the mirror
© Pedro Hansson - Man in the mirror - Stockholm Archipelago 2011 - Nikon D7000

200 best videos from 2011 in 3 minutes

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Luc Bergeron has put together the best 200 videoclips from Youtube in this 3 minute long amazing video.

if you wan’t to find the original clips from the video you’ll find them here:

List of 200 videos in order here: http://on.fb.me/vxKDJA
Liste des 200 vidéos en ordre ici: http://on.fb.me/vxKDJA

 

Short feelgood movie, just 2:25 long

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I’ve got this movie sent to me from one of my friends on Facebook. I call it a movie even though it’s really really short, 2:25 to be exact.

During the first four days after launch it had 700.000 viewers, and I can understand why, it’s a really great feel good movie.

 

School Portrait (2011) from Michael Berliner on Vimeo.

The 3 symptoms of killing our dreams

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This is the second time I’ll make a post with a reference to Paulo Coelho. The writer that never got The Nobel Prize, but definitely should have got it by now.

The article is from Paulo Coelho’s blog and it’s about how we sometimes just let our dreams vanish instead of keep chasing them.

I hope you find it interesting…

Link to the article

Seaweed in Piteå
(c) Pedro Hansson - Seaweed in Piteå - Nikon D7000

Wishing for snow

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Sweden is experiencing the warmest November, and start of December in 200 years. It has almost been like spring. But today we got our first snow flakes and there is more to come according to the weather people.

A Christmas with Christmas lights towards rain drops isn’t exactly a Christmas so I keep my fingers crossed for a White Christmas.

These pics were taken during a walk yesterday evening, bringing my small Olympus with me.

Hope you had a great start of the week

Karlbergs Castle in Central Stockholm
(c) Pedro Hansson - Karlbergs Castle in Central Stockholm - Olympus XZ-1
Karlbergs Castle in Central Stockholm
(c) Pedro Hansson - Karlbergs Castle in Central Stockholm - Olympus XZ-1

Chuck Norris doesn’t need Twitter…

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Chuck Norris doesn’t need Twitter;
he’s already following you!

for more Chuck Norris,
click “just for fun” in the
left panel

 

Awesome Macro

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This must one of the coolest Macro:s I’ve seen!

Shot taken by shikhei goh

You can almost feel the insect fighting against the rain. Truly awesome picture!

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/u/H6yMi6fUB_1JR964xxG8RxsYArlNNn1lR5PWutchIbrc8X7w3TMDYyd-NIeJatc2Gr0eQv7-09KQ2g/

From National Geographics homepage: (link)

“This photo was taken when I was taking photos of other insects as I normally did during macro photo hunting. i wasnt actually aware of this dragonfly since i was occupied with other objects. When I was about to take picture of it, it suddenly rained but lighting was just superb. I decided to take the shot regardless of the rain which caused my Eos 7D and 100/2.8 L Macro to get wet. The result had caused me to be overjoyed and hope it pleases the viewers.”

I really suggest that you follow this link to check out the rest of the images in this photo contest, and vote for your favorite!

A true Christmas story

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We’re approaching Christmas; a time when most of us will ask ourselves the question “was I a good person this year?”. There will also be a lot of “good” stories, and to be frank I love many of those stories, they aim at keeping us as good as we possibly can.

So, if you heard all the stories of Christmas before, you might know what will happen. With this story you won’t. It’s a true story with all parts of Christmas in it.

Hope you enjoy!

Link to the story

Stockholm 2011 - 12 -02 - Hötorget - iPhonepic
(c) Pedro Hansson - Stockholm 2011 - 12 -02 - Hötorget - iPhonepic