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In a bid to catch up I'm hitting weeks 13 (feathers) and 14 (reflections) of the 52 week challenge with an archive shot. There are green shoots in my garden and yesterday I saw my first bluebird of the season - Spring!
15:52 Comfort Zone
Despite not having to contend with the elements, I find still lifes incredibly difficult. I take my hat off to those that excel at this genre of photography.
(This image was the best I could do after TWO days of trying ... the flowers died before I could get something I was totally happy with!! I'm so far out of my comfort zone with this style of photography).
11/52: The weekly challenge - Shadows – The opposite of light is dark, the absence of light is shadow. Interpret this however you like.
Also # 34 in my 100 x challenge - photos from my travels
Taken in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens in the early evening light.
26:52 - Go into your archive and find an orphaned photo as an inspiration for a new photo – have it feed your consciousness, to inspire a newer – and better – version.
Last summer, I went into a small church in Fort Langley to photograph it but the light was low and I didn't get any good photos. Yesterday, armed with my new Canon 6D and Sigma 50mm f1.4, I went to the church again and this time the low light, shining through the stained glass windows, didn't matter at all. I am very thankful for my new toys...and for many other things too, of course.
I've spent the past three days trying to figure out the new camera, how to shoot full frame and RAW. And all the buttons are in different places than my Sony. It will still take me awhile...and I'm not giving up my Sony....they will make a lovely couple:)
33/52: The weekly challenge - Nature up close – This one is a macro.
This is a balloon flower, it's new to our garden this year, each year I like to introduce some new flowers to the garden...always handy for a photo prop :) I know I should leave them on the plant to take the photo but this is so much easier than laying on damp grass and struggling to get up as well as battling with the breeze. I'm still trying to catch up with challenges and with commenting so have stayed in my comfort zone...it's still nature, right? ;)
76/365: Well, you have to make the most of a prop...don't you? I certainly intend to make the most of these dying tulips so I'm pretty sure you will be seeing more of them.
12/52: The weekly challenge - Vintage - Shoot something that could look like it's old, and in post processing, edit it to make it look vintage. The bottles are vintage so I hope that's not cheating...I used an edit to make the whole thing look vintage.
Ooops, I may have posted this to the group a little early...most unlike me but I hope you lovely ladies don't mind...I'm sure I'll be back to being behind with everything soon! ;)
Tulip album: www.flickr.com/photos/28992287@N03/albums/72157665899084647/
in retrospect, I should have taken multiple exposures to avoid the blown out sky
Landscape: Black and White - Look for a scene with great contrast that will make a great black and white.
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Technical: Ten Shots - Shoot 10 shots of the same subject. Each shot should be from a different angle, distance, and focal length. Share your favorite image from the set.
26/52: The weekly challenge- Technology
This clock is in The Bay Centre, formerly the Victoria Eaton Centre as inscribed on the clock.
8:52 Beating the February blahs...
We don't really suffer from the February blahs here. Well unless we are struggling with a long hot summer ... and when that happens we head to the beach :)
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18/52:The 52 week challenge - Broken
This violin was my other naughty purchase yesterday. One of the strings is broken so I thought it would be perfect for this theme. I set up and took the shot with my macro lens and then noticed how dusty it was so I put a film filter over it to disguise the dust.
35/52: The 52 week challenge - Patterns – Get inspired by the rhythms that patterns bring to your images.
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#82 in my 100 x challenge - Monochrome
45/52: The weekly challenge - Delicate
This clematis is by my front door and the flowers and buds look really delicate so I changed my mind on what I was originally going to use for the theme.
HMBT
20:52 Shot from above
...and finally I actually am on top of things, well challenges at least :))
Inspired by Kim Klassen
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21/30 - April 2018: A month in 30 pictures
#26 in my 100 x challenge - monochrome
17/52: The weekly challenge - In my back yard
I was at work today, having been persuaded to go back for a couple of days this week, when I got home I was tired and had no idea what to take a photo of. So I took my macro lens into the garden, it was too windy to get a shot of a plant but we had just had a rain shower and there were drops on the barbecue cover. I made a few adjustments and changed the colour in PS.
