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This week's theme is Forced Perspective. I must admit I've struggled with this one as the ideas I was coming up with mostly required the help of someone else or a magic wand! I thought about trying to photoshop it but thought that that was not in the spirit of the challenge.
Here we have two coins of different value and size the smaller one is in front of the larger one but hopefully looks bigger than it. I have included a small pic of them side by side so that you can see the difference. Cropped and played with the colours in the original.
Our perspective not only determines what we see but how we feel. Elevating our perspective can also elevate our feelings.
Circumstances can feel overwhelming at times. Days can truly be hard. Suffering is a reality for many of us. Grief comes in waves and some of those waves knock us down. Some days or even months, we feel beat up and knocked down. It can feel hard to get back up. What if I fall again? It may feel impossible to keep going. I know many who have felt this way and myself included. Living with a chronic disease, this can far too often become my mental state if I lose perspective of what is true. Take heart, for there is light at the end of the tunnel. There is still hope. For victory is ours even though many days we feel as if we are losing. We stand in the victory of the conquering Lion! One day, our mourning will be turned into dancing and our sorrow to joy!
Sometimes I wish I could be like Alice in Wonderland, and shrink or grow to amazing proportions. It would certainly make "seeing" certain images easier. Until then though, you may find me from time to time on my knees in the moss, crouched over a Hasselblad that's nestled in a bed of springy green, waiting for the moment to be just right.
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a war memorial site in France dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War. It also serves as the place of commemoration for Canadian soldiers of the First World War killed or presumed dead in France who have no known grave. The 30 metre monument is the centrepiece of a 100-hectare (250-acre) preserved battlefield park that encompasses a portion of the ground over which the Canadian Corps made their assault during the initial Battle of Vimy Ridge offensive of the Battle of Arras.
The Battle of Vimy Ridge was the first time all four divisions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force participated in a battle as a cohesive formation, and it became a Canadian national symbol of achievement and sacrifice. France ceded to Canada perpetual use of a portion of land on Vimy Ridge on the understanding that Canada use the land to establish a battlefield park and memorial. Wartime tunnels, trenches, craters, and unexploded munitions still honeycomb the grounds of the site, which remains largely closed off for reasons of public safety. Along with preserved trench lines, several other memorials and cemeteries are contained within the park.
Shadows rise at sunset in the red rock foothills of the La Sal mountains near Moab, Utah. A vehicle with headlights in the middle of the frame gives a bit of perspective.
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Though outwardly a gloomy shroud,
The inner half of every cloud
Is bright and shining:
I therefore turn my clouds about
And always wear them inside out
To show the lining.
- Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler
As the sun goes down in Corpus Christi, Texas, the waves in the Gulf of Mexico gently caress the overgrown walkway.
I pass through this alley daily, and I like the little bit of urban grunge and the pedestrian on the other side of the street! The snow is melting, but more is on the way, and I trust that warm weather will arrive eventually!
Laguna Beach, CA
We don't normally see clouds in the skies during the summer months.... but this past Friday and Saturday the sky was lighting up the clouds.
This is a construction site, top-of-hill Yerba Buena Island, shot at 500mm. I'm about a mile away. I love the perspective the electrical poles and construction equipment provide.
Two images, one image exposed for bridge and sky, the other exposed for the construction site (bottom half), manually blended with layer masks.
Thanks for looking.
- Everything in life is a matter of perspective ......
- Todo en la vida...., es cuestión de perspectiva....
El edificio está quieto. Es uno quien tiene que buscar nuevas perspectivas para observarlo. - The building does not move. It is you who has to look for new perspectives to observe it.
After 20 years absence I finally found enough time or maybe rather took myself the time to take pictures again. Before there was always the job or family. But something was missing. A way to discover the world in a bit different way and to share this with my family and friends back home, so I went to the store, picked up a camera and went for a long night walk. This was in June this year and I have been enjoying photographing ever since. This picture is from my first walk trying out my "new toy". There is still so much to learn but I am really enjoying this walk.