Posted in Nature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Pacific Northwest, photography, Salishan, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Jubilant

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Wild daisies, with open, trusting faces, dance freely in coastal breezes – jubilant.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Jubilant

Posted in Nature, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Photo Challenge, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Earth

Here’s my contribution to this week’s photo challenge, Earth. It’s a bit of a macro view…I find it interesting to see all of the things that “earth” comprises.

Earth
Taken in Sisters, Oregon

Photo Challenge – Earth

Posted in Color, colorwork, Photo Challenge, photography, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Abstract III

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After finishing a sweater last night, I gave it a good long soak to relax the fibers.  So thrilled to have it done! And it fit so well with the theme of the weekly challenge that I had to share it: Abstract 3.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Abstract

Posted in Nature, Oregon, photography, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Abstract II

Abstraction II

I love how the play of color, reflection, light and shadow create an abstract image. Taken at the Salmon River in Oregon.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Abstract

Posted in Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Photo Challenge, photography, Salem Oregon, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Abstract

Here’s my contribution to this week’s photo challenge, Abstract. Taken in downtown Salem.

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The challenge:

This week, turn the concrete and familiar into something new and mysterious.

~ Ben Huberman, The Daily Post

 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Abstract

Posted in Cannon Beach, Nature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Pacific Northwest, Photo Challenge, photography, The Coast, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Dinnertime

I love this week’s challenge!

While on a long walk at Cannon Beach, I came upon a seagull obviously enjoying a delectable dinner.

A Seagull and His Dinner

I was curious to check out the main course…

A Seagull's Dinner

…and was dreaming of cioppino as I left him to finish his meal.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Dinnertime

Posted in Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival, Nature, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Photo Challenge, photography, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Landscape

My contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, taken from the Fort Dalles Readiness Center overlooking the Columbia Gorge.

Columbia River Gorge from The Dalles Readiness Center

This week, it’s all about landscape photography. Show us your best establishing shot, out in nature or in an urban setting.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Landscape

Posted in Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Photo Challenge, photography, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Half-Light

I glanced up from my work one day to see the golden late-afternoon sun slanting upon the neighboring downtown  buildings.  I put aside my work, picked up my camera, and went for a stroll:

Windows

Posted in Nature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Pacific Northwest, Photo Challenge, photography, Salishan, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Dance

Dance

Kelp and the sea – in flawless rhythm.

The Challenge:

There’s rhythm and motion all around us — this week, let’s capture some of it in a photo…

When I let my brain loose, allowing it to absorb what’s around me without trying to process anything in particular, what it often detects is choreography — unmistakable dance moves, often in unexpected places.

~Ben Huberman

Photo Challenge – Dance