2024 POST

LAST CHANCE  

DEC 21, 2024

The Photo Challenge topic is Last Chance. The Last Chance to selection a few photos taken in 2024 that have not been shown. 

WINTER

DEC 15, 2024

“There’s just something beautiful about walking in snow that nobody else has walked on. It makes you believe you’re special”. – Carol Rifka Brunt

FIVE ELEMENTS

DEC 7, 2024

We are challenged to explore the Five Elements of Wuxing that create the world around us: Wood, Fire, Earth Metal and Water. This is from a Chinese Theory. 

DETAILS

NOV 16, 2024

“To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly on the smallest detail.” – Giorgio Armani

SILENCE

NOV 8, 2024

“Silence is a natural resource we don’t often think about because it is an absence, rather than a presence.”

“Intentional Camara Movement so much more than a Blurry Photo.” – Charlotte Bellamy

LOOKING BACK

OCT 19, 2024

“Travelling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

DESTINATION: FUN

SEP 21, 2024

“Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” – Bob Marley

COMMON OBJECTS

SEP 14, 2024

“The extent to which we take everyday objects for granted is the precise extent to which they govern and inform our lives.” – Margaret Visser

SHORE

LINES

SEP 9, 2024

“My life is like a stroll upon the beach, as near the ocean’s edge as I can go.” – Henry David Thoreau   Where do I find peace and relaxation? At the shoreline 

COOL COLORS

AUG 31, 2024

“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” – Wasslly Kandinsky

SENSE OF SCALE

AUG 23. 2024

A sense of scale is achieved by showing the size of one subject in relation to the size of another. 

WHAT’S IN A GARDEN

AUG 17, 2025

“To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul”. – Alfred Austin

ZIGZAG PICTURES

AUG 7, 2024

Zigzag lines seen in nature, ocean waves,  butterfly wings, water reflections, Atlantic coastline and a slab of marble. 

TWO RETANGLES

JUN 29, 2024

By two rectangles, I mean you have two dominant rectangular areas in an image.

CONNECTIONS

JUN 15, 2024

“Connections we make to people, places, things, and ideas, are what give purpose and meaning to our lives.” – Donna

Exploring Artificial Intelligence techniques found in various software programs such as Adobe PhotoShop and others. 

DELICATE

MAY 25, 2025

Some creatures or animals in nature that appear fragile and delicate. A few look that way even though they are strong,

TO BE YOUNG AGAIN

MAY 10, 2024

Pictures taken during summer months that included fun, water and children. 

ABSTRACTS

APR 27, 2024

“Abstract art was the equivalent of poetic expression; I didn’t need to use words, but colors and lines…” –Etel Adnan

ROCKS

APR 20, 2024

“The most beautiful stones have been tossed by the wind, washed by the water and polished to brilliance” –unknown

WATER IN MOTION 

APR 6, 2024

Several beautiful forms of motion created by moving water.

CIRCULAR WONDERS

MAR 15, 2024

“The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals.” – John Hartford

“The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?” – Edward Weston

WINDOW SHOPPING

MAR 3, 2024

“Window shopping is a dance between temptation and self-restraint” – unknown  Different scenes of window displays that attract attention.

SOUND

FEB 23, 2024

Sources of sound can be divided into two types: geophony or natural and man-made.

WEATHER

FEB 16, 2024

“The weather” almost always seems to come up in general conversations!

WARM COLORS

FEB 6, 2024

“Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling.” – Don McCullin   Warm colors tend to stand out and draw attention.

“Sitting under a tree in a park in the summer, listening to birds…while reading a good book is priceless. “ Charmaine J. Forde

DRAMATIC

JAN 20, 2024

 Anything that evokes strong emotions in the viewer and gets the imagination going.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2023

JAN 12, 2024

“Photography is a love affair with life.” –Burk Uzzle    Favorite pictures