Weekly Photo Challenge

This weeks Challenge

 ”Alternate Reality”  

Suggested by Czolya

 

There have been two people in my life who were/are a big influence.  My mother and my husband.  I would definitely have an alternate reality if my dad had raised me instead of mom as they were total opposites that I have no idea how they ever found each other, dad being old school macho with an attitude women were supposed to jump and run for their husbands every whim, and mom with her belief women could be and do anything and that women should be appreciated and treated with respect instead of subservient. 

 

Husbands?  Some of them are baddies as are some of the women men marry.  For me, another husband is nearly unthinkable as mine belongs in the category of  “one of the best”.  People can walk a lot of different walks in this life and I am sure I could have if I had chosen other environments over family and the values my mom and husband have.  I am pretty satisfied with my life, no really bad stories to tell because my mom was a major and positive influence and my husband has been as well.  Looking at the horror stories people write or tell or that we hear on the news are examples of the opposite ends of what is in my world.  I’m very thankful for both of my major influence as the alternative reality is a dreadful thought.     

 

My photo

 

 

I don’t have a good photo of mom but she has to be mentioned first.  The image, my husband, the #two biggest influence for the positive in my life.

 

Have a great week, thanks always for your comments.

 

 

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Weekly Photo Challenge

This weeks Challenge

 ”Illusions”  

Suggested by Gitarezan

 

 

I studied definitions of Illusion at Dictionary.com I know what an illusion is but needed more to go on.  The Internet is an example, one big illusion.  It has no concrete location but in fact it’s many bits and bytes of information, totally untouchable.  E-mails filled with illusions / delusions and manifestations of the artistically gifted come to my inbox everyday.  A lot of it I am unable to decyper because the real and the fantasy are crafted so well.  You only have to search the internet for illusions to find a ton of it listed. 

 

As I haven’t photographed any illusions purposely,

I’ll show you some I created, purposely.

 

 

This is my side yard.  The deer is there, the tiger is NOT.  This image was created for a challenge to remove the tiger from the original photo and to place it into another photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of my best illusions at the time and I still think pretty good.  The challenge was, fix it.

 

 

 

A REAL ILLUSION / DELUSION.  The cat, Rusty, was on our bed at Christmas in Virginia.  The delusion is he is a really nice cat.  HE’S NOT, he bites.

 

 

 

HA, I FOUND ANOTHER ONE.  A single photo, this young fellow was under the delusion I wouldn’t take the photo he deliberately walked into to ruin.  WRONG, I was happy to take the photo, his delusion/illusion, destroyed.

 

 

 

This illusion is made up of three photos.  1- The plant shop is in Virginia.  2- The pumpkin carving took place on the deck of my daughter’s house.  3- The finished jack-o-lantern hanging on the wall at the left is the face Eden carved into the pumpkin she is working on.

 

 

 

 

One of my very favorite Illusions.  My granddaughter Eden, her photo taken in Virginia by her mom.  I placed her on the highway headed for Rockford.  An eye-opening sight if the image was real. 

 

 

 

 

The image on the left is Raphael’s Maddalena Doni.  The image on the right is my work, the lady but with a newer look, more in keeping with what we might call beautiful today.  The illusion here is that I can do this easily or at any time I want to.  In reality, my delusion even though I wish for the ability.  Some of us have it and some of us don’t. 

 

Have a great week.
Keep on taking your photos.

 

 

Weekly Photo Challenge

This weeks Challenge

 ”Can You Hear Me Now”  

Suggested by me:  PhotoGraphics

 

 

I picked the title for this challenge from the Verizon ads.  It’s a changing world and you can see the change when people can’t go anywhere without their cell phone.  What pressure to have to carry a phone with you all of the time, never to escape the world of other people.  Don’t get me wrong, I understand the advantages but I have to wonder at some things I see when it comes to cell phones and texting.  Because of cell phones being carried everywhere, I have had a lot of fun catching photos.  So, some photos: 

 

Can you hear me now?

 

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Convenient but for me, I’ll take my time away from home with as little interference as I have always had.  NO PHONES THANK YOU.

Keep on taking those photos

 

 

 

Weekly Photo Challenge

This weeks Challenge

 ”Your Favorite Season”  

Suggested by:  StixAndStonz

 

 

I love all the seasons. Making comparisons in my head while typing, I think I have to select Spring as my favorite.  I do get worn out with CONSTANT EXTREMES like heat, cold, rain and snow.   as I’m sitting here looking out the door at the fresh new green of hedges and pansies blooming and birds singing in the background I think to myself, the birds sing more in the Spring calling for mates, nest building, and claiming of territories.  To me its all just singing, an emphasis, along with my door open to hear the bird song while looking at the Springtime colors.

 

ALL NEW PHOTOS, taken this Spring
in my part of the world.

 

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Daffodils and Tulips are sure signs but when the Forsythia blooms, I know its Spring.

 

 

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It’s Spring when I see balloons flying overhead.  I took about a 100 frames of this fellow flying and managed only 1 with the gas flames.  Thinking electric wires are dangerous enough without flames.

 

 

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Frisbees flying in the park and guys in short pants and sleeveless shirts, while climbing trees to retrieve frisbees lodged in the branches, are a sure sign of Spring.

 

 

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And seeing festival rides loaded in trucks, headed for a fair, is another sure sign of Spring.  I know Summer is not far behind.

 

 

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I love Vinca.  It’s an early little flowering ground cover that doesn’t mind cool weather and it pops right out in the Spring.  My blooming Vinca and pansies at the shops for setting out, are a strong indication it’s Spring.

 

 

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When families are picnicking at the lake, cooking out and staying till dark, it’s Spring.

 

 

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And seeing green leaves and growth reflected in the lake is a reminder of how much I like the season. 

 

 

Have a super week and keep on taking your photos.

 

 

Weekly Photo Challenge

This weeks Challenge

 ”Landscapes, local, rural, suburban, historic or ?”  

Suggested by me:  PhotoGraphics

 

 

Moving right along!  My images are local (Cincinnati/Loveland) panoramic landscapes and I want to give my good friend Tim Beddard the credit for encouraging me to create panorama’s.  He is very persistent when he wants me to learn something new.  So, A total of three images made up of about 4 or 5 images apiece.  I took the shots at local parks we enjoy for little picnics and taking photos.  Both of these parks are fairly small but they have great spots for photo taking.  MY IMAGE DISPLAYS ARE SMALL BUT CLICK ON LINKS FOR LARGER IMAGES THAT ARE FUN and BECAUSE OF SIZE, MORE DESCRIPTIVE.

 

#1- is a view of the overpass at Lake Isabella County Park.  It dominates many of the views you notice there.  I find it to be interesting for photo taking.  See the image larger:  CLICK HERE

 

#2- The lake at Isabella sits more or less below the overpass.  If you look at the larger image you will see it in this photo.  The landscape at Isabella is ever changing due to seasons and weather conditions.  Sometimes the water is as cold and gray as a dead fish and on others the water can be a brilliant blue or a green that takes your breath away.  See the image larger:  CLICK HERE

 

#3- is Woodland Mound County Park and it sits on the Ohio River or parts of it do.  I love seeing the barges traveling the river and hope to get some really good photos from views here.  See the image larger:  CLICK HERE

 

Have a really good week and keep on taking photos.

 

 

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