One Life" Challenge.

Look to the sky

Don't ever let it pass you by

You've got to live it while you can

We only get one life

Made for the Award Tree challenge ~ Red and Blue ~

The challenge is on to capture the fallen autumn leaves now that they have fallen down from the trees. There can be some pretty mosaics.

Your biggest challenge isn't someone else. Its the ache in your lugs and the burining on your legs and the voice inside that yells you "can't" but you don't listen. You just push harder. And then you hear the voice whispers "can". And you discover the person you though you were, is no match for the one you really are.

Credits: OMGthatdress

My brief for this challenge was: Train Station, Billboard, Possibly a Cinema, and ‘Rainman’ Escaping.

Still no cinema but I got the train station, billboard and Rainman escaping the ‘Bounty Hunters’. This image fits the brief better than the first attempt to fulfil the challenge….! (Latest Challenge).

PATTERN

Some weeks ago I rendted myself a perfect little spot on It All Starts With A Smile

8 different houses, fully decorated but all perfect in their own league.

Not only a perfect place to live but also a great place to visit, to hang out with friends and take pictures.

For more information visit It All Starts With A Smile website

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For me, being a Second Life blogger I need to challange myself all the time.

How to avoid bloggers blocks, stay inspired and keep the creative juices flowing.

I made a new challenge for myself called #Smile☺Challenge.

Challenge rules are :

Pictures taken on the It All Starts With A Smile sim.

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Showing me doing something that makes me smile.

So what better activity then blowing bubbles to start this challenge with.

You are always free to join me.

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Challenge

Creativity takes courage

Henri Matisse

HMAM 😊😊😍

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I found some light mesh in the garden for this week's theme, the challenge then was how to light it. The t light candle came to mind and I used a reflector to send a little light onto the mesh.

Created for the Vivid Imagination challenge ~ Checkerboards ~

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Our Daily Challenge ~ Showcase a Favourite Thing

This is my favourite tulip out of all the ones I planted last Autumn.

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A little shoreline bokeh dedicated to Phan Ly for a great testimonial she wrote me - thanks and HBW!

Pray for Me Guys! I'm not a big spicy foods fan but I am putting myself up for the Spicy Noodle Challenge! I've got milk, I've got water, and in the freezer I've got some ice cream to combat the heat. Wish Me Luck!

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Challenge #192: Clouds, Fog & Beyond

A few weeks back our camera club had an outing to Canary Wharf in east London to photograph a 'winter lights' display, a selection of light displays scattered around Canary Wharf (some of them very good) that got underway once it got dark.

The meet up was at 5:30 pm but I decided to make my way there beforehand and so arrived in the early afternoon for what I hoped would be some long exposure photography. That didn't really turn out too well to be honest but I am forever the architectural enthusiast and so I set about shooting some of the architecture around the estate with a wide angle lens.

One of the compositions I saw in my mind's eye almost immediately was this one with all the vertical shapes in the frame. And for once, in a winter that has been as dull and gloomy as I can remember here in the UK, for once it was sunny and gloriously bright. The whole world seems lit up when the sun shines, our moods become more open and people linger in sunny spaces where otherwise they would slink back to their offices and places of work. It was just lovely to be out with a camera.

This was not a long exposure as you can probably see but the water was still and the reflections on it were clear. It's March as of tomorrow and I'm really starting to imagine we'll soon be getting more of this kind of weather... please!

Dor Walker, here's my version... adjusted various tones & hues plus the little puddle. Tried to add some punch to it but don't know if I succeded.

Thanks for the challenge!

Working on Product Photography and find it a real challenge

A Roseate Spoonbill runs up from the water at the approach of a challenger, ready to see who is strongest.

HEHEHEHEH - always good to see where we started and where we are now. 10 years ago, and this isn't what I looked like when I started here in SL that's even a bigger difference.

52 in 2023 Challenge #23 Hard

Sometimes it can be a challenge to choose the proper tool. Will it be metric or SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers, which would be the imperial measurement system)? Does the situation require a deep well (tall), or the shorter, shallow socket? What type socket: 8 point for square heads or 12 point for hex heads? Maybe a 6 point, to minimize the chance of rounding off a rusty hex head? Then consider the driver, a ratchet or perhaps a breaker bar for more leverage? Will the drive system be 1/4 inch for small fine work or 3/8 inch, 1/2 inch: or maybe 3/4 or 1 inch drive for heavy equipment? Do I need an extension to get into a tight obscure spot?

