FOTD: Rainforest Flower

I took this photo in Costa Rica, on a walking tour in a rainforest. Cee’s FOTD 1/23/20

On the Hunt for Joy Challenge: Jump for Joy

Cee’s new photo challenge that she puts out every Wednesday is On the Hunt for Joy. This week the topic is Jump for Joy. Cee says that for this topic, Here are a few ideas to get you going. Anyone jumping, hopping or skipping trampoline exercising for fun animals who jump or hop throwing things […]

CFFC: Summer Scenes

Cee continues her season theme in Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge and this week is summer scenes. I could include many more, because summer is my favorite season!

Dutch Goes the Photo: Trees

Jansenphoto’s Dutch Goes the Photo has a Tuesday challenge and the topic is trees.

January Square 22: Light in Flight

Becky’s January Square has the topic _____light. A Canadian Coast Guard rescue helicopter in flight during daylight approached our Alaska Cruise ship, where a man had to be airlifted after a heart attack on board. Over the ocean on our way home from Israel: looking out from the plane in flight at the sunlight on […]

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Leading Lines

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #80 is about leading lines. Leading lines are one of the “rules” of composition: There are indeed “rules” of photographic composition, which like many other rules, are made to be broken. Whatever their skill level or experience though, understanding and knowing when to use the “rules” of composition can be helpful for […]

FOTD: Roses

Zooming out: Taken at: Chicago Botanic Gardens, 5/31/19 Posted for: Cee’s FOTD 1/22/20

January Square 21: Elegant Overhead Lights

For Becky’s#JanuarySquare Challenge Day 21, I am grouping three elegant overhead lights (all squares) that I have seen during my travels in 2019. Aswan, Egypt: Old Cataract Hotel Vienna, Austria: Schoenbrunn Palace Budapest, Hungary: Matthias Church

FOTD: Orchids

Cee’s FOTD 1/21/20

January Square and One Word Sunday: Cacti & Petroglyphs in Saguaro National Park

We visited Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona late in the afternoon, where I got some great backlit shots of saguaro, such as this one: I am fascinated with saguaros, which are the trees of life in the Sonoran Desert, because of the interesting shapes that sprout as “arms” from their main trunk. Saguaros grow […]