Saturday Self-Challenge
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Taken for Saturday Self-Challenge ~ Abstract
You aren't suppose to recognise the original subject, however, I was not very successful in that department - at least the EXIF ties in with the time that it was taken!
Saturday Self Challenge - Chocolate
'Give Twirl a whirl'
'A Mars a day helps you rest work and play'
'A finger of fudge is just enough'
Studierenden-Service-Center (SSC) der Universität zu Köln:
Schuster Architekten aus Düsseldorf gewannen den Wettbewerb 2004 und errichteten ein Gebäude mit geschlossenen Kanten zu den Straßen und einer vielfachen Staffelung der Baumassen zum Grüngürtel hin. Eröffnung war nach langen Bauverzögerungen 2013. Ausser den Service-Einrichtungen beherbergt das Gebäude einige Institute.
Take a picture of a permanent architectural detail INSIDE your home (apartment or house).
This is the edge of the alcove in my open plan kitchen/living room. The left hand edge of the green part of the ceiling is level with the patio doors on the other side of the room
Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 23/03/2023 -- Wood
Thought hard about this challenge and most of the woody things with a grain on it here are I think is mostly veneer and not sure if that fits the bill so much . One idea was a Surrey AONB pole with it's distinctive design on the top , but getting to one meant walking on the edge of a very fast road with no footpath and the other one quite is a bit further away at Newlands Corner and time did not permit , an older shot of the pole at Newlands Corner can beseen in the first comment box . Drove past a huge rotting tree stump on it's side by the River Mole in Cobham but again time and lack of anywhere nearby to park put paid to that one! However , Stoker did say it could be burl or so , well this shot is a small part of the twisted hazel in the garden and while there is no grain visible or a burl , there are no end of curly twisted branches and a lump distorted trunk of sorts . Come the summer , the leaves will cover all the interesting parts of the tree .
I am hoping this will pass muster for for Saturday Self Challenge - if not give me a shout and I will take it down ---
In the meantime here is a bit of Wooden Music ( not wooden music like when Neil Young when he plays acoustic ) ------------
Ich habe ein Foto von letzten Herbst aus dem Freilichtmuseum ausgewählt und mit Analog Efex bearbeitet.
If you're tired of seeing photos of me online, then you can go to page 078 of this month's Wired magazine. It's the one with a former jailbird on the cover.
For Saturday Self Challenge--- The challenge for this week is Rust. Whatever has rust on it can be your subject. Keep processing to a minimum so that we can see the rust in all its glory . This is basically SOOC with a touch of sharpening & slight warmth added in Picmonkey
Sorry I haven't been commenting much the last couple of weeks as my husband has been in hospital again. New medication & change of diet have us almost back on an even keel as they say. I'm thankful the stress has eased for both of us!
Taken for Saturday Self Challenge 19/03/2022 - Decorative .
First thought for this was the upper window in a big posh house , however , Jan did mention railways and they are always good for some embellishment on the older architecture . Here on this station the pillar supports to the station canopy are functional but on the load spreading supports at the top are quite decorative . I first tried a compressed view on platform two but not happy as I clipped the top a bit too tight plus a gutter got in the way from whichever end I took the shot . Platform one one the other hand presented a clear shot of the whole line of pillars with their elaborate top sections .
Also in shot is a passenger waiting on a seat , not sure about how he looks , but then this is the London platform - not a place to look forward to visiting as far as I am concerned .
A sight and sound to calm things down -----
Did tell Val I wouldn't submit this week, but overcame my objections when I snapped this lot at the corner shop.
MY THANKS TO ALL WHO VISIT AND COMMENT IT IS APPRECIATED
Yup , it is all unhinged here looking at doors , gates , laptops and even gizmos to hold an embroidery hoop plus in fact not forgetting the little door on the camera to get at the SD card !! If it opens on a hinge , it has been considered for this weeks SSC hinges week . There is even the laptop that we know has a hinge to open up the screen and keyboard but it is not so visible , although , the page open is the brief for Jan's Challenge !!
Oh , in case you ask , the background was taken at the same time I was hunting hinges when a flock of murmurating pigeons did a bit of an airshow !!
Eltz Castle
I love this place near my hometown. It is a beautiful castle which has never been destroyed.
This week in SSC: Using Autumn (or spring) as the theme create a card to commemorate SSC's One Year Anniversary!
It's hard to believe it's been a year already. So many good challenges done and so many more to come. Here's to another fun year. Thanks to all of our members for being a part of SSC! :)
...and for Sight and Sound:
Little River Band from their "Diamantina Cocktail" album (1976)
Live: Happy Anniversary
Album: Happy Anniversary
Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 11/04/2020 - Easter or Spring .
Well I have done an Easter challenge in the past , so this time I am doing the Spring capture . And Cherry blossom is a sure sign of spring , this is a Prunus " something " growing in our garden and looking rather lovely at this time of year . As a tree though it is not the most elegant with branches going this way and that making it look more of a rambling bush . However , it does blossom well and the birds are always stopping off for a perch on the branches .
For a tune how about an oldie I heard again the other day on Planet Rock ? I did have this back in the day on cassette - by the Groundhogs and Cherry Red - even if the blossom is pink !!
A walkway at the Eden Project in Cornwall gave me the opportunity to capture the shadows of my family. I thought it had a certain film noir quality, but I may be wrong..
Saturday challenge - Summertime collage
From my photos in the neighbourhood, New South Wales, Australia.
I´ve made a box for my friends birthday for her sewing patterns. I used old patterns from the 1950s and some french magazines from the 1930s which I´ve bought on the Portobello Road Market in London some years ago.
I hope she will like it.
Thrust SSC at Coventry Transport Museum. On 15 October 1997 this car hit 763 mph and in so doing not only broke the land speed record, but also became the first land based vehicle to break the sound barrier.
Haven't got out much lately so took the opportunity to revisit some old shots. This one one I took back in January, whilst on a sunrise shoot with Flickr friends Andrew, Rob and Sally
Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge -13/06/2020 -- Frame filling bright & bold colours .
Well for my shot I raided my wife's stack of balls of wool - or should I say Yarn , but that will only open up a fierce debate on is wool yarn and vice versa and what about all the other fibres that are used like acrylic !! However , I am no knitter ( or as I say knotter cos that to me is what knitting is ! ) .
Trust this little stack is colourful enough to brighten up a day !!
Well for Sight & Sound we will assume it is balls of wool - and wool comes from Sheep . So a track called Sheep and a rock song that refers in part to Psalm 23 .
Saturday self challenge this week was Harmony. I have these two climbers growing outside my front door and felt they fit the brief. I particularly like the symmetry of the bricks and trellising and the purple clematis and yellow black-eyed Susan go well together being on opposite sides of the colour wheel.