July 25, 2008
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Weekly Photo Challenge, “Balls”
the subject from Guitarezan is:
“Balls”
My photos …
No “balls” entry would be complete without photos of the familiar balls played with as youngsters. Store bins are filled with all colors and few children, I know of, have never played with a ball. This ball and the two photos below are “Runaways” in hiding from their owners who forgot them after a bit of play. I see many on my end of our street as the grasses afford perfect cover.
This particular ball has visited my end of our street more than a single time. I have photos I took of it on several occasions. Notice it has a friend hiding in the upper right corner.
This is the friend, which I collected after taking its photo. I gave it as a present to my visiting brother-in-law Dan who loves to golf. Dan has a large collection of runaway balls, all of the species “golf”, as he goes regularly to collect lost, runaways, giving them new homes in buckets. The runaway golfs even get a bath and a blow dry before being sorted out and nested.
This ball is a natural I noticed when taking photos of the above Golf. This fuzzy looking green sphere appeared, after some study, to be a form of moss. I actually have no real idea what it is. I picked it up anyway plus a few others lying there. I placed them in a new home in my garden.
This photo pictures my granddaughter, in the yellow soccer top. I took it at the only soccer game I have seen her play in. It was a rousing game and she gave the ball and the other players a good bit of exercise. Eden is no longer a soccer player but she is a regular runner, running with her dad for exercise and at special, runner’s meets.
I took this photo at the ball park in Rockford, Illinois at a RiverHawks game. It was a good game and great fun. The ball is the white streak, approximate left of center in this image, headed for, the batter hopes, a solid connection with his bat.
I am a fan of a lot of sports played with ”Balls” and in fact a fan of sports. I love sports movies about Golf, Baseball, Football, Hockey and any Olympic sport plus a few. Though I seldom participated in any sport I appreciate their value, except for those involving mud, blood and/or pulling hair. I see most sports as healthy activity and believe we might all be much better off playing with balls over and above playing with computer keyboards.
Thank you always for your comments.
Keep on taking those photos,
Comments (22)
WOW WOW WOW AMAZING PHOTOS!!!!!!
I like the one of Eden playing soccer best. I think the photo editing of this with the mozaic feature is paticularly nice. Just a note thatI have accessed this from my Grandson’s computer in Cambridge. We will be returning home possibly Friday.
great photos
makes it more interesting with frame and filter , right?
i’m not sure if i had any of ball/balls photos but i used to be table tennis player in high school so i might have some old picture for this challenge
if i didn’t i will take photo of my pilates ball instead 
Great pics……i should have gone out to the backyard ….the wind blows all the kids different balls to the back fence. the first pic is great.
the golf ball pic reminds me why I hate the game – my ball was usually in the rough somewhere.
Great pics.
These are especially nice. I love the first one….and were you just laying on the ground to take it? Excellent!!!
I agree with graphic excesses…the tile artistic filter makes you focus on the “important part” while remaining semi-realistic. Love the motion effect it gives….you are a real talent.
Excellent photos! Our house is at the bottom of a slight incline in the street. My yard is the collecting place for all the runaway balls of the neighborhood.
Just one photo from me this time: http://weblog.xanga.com/BigToePeople/667607964/balls—weekly-photo-challenge.html
Lovely set of photo’s – especially the hidden golf ball. My PC broke so I have no access to photos to participate in this round…
I liked the idea of lost balls.
I like the photo with your granddaughter playing soccer.Great shot!
this is great- I need to get on the ‘ball’ and participate in this challenge!
Love the first one Becca, and the tiled effect in the back of the goal is good too, it really brings the subjects out to the front.interesting moss ball as well.
I absolutely love the first shot.
Thanks for commenting. I especially like the layout of your first “ball.” The colors go perfectly. I also, like the second wordly looking ball. I like the golf ball too and the people pix. Yup, I like them all.
Just dropped by from another bloggers page. Lovely site, lovely photos. Very good images. Thanks for sharing them. Always keen to see other people’s work as I’m into photography myself.
@Mumsie17 - The weekly challenge is a good way to play with your photos. Something different every week. Check it out, http://www.xanga.com/weekly_Photo_Challenge
Good photos. I think I like the one of Eden best…action and focus.
Great imagination Becca since the second picure looks like a marble , the third like a lemon or a squash spaghetti and the the fourth like a sea urchin .
I am glad to know your granddaughter plays soccer , very popular sport in Europe and aFRICA ;
Love
Michel
Amazing.
@gandywhite - Hi, you asked if I was lying on the ground to get the ball image. I wish I could tell you yes but it was a low stoop at best. If I would make it to the ground, I’d never get back up without a lot of embarrassing help, my back is so bad. It doesn’t stop me from giving photos I want a good try, as seen in this particular case.
We have lots in our street as well. I rescued several from a field in front of our house in order to fulfill the challenge.
Great shots.
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