The backdrop is literally a square centimeter on a lego block hence the blurry effect and I added the silhouette of a real life-size cut-out sculpture.
Tourmaline’s October Daily Share