This picture only shows my 3/8 inch and 1/2 inch drive sockets The 3/4 inch and 1/4 inch drive sets are in their own steel boxes.

52 in 2025 Challenge #44 sunrise or sunset

Wakering Photography Group Rust Challenge.

These items were at the Battlesbridge Antiques and Reclamation Centre.

These garden Ornamental Obelisk are also made on site by the company (anyoldfrenchiron.com) I was quite impressed with this one.

When it comes to my pictures, I like to talk about challenges. Often, it's not about getting the best photos, but about the challenges in a particular situation.

In an old building that may be over 100 years old, such a window situation is unusual and only occurs in this room in the museum building. Of course, a tripod is not allowed.

So I tried to expose the outside and inside of the room in backlight, as close as possible to the exact same position.

Wide-angle lenses have their problems when orthogonal lines are distributed throughout the room because they distort in a cushion-shaped and barrel-shaped manner, and if you're unlucky, both at the same time (moustache type), and so a room where windows, corners, ceilings, and works of art form a grid makes the optical errors obvious.

This meant that I had to superimpose the exterior image over the interior image, and of course there were deviations, so I not only had to correct the distortion but also, quite often, correct parts of the image.

However, I found this “Petersburg hanging” of Münster Cathedral so interesting that I really wanted to show you the situation with a work of art by Albers, a work of art probably by Serra, and a black picture by an artist I don't know.

Deutsch

Ich spreche bei meinen Bildern gerne von Herausforderungen. Oft geht es mir gar nicht um die besten Fotos, sondern um die Herausforderungen in einer bestimmten Situation.

In einem alten Gebäude, das über 100 Jahre alt sein kann, ist eine solche Fenstersituation ungewöhnlich und kommt im Museumsgebäude nur in diesem Raum vor.

Ein Stativ ist natürlich nicht erlaubt. Also versuchte ich im Gegenlicht eine Belichtung des Außenraumes und eine Belichtung des Innenraumes, möglichst in der absolut gleichen Position.

Weitwinkel haben ihre Probleme, wenn über den ganzen Raum orthogonale Linien verteilt sind, weil sie kissenförmig oder tonnenförmig verzerren, wenn man Pech hat, beides gleichzeitig (Moustache-Type), und so ein Raum wo Fenster, Ecken, Decken und Kunstwerke ein Raster ergeben, macht die optischen Fehler deutlich.

Bedeutet, ich musste das Außenbild über das Innenbild bringen und natürlich gab es Abweichungen, und musste nicht nur entzerren sondern ganz oft einzelne Bildteile entzerren.

Jedoch fand ich diese "Petersburger Hängung" des Münsteraner Doms so interessant, dass ich euch die Situation unbedingt zeigen wollte mit einem Kunstwerk von Albers, einem Kunstwerk von wahrscheinlich Serra und einem schwarzen Bild, von dem ich nicht den Künstler kenne.

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Greater one-horned Rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis). Male

Chitwan National Park. Nepal

Wild stallion known as Jake challenges another stallion who decided to not take the challenge.

Colorado wild Horses

Estoril Test Day - March 2025

Team: Protech Motorsport

Car: Ferrari 430 Challenge

Instead of golf there are now proper ski tracks made across the golf course.

for Saturday Self-Challenge theme seasonal.

Weekly Theme Challenge ~ Household Objects

Stay safe and well everyone.

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Shot for Our Daily Challenge ”What’s The Catch?”

52 in 2021 challenge #40 Discarded

Estoril GEDLICH Racing GmbH - Race Test July 2023.

Ferrari 488 Challenge

52 in 2017 challenge - #44 round

52 in 2021 Challenge #2 Outside my window

Our Daily Challenge ~ The Inside

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I composed this image in response to a self-imposed photography challenge: create an interesting image of a door, or doors. In accomplishing this, I sought to construct a photograph that was open (pardon the pun) to interpretation.