“The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one.”—Spock
What do you do when you want to practice photography and you’ve got no models? You find some around the house. These are silly, but they are me trying out some new settings on my camera. I’m starting to get the crispness I’ve been lacking. What do you think? Do you have a favorite?
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“You can frame a moment. But you can’t frame life.”—Armin Houman
This week my assignment for the 52 photo challenge was to fill the frame with the subject. As I tend to take a lot of macro shots, I wanted to challenge myself to find something different to fill the frame.
As I started out this morning it began to rain, a wonderful surprise, so I decided to take a drive. The tree above and the first seven photos are all from around the Lincoln area and taken from my car. The rest of the photos are from my yard. Let me know which one you think best fits the challenge and if you have a favorite. Hope your week is wonderful!
Also, you may remember last year I was writing a short story a week. It just occurred to me it might be fun to see what story I was writing this exact time last year and include a link with these Monday photos. So, here you go:
52 Photo Challenge
Week 1: Bokeh
Week 2: Silhouette
Week 3: Black and White
Week 4: Motion Blur
Week 5: Texture
Week 6: Framing
Week 7: Leading Lines
Week 8: Negative Space
Week 9: Patterns
Week 10: Symmetry
Week 11: Green
Week 12: Sidelight
Week 13: Sense of Scale
Week 14: One Lens
Week 15: Series
Week 16: Flat Lay
Week 17: Behind the Scenes
Week 18: Water
Week 19: Blurry Foreground
Week 20: Unique Perspective
Week 21: Shadow
Week 22: Food
Week 23: Abstract
Week 24: Reflection
Week 25: Contrast Color
Week 26: Think in Threes
Week 27: Starburst
Week 28: Low Perspective
Week 29: Macro
Week 30: Backlight
Week 31: Big Sky
Week 32: Dominant Color
Once upon a time. Nightbirds
forget their songs. Twig fingers
snap. Sunset shadows stretch beyond
the dense thicket. Princess wakes.
Flowing red hair, starry blue
eyes. Gossamer gown and dianthus
lips. Sneaking outside with thin
cobweb slippers and apple cheeks.
Tenebrous clouds tap dance through
black night sky. Faceless wolvie
packs roam the woods. Burrs
grab delicate skin. She runs.
Gloomy twisty forest. An abandoned
garden bed beneath a Linden
tree. She curls inside orange
pumpkin’s sticky pulpy depths.
Empty dark monster hisses, spits
poisonous lies. Heavy razor-clawed
feet press firmly. Her golden
light slowly dims and fades.
Ravens call. Deers rush. Rabbits
thump. Her heart shoots free
flashing bright across the inky
wide open heavens. Fighting spirit.
Bold as sunflowers, lightning bolt
strong. She’s thick roots burrowed
deep. An ocean wave thundering
along sandy shores. Princess survives.
*Dedicated to my strong girl. Keep fighting. I see you.
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” -Anne of Green Gables
I happen to agree with Anne, there’s something magical about Octobers. While our family is experiencing a bit of a rough patch, we still made time this week to put up our fall decorations and notice the changes in our yard. All the trees are dropping their leaves, my pineapple guava plant is almost ready to harvest, there’s a large mushroom bloom growing along one of the garden boxes and everything feels just a bit more relaxed in the golden light.
For my photos this week, I’ve tried to capture a bit of the feel around our house. I hope you enjoy this selection of images and have a wonderful week.
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”—Vincent Van Gogh
This morning I visited my local plant nursery and spent over an hour wandering the aisles photographing everything that caught my eye. I was pleased to find lots of colorful plants and several buzzing bees. The weather was nice and cool with just a hint of the autumn breeze which will soon become my everyday companion.
I’ve edited the ten best images and hope you find them interesting. May your week contain a little adventure and perhaps a surprise or two.
Photos were taken with an Olympus OM-D and edited with ON1 Photo RAW
Bridgette Tales 