Welcome to
Monica Johansson and NatureFootstep.com
I am interested in nature photography and photo art and travels
as much as I can to find new areas to document.
I have many blogs and below you find links to them.

Photo and PhotoArt blogs
NatureFootstep Photography and PhotoArt
Image files:  File 1,    File 2,   File 3,    File 4,   File 5

Bildverkstan - Image workshop
Image files:   Bildverkstan/Image workshop       Creative playroom ART

NatureFootstep World   Image file:  NF World

Birds blogs
NF European birds    Image files:  File 1,  File 2,  File 3
Birds around the world, Honolulu, Norway, Iceland, Japan    Image files: Around the world,   part of Japan birds
Birds in Costa Rica  Image files: Costa Rica
Birds in Morocco  Image files: Morocco
Birds in Queensland, Australia  Image files: File 1    File 2 


Thursday, September 30, 2021

Surrealism

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Wild horses in Yellowstone
Photomanipulation for TAD:s Surrealism theme

Adventure!
Hard to explain this one. I leave it to your fantasy. 

Sea bottom!
Painted a scallop on a A4 paper. So it is stuck together. Added some things I have laying around to create a more interesting ocean view. And took a shot


© NF Photo 210930

Sweden are lifingmost of the Corona restrictions yesterday. People are happy to go dancing and watching football. So, now we only have to wait and see if it works out well or if it creates more disasters. Still, take care everyone. 
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Linking up with the following memes. My thanks to the hosts:
Paint Party Friday   TAD

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Thursday, September 23, 2021

Art this week

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Nike and Venus
Two of my ladies for TAD promt: Sculptures. Photoart! 
Even the rainbow is real. Created by the sun.

Hoopoe
Now the Hoopoe / HĂ€rfĂ„gel is painted with Tempera and acrylics. 
A4 watercolor paper.

Abstract Blues
Painted with Tempera and acrylic on A3 watercolor paper. 
The stripes glued on is made for gardenwork. Worked on paper too. 
😀


That will do for today. It is raining and I have a few things to do today. Some idiot stole my lock to the storage room in the basement. They stole the lock, and someone is apparently moving as my packing boxes are gone. I just don´t understand people!  😠

© NF Photo 210923

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Linking up with the following memes. My thanks to the hosts:
Paint Party Friday     TAD      Mixed media      Blog hop

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Tag Tuesday Book paper

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Using Book paper!
The book paper is from a tourist guide. I will not go to Spain anymore I think so I cut a page in it. 
Yesterday I got the idea of puting the tag on my dried flowers. So, I created an arrangement on a paper plate I used during painting. Just to make use of things. 
😀


© NF Photo 210922

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Tag Tuesday

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Thursday, September 16, 2021

Pop art, nature and fashion

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Pop art for TAD
Watercolor paper A4 stickers, stamps and skeches using some old schablons from when I worked on a design office at Scania heavy trucks!

Nature at work!
A4 watercolor paper adn stickers.


Hat fashion!
Photo work! The doll is mine and I created her outfit a few years ago. The hat is a photo of a Ink cap mushroom I photographed a week ago. You can say it is a "follow up" of a serie I created 4 years ago. 

"Girl in Ink cap skirt"



I made a sketch of the Eurasian hoopoe, hopefully I can paint it untill next week. But my sister is sick, not C, her stomack is not well, so I am on "standby" to help her when needed.

The hoopoe is quite common in central Europe. I have seen it flying but have no photos of it. This schetch was created from a photo online. Strangely it was my sister who indicated the bird. And she is no birder at all but she is visiting my IG. So, I thought I give it a try. 

© NF Photo 210916

Take care everyone!

Linking up with the following memes. My thanks to the hosts:
Paint Party Friday   TAD

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

Some Minimal others not

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Leaf!
Minimalism för TAD this week. My photo altered in PS.

Circles!
This is the next step of a paper art background I made last week. The same as for the image below!
The butterflies are plastic cut outs. 
Tempera and stickers on A4 watercolor paper.

.......Painting!

Coffee Monkey, Thinking
I was pooring coffe on a A4 watercolor paper and named it The path. Then I happend to turn it 90 deg and it was a monkey! So, coffee monkey it is! 
😁

TagTiles!
I made this as a TAG. The leaf is glued to the paper but the tiles are just placed and photographed. Tiles are too heavy to glue on something.  Then created a new background in PS. 
And, used the leaf for Rains promt. The top image! 😁


© NF Photo 210909

Take care everyone! Try to have fun!

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Paint Party Friday     TAD

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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Tile Tag Recycle and re-use

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Tile Tag!

This is kind of heavy. There is a place in the forest where there are a lot of crashed tiles. I brought home some of them to paint on. Now they do their job on a Tag. Unusual and not very useful, but I hope you like it!

😁

© NF Photo 210908

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Tag Tuesday

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Thursday, September 2, 2021

Art the end of August

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Masked!
My version of TAD:s theme this week. Expressionism! Photoart using two of my photos.


The ocean!

This is what came out of the experiment last week. I started with putting Heavy gel medium here and there in the water part to create texture. Then glued some pieces of  lava rock to create rocky islets. Painted with only blue and white tempera color on A4 watercolor paper.


Opposites!
I named this Opposites as, when it dried, I saw water and fire! Waves and flames!
This is Tempera color and glitter on A3 watercolor paper. 


Bird! 
I thought I should try birds a little more so I started with one I thought would be easy. I was wrong. I have a lot to figure out! The original is a card I recieved from my granddaughter who studied in Australia for a year. The card is made as "paper filigram", it is stunning! Not sure what species it is. 




Two images from the past post. 
Volcano hummingbird!
Photowork using two images from my trip to Costa Rica many years ago. 


Look, a butterfly!
An oldie I created many years ago. Photoshop.


© NF Photo 210902

I am done for now. 
Take care everyone!

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Paint Party Friday   Rains TAD

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Volcano hummingbird

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Volcano hummingbird

This is created from two of my images from my visit to Costa Rica in Feb 2011. We were shown a nest and it was not larger then my fist. Really tiny for two parents and three babies. 
Photoshop CS5


For Try it on Tuesday´s theme "Use book pages":
Look, a butterfly!



© NF Photo 110207 Photoart 210901

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Digital Whisper "Hummingbird"       WW     TIOT

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