CFFC: Bridges to…Adventures

March 16, 2022 / amoralegria / 5 Comments

It’s been awhile since I have participated in Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, but I am back in time to contribute to this week’s bridges!

Budapest, Hungary (over the Danube River)

Looking down from the top of the Melk Abbey, Austria

Cologne, Germany with its famous cathedral spires in the distance. On this bridge, many lovers had put…

One of many canal bridges, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Bridge over the moat at Caen Castle, Normandy, France

Roses in Monochrome

March 10, 2021 / amoralegria / 1 Comment

Brashley Photography has a challenge, Mid-week Monochrome. The topic this week is roses.

Which Way Photo Challenge

July 7, 2020 / amoralegria / 2 Comments

Alive and Trekking hosts the Which Way Photo Challenge. Here’s my contribution this week.

2020 Photo Challenge #6: Patterns

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 / amoralegria / Leave a comment

2020 Photo Challenge is about working on techniques to improve one’s photography. This month’s theme is patterns. Here are some of the host’s suggestions:
February:
Being Creative with Patterns
look for various types of patterns – squares, circles, triangles and so on.
Shoot from a different perspective. Look up, look down or shoot from a distance
Break the pattern, disrupt the continuity in some way
Use pattern as a background for a more substantial subject.

Patterns in Vienna:
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Candy bowls
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A mistake that generated light wave patterns
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Three patterns in one photo (Cologne)
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Screen pattern as background for moth
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Patterns in nature:
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Stare at this picture - the pattern of the plant's leaves can make you dizzy!

Staring at the pattern of this plant’s leaves can make you dizzy!

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Patterns in art (Palestine and Egypt):
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CFFC: Mostly Monochrome

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 / amoralegria / 1 Comment

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge continues with the theme of colors. This week the topic is basically one color or hue.

This photo was not shot nor edited black & white. The trees and clouds actually looked like this on a spring day in northern Wisconsin.

Turtles at The Grove visitors’ center, Mt. Prospect, IL
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Chinese Reconciliation Park, Tacoma, WA

Point Defiance Park, Tacoma
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Passau, Germany

Wine pressing tanks, Morwald Winery, Austria
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Modern clock, Cologne, Germany
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Kinderdijk, Netherlands
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Cologne Cathedral, Germany

Miniature show “Whimsical Wonderland,” Elk Grove Village, IL
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Flowers, Des Plaines, IL
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Some animals are the color they are to blend in with their environment, such as hyraxes who hide among the rocks where they live, mongoose who inhabit giant anthills, and even a hippo with just its eyes & ears above the water. (All photos taken in Tanzania.)

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CFFC: Pastel Colors

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 / amoralegria / 3 Comments

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge continues with her color series – this week it is pastel colors.

Some flowers are bright, while others have muted colors. Most marigolds are bright, but these are soft yellow and white.

Dahlias come in all colors – some are bright, some are light.

Wilted orchid

Artists experiment with all kinds of color schemes. These are some pastel colors in artwork.

“Hazel” (2019) in pastels – artist is yours truly!

A recent exhibit at the Chicago Art Institute featured drawings by 17th century Dutch masters. This pair is “A Portrait of a Man” and “A Portrait of a Woman” by Jan de Bray (1650) – black & red chalk on ivory laid paper.