Also for Sliders Sunday HSS
27:52 Go into your archives, find an orphaned photo, and use it as a inspiration to make a better image.
Though Stelios cooperated marvellously for his boudoir shoot I wasn't happy with the results. I do like this film noir version though.
24:52 Collaboration
All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.
~ Eckhart Tolle
The exceptionally talented rockinmonique provided this beautifully calming image for me to work with for our 52 week challenge collaboration theme. Hope you like it, Monique!
22/52: The 52 week challenge - Rows of things.
I took two photos for this theme, the other was a high key, minimal image of three pen nibs in a row. My husband chose this one. I may well post the other one too as he usually chooses the wrong one! ;) This is my latest knitting project, a cushion cover. I only took up knitting last year (I'm a late starter) but I love it and like to have a project or two on the go.
I've given this a film filter and a bit of a fade as I thought it might give it a bit of added interest.
I am still really behind with viewing and commenting but attempting to slowly catch up.
16:52 favourite lens
2 shot panorama with the 600mm - handheld of course, lol. I chopped off the top of the highest peak and all of the lake.
52/52: The 52 week challenge - We once saw a mural in Maidstone that said “What you see depends on where you stand”. Use this as your inspiration
I took this a few weeks ago when we visited Ashridge Estate in Hertfordshire but didn't want to post out of sequence.
I have some catching up to do with commenting and will try to catch up in the next few days.
Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge, SC
Portrait: Silhouette - Expose for the background and let your subject fall into shadow. Shape is important this week.
week 37
Dogwood 52 week photography challenge
dogwood.photography/52weekchallenge.html
despite wearing no clothes, the great blue heron always manages to look very fashionable =)
4:52 tack sharp
For this theme unposted images from last year’s Florida trip immediately came to mind. We visited the alligator farm to see the rookery hundreds of breeding birds had created there, and I grabbed some shots of the maelstrom that followed alligator feeding time. Breaking my rule of not posting captive animals for this one. Oh and I’d have needed a faster shutter speed than 1/400 to actually get it tack sharp!
196/366: 2016
28/52: The 52 week challenge - Photograph something you’ve been looking at or walking past for a long time, but which you’ve never photographed before.
I have been walking past and wanting to photograph this car for a long time but worry that the owner will come out and ask me what I am doing. Today, because I needed to get a photo for the challenge, I took the bull by the horns and took a couple of shots.
Our internet has been very slow today, hope it's running okay now so I can leave some comments, if not I will catch up as soon as I can.
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25/52: The weekly challenge - Animal
A quick shot of Bruno, who refused to look at the camera but I wanted to get this challenge done and get on with the packing. We are off to Canada early tomorrow morning and I'm not sure how good the internet access will be...or when I'll have time to post. I will try to keep up with challenges and not fall too far behind though.
It will be virtually impossible to keep up with comments over the next few weeks so as much as I always appreciate your comments please don't feel the need to comment on my photos.
29/52: The 52 week challenge - Collaboration – It doesn’t matter what you shoot – anything you like. You will send your unedited image to another person in the group to do the processing.
This beautiful macro flower was sent to me, to edit, by photographer extraordinaire Tracey.
www.flickr.com/photos/22269025@N07/
It was a beautiful image and I wasn't sure what to do so I thought I would get right out of my comfort zone and add a couple of my own textures to it. I would really have liked to erase the textures from the petals but couldn't remember how to so maybe I'll come back to do that when I have a bit more time. I hope you like this Tracey.
Here is a link to the original unedited version:
www.flickr.com/photos/28992287@N03/36084996956/in/datepos...
1:52 focus is overrated
I took this last year for another theme and forgot to post it:
33:52 (2018] Every day item: Turn something that you would normally walk right by into a work of art
2:52 Mono
First time I've ever photographed Calgary's skyline. I'd like another go at this when it's not -20. Prince's Island Park is in front of downtown, donated to the city by the Prince family - it's an island in the Bow River where the annual Folk Fest is held. Far right are the Rockies. We hoped for a spectacular sunset that never came.
