We make patterns, we share moments.”

― Jenny Downham

At Bentley Wood, Hampshire

"Mother Nature's Abstracts"

I am incredibly drawn to patterns in our earth. These shots were all captured from a cliffside above, not a drone. The blue hues are all natural due to the blue-grey marine shales. It is more apparent under diffused light. Somewhere in Utah...

That's the pattern for this Enjoy!

The shadow of a small bottle - it makes a neat pattern.

Bangkok, Thailand

This is a photo of patterns in the river current reflecting overhead tree branches.

This is Wain Wath Force and using a Lee Big stopper to capture what nature does best.

Pattern

Carpet pattern with some edits in Aviary. Taken with my iPad Mini. Ruminating on the dastardly events in Brussels today.

Day 82 of my 366 Project.

This is a close-up photo of patterns in the sand in a stream at Clam Harbour Beach. There are a few pareidolia portraits present in the patterns.

Milano Fondazione Feltrinelli

pattern ... geometry ...

in my BlackandWhite Series # 3 .... Pic # 88...

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A dustbin with an interesting shadow cast.

Shell Pattern

Sidewalk pattern in the Chinese Garden of the Huntington Botanical gardens in San Marino, California

There are many things to see but sometimes the nicest things are the most basic. Simple rhythmic patterns and prints made by little creatures.

Lines, lines, lines...

This peeling stucco wall reminds me of a foot with a missing toe. In downtown Anniston, Alabama

miniduintje in de zandverstuiving van de Loonse en Drunense duinen / A small dune at sand drift Loonse and drunense Duinen. Feels like a beach without sea

Pattern published in Fall 07 Knitty.

Woodins are mysterious apparitions that inhabit fallen trees in the tickets of Central Park. Spotting them requires light footsteps and plenty of acorns to coax them out of hiding.

Photo by Makiko Sasanuma.

I definitely bought the drone a few years ago for more than just railfanning (although I certainly have used it quite a bit that way). But I've always found the different patterns of the landscape around us to be fascinating, and it's part of what I enjoy capturing through photographs. It seems that so many of the world's interesting patterns get even more interesting when viewed from perspectives we don't normally experience. Through the drone lens' view, I get to see things from a fresh angle.

Yesterday while out and about shooting sunrise over the Mississippi River Valley (and coincidentally the CN local - see my previous posting), I came across what at least I find to be a fascinating example of what I mean. This view from just under 400' in the air looks down on the east end of the main spans of the Julien Dubuque Bridge, a 1943 trussed arch bridge carrying U.S. 20 between Dubuque Iowa and East Dubuque, Illinois that is a local landmark. The warm temperatures of the last week are starting to melt the ice of the Mississippi in spots, and the opening of a hole here near the bridge created quite the range of textures. The waters of the "big muddy" really were that dark, as with the low sun angle (about 40 minutes after sunrise) and most of the river still covered in ice, not much light was reaching the murky depths.

Jame Mosque of Qazvin (Persian: مسجد جامع عتيق قزوین‎ – Masjid-e-Jameh Atiq Qazvin) is one of the oldest mosques in Iran, and is the grand, congregational mosque (Jameh Mosque) of Qazvin, in Qazvin Province, Iran. (Text: Wikipedia - CC BY-SA)

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on bamboo from the garden

captured in spring 2018 on the observation platform of the big pagoda in eling park, chongqing.

I love subjects with a rhythm or flow to them. This is just a small collection of patterns I have discovered along the way.

I love looking for lines and patterns in the street, they intrigue me, can't resist them.

another top from a japanese pattern book (stylish dress book: vol. 1).

this is nice cotton gauze-y fabric, prone to wrinkle (in the best way). i added the pockets with gathers & chose mismatched white buttons. each with four holes. yellow thread makes x's holding them on.

i like this one.

(chances are i'm wearing it right now.)