A Word A Week Photograph Challenge – Contrast

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The house kind of stands out from the surroundings, and the sun set makes a great contrast with the buildings. Photos taken at Cape Verde.

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A Word A Week Photograph Challenge – Contrast

A Photo a Week Challenge: From Above

 

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These footsteps and tire tracks have been photographed from above. Ooh, to be on a beach…(sigh, wishful thinking )

More at: A Photo a Week Challenge: From Above

Welcome to Wednesday around the world!!

 

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Still some snow in the yard, hoping to see more of moss than icy snow

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Texture

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Texture

One Word Photo Challenge: Black

 

Trying to find black things I’ve photographed was surprisingly hard, I did not want to do black and white photos, as black was the the color of the challenge. I found black in lots of my photos, as a background, a shadow, but a black object not so readily found. Well here is the result of my search.

Blue Monday

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oh dear… I think spring is upon us.I’m just Loving it,  to see the waters break free from the ice, blue skies, warmer weather. Happy Monday!

Smiling Sally

Reflections – what a difference a color makes

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections II

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The clouds and trees reflecting from the lake from the still slightly covered with ice.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections

Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections

Yesterday afternoon, lovely reflections

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections

Skywatch Friday

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Grey skies, we just had more snow last night, but it is supposed to warm up again this weekend. Hopefully spring will be here to stay this time. Blue skies is so much more appealing than grey skies.

More skies at; Skywatch Friday

Sunday Stills, the next challenge: The Colour Brown

This is the season color,  as after winter everything is brown, the grass, the trees,  even these leaf buds are brown. Logs on the ground – brown is the color – but the shades are so lovely.

Sunday Stills, the next challenge: The Colour Brown

Weekend Reflections # 233

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Merry-Go-Round (Weekend Reflections # 233)

Skywatch – blue skies

THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 was  sunny, windy, with bright blue sky!

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Skywatch Friday – Uncle Sam Edition and

Blue Monday – Feeling Blue

three version of a flower

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Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Found In Nature

 cLick the collage to enlarge the photos!           More at; Cee’s Photography

Welcome to Wednesday around the world!! – I took a walk in the woods!

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Here is southern Finland the spring is very early, like a month ahead. Today it was +9 C and I took a walk in the woods, loved seeing the sun coming between the trees. Beautiful shadows and love  details to see…this does good to the soul.

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MakroTex – Love

I know these do not really qualify as  macro shots- more like close-ups. Topic is love, I thought of wedding rings, a kiss…I chose these photos because one of my cats, Sisko, was run over by a car past winter, and I can clearly see that she is also missed by her brother, Veikka and by us. She was dearly loved.

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Love…

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more at: Makrohaaste 138