Weekly Photo Challenge

This weeks subject is suggested by Wingsofdesire

 The subject is Abundance 
The dictionary definition: Abundance is wealth or prosperity.  
My definition is: Abundance is Enough.

If you have:

Food to Eat,

Clean Liquids to Drink,

Some time to relax

 

and Play a little,

If you can sleep comfortably at night,

And can wake up, willing, to share a few smiles;

You have ABUNDANCE

  

From the tiniest creatures to the human animal; food, water, sleep and some pleasure in everyday existance are uppermost on the list of life sustaining details that equal ABUNDANCE. 

Keep taking those photos,

 

 

Weekly Photo Challenge

This weeks subject is suggested by Marycarimom

The subject is Hope Another difficult subject to relate my photography to as the subject is not tangible but is instead a DREAM, a WISH, a DESIRE, or ASPIRATION

Hope has a softness about it, A HOLY SOFTNESS, as it intones a religious quality that attempts leading towards better or more satisfying than the general / harsh struggle of everyday life.

My interpretation of hope:

True hope has everything to do with religious faith.  WITHOUT HOPE, there is no everlasting life and

WITH HOPE there are DREAMS of a KINDER / BETTER / MORE BEAUTIFUL, Hereafter.  None of us can know what the hereafter really is but we can imagine.

 I imagine ”Hope” using my photos

I hope there are beautiful clouds and silhouettes
of trees to peek thru
for continued photo taking.

I hope the riverbanks my husband enjoys are always a part of the landscape.

I hope flowers remain as exotic and beautiful as they are now.

I hope beautiful places to see and visit continue
as a part of whatever it is that life becomes.

This is my granddaughter in my sister’s apple tree, enough years ago she doesn’t like this photo.  It’s one of my favorites.  I hope there are always plenty of trees for children to play in, just like this.

I have a lot of hopes.  I would love to see some of my major hopes in the, here, now.  Until a time I can make deliberate changes to everything around me for the better, I will feed my hopes, with even more.

I hope everyone has beautiful hopes and dreams.

Thank you to every visitor for all the kind comments on any of my posts.  I appreciate all of them.  I should probably visit and thank each individual but I am fortunate to be keeping up with seeing each of your posts as we get each new challenge.

Keep taking those photos,

 

 Weekly Photo Challenge

This weeks subject is suggested by Sagiscoobious

  Identity Crisis  

 This was another challenge I needed to think about.  I don’t think I have ever had an identity crisis as I have always known exactly who I am and my limitations.  I will say there is a heartfelt desire to add to my identity and that is explained in my last graphic.

 Falling back on some older photos and graphics.

One of my favorite things to photograph is Pumpkins.  I also love to manipulate them in my graphics programs and one manipulation you see above turned them into green tomatoes.  Therefore, the identity crisis of the Pumpkin.  Things are not always what they appear and reality may not always be what you see so, Identity in Crisis.

This horse lives in the UK.  I know this because my friend Tim took the photograph.  Now, living in the UK / world at this time everyone knows of Harry Potter including the above horse.  Having heard all the stories he has become desirous of becoming a Unicorn.  Therefore the identity crisis of this Horse.

These Elephants were photographed by my daughter in Thailand.  I took them from the Thai photo and placed them into a photograph I took on a drive to Ashland, Kentucky.  Therefore the identity crisis of these Thai Elephants as they had much rather be free roaming in Thailand.

This is indicative of my mind as it whirls with photos I take and graphics I create with them.  The only desire I have left for myself  posing an identity crisis is that of becoming known in the world of graphics and photography.  Therefore my identity crisis. 

None of the above is reality, only dreams to be fed or suppressed whichever might be desirous at one time or another by myself or any individual.  As identity crisis comes from dreams we may be desirous of or from dreams we may want to suppress, identity crisis can become hazardous to one’s health.  I like to think my dreams though possibly not achievable are health giving as they motivate my artistic appetites.

Keep on taking those photos,
 

 

 

Weekly PhotoChallenge

This weeks subject is suggested by Susu

Inside out / Outside in

I wasn’t sure what I would do with this challenge.  I finally decided I would go with reflection and imagination.

The nice thing about photos is you can see some of the inside outs of things.  This photo was taken in June  at our local Hamilton County park, Lake Isabella.  The reflection is “Inside Out” or “upside down”, does that count?

This is one of my favorite reflective photos taken in 2004 or 5 from inside the window of our local Skyline Chili Parlour.  You can see portions of the restaurant in the window as well as the outside brought in thru the miracle of glass.  I think this fits quite well for inside-out and outside-in. 

This image was taken by a friend in the UK.  It was given as a challenge to a group with the challenge to replace what was in the windows and then mask or cover up portions of the finished work.  The nice thing about graphics is, you can take what exists and change it altogether so, in this graphic a variety of outsides in – thru – the – window.

This is my husband John doing some personal reflection while leaning on the fencing.  The Window frame is in the UK and the outside being brought in is on a drive from Cincinnati to Ashland, Kentucky, USA to meet with a fellow Xangan, Wordwarrior39.

Here, the same UK window and our local lake at another Hamilton County park, Sharon Woods.  I would like this view outside my livingroom window.

Here, the cats live at my daughter’s home in Virginia, the window is from the UK and my image peeking thru the window was taken to prevent boredom while driving in the car on our way either to or from Illinois, USA.  All of the editing is done with Paint Shop Pro while I sit at my computer and I am situated in Ohio, USA.  So, the miricle of digital, totally new images and some fun for all of it.

 See my ArtRage Challenge entry for JULY “Water”, CLICK HERE

Keep on taking those photos,

 

ArtRage Challenge

The topic for the month of July 2007 is:

Water

 

Using one of my daughters photos, my grand daughter and her dad on the beach. I did the graphic changes you see below.

I had fun adding the ship in the background and worked at adding some ripples where they are playing with the Jelly fish.

I don’t live near the ocean so most of my water photos are taken of local rivers and lakes.  I do have a stream that borders our home that becomes subject matter off and on.  This is a Little Miami River shot taken in April 2007.  Looking down into the water from a ledge created by the tree trunk and it’s roots which are in the foreground I got the reflection from the branches of the tree above. 

This photo is my Grand daughter at her swim meat in Spain.  I added it to the photo above to get what you see next.

It doesn’t look the safest place to swim and it needs a lot of wave in it to break up the reflection.  I’ll work on that.

This photo was taken the same day as the tree / water ledge shot.  It is one of my favorite shots as the sky was so blue and reflected into the river below, its same colours.  It was a gorgeous day to be out and enjoying the scenes.

See my Weekly Photo Challenge entry “Inside Out / Outside In” CLICK HERE.

Most of my graphic manipulations are done with Paint Shop Pro.  I love the program and playing with it.

Best to everyone and I have enjoyed making my first entry for the ArtRage challenge.