Week 2 in the 52 week challenge - Duplicates – two of whatever you like in whatever way you choose.
2/100: The 100 x challenge using the January theme of minimalism.
A couple of dried hydrangea flowers from my collection of 'just in cases' props.
I'm sorry for the lack of comments, I am not going to be around much over the next two or three months. I will stop by when I can to post for challenges and will try to leave a comment (probably limited to one word) and or hit the fave button...not something I am fond of doing without a comment but I hope you will be understanding for a while. I am missing the 365 and my daily Flickr fix! I do appreciate your continued support and encouragement but equally don't expect comments when I can't reciprocate much.
#6 - October 2017: A month in 31 pictures
40/52: The weekly challenge - Still Life – Set up and design your own image…inside or outside.
The book is one of my charity shop finds, I love collecting old books...among other things.
Posting early today as we are going away for the weekend. Will catch up with posting and commenting when back. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
Portrait: Child - Candid or posed, capture an image of a child. Try getting down on their level for a unique perspective.
#12 October 2017: A month in 31 pictures
41/52: The weekly challenge - Found and foraged – You can go out looking for something to photograph, or it can be something you have already found. Use your imagination…
The cones and seeds I found last year and kept as 'just in cases' photo props, the sweet chestnuts were foraged last weekend in Norfolk. I was sorting through trying to find the best ones and Bruno, helping me, obviously thought they were tennis balls and kept trying to pick them up! I think a book and a bit of lace makes anything look better.
I will be away for a few days, will try to get a pic taken and posted in the morning but otherwise will have to post a few and catch up when back. Thank you all so much for your continued support while I am being a very bad Flickrite!
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9/52: The weekly challenge - Shapes
I've used these cookie cutters before but decided to use them again...they are pink but I changed the colour to blue in honour of my darling new grandson who of course I am totally, utterly and wholeheartedly in love with! Haha, I know, you'd think no one had ever had a grandchild before and I am probably boring you already!
20/52: The 52 week challenge - Sparkle! – Shoot what inspires you this week, just make sure it sparkles.
Another high key image...I am so predictable but in a rush so sticking to my safety zone...and my much used craft stash.
I won't be around much for the next week or so...once again I apologise for the lack of commenting. It's been a manic year and will continue to be for the next few months. I will stop by when I can.
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18/365 - April 2018: A month in 30 pictures
16/52: The weekly challenge - Imperfect
Maybe more dying than imperfect but the processing is imperfect but I didn't really have time to mess around too much. I added a couple of textures and erased some of the script from one of the textures (over the tulips) and, on closer inspection, didn't make as good a job as I thought I had...a job for another day.
I'm pretty sure you are all fed up with tulip photos by now so will be pleased to know this could be the last one...for now ;)
Tulip album: www.flickr.com/photos/28992287@N03/albums/72157665899084647/
Sea Pines Forest Preserve, Hilton Head Island, SC
Artistic: Sparkle! - Shoot what inspires you this week, just make sure it sparkles.
45:52 Delicate
The cat is the animal to whom the Creator gave the biggest eye, the softest fur, the most supremely delicate nostrils, a mobile ear, an unrivalled paw and a curved claw belonging to the rose-tree ~Colette
6:52 Historical
Dan’s Dad had kept this VE Day medal all the children in the neighbourhood received from their local Fire Station. Too lazy to use a tripod I shone a lamp into my cabinet of curiosities where we keep other historical bits and pieces - those are some old salt shakers in the background.
mockingbird wasn't happy with where the heron was perched, kept chirping and flying by, to no avail
Landscape: Simplify - Simplify the scene to make your primary subject stand out.
18:52 Broken
I found a pile of broken branches on the neighbours nature strip and took one with the intention of using it for this theme. And today I was airing out the picnic basket in the sunshine and thought they might work together.
I'm slowing catching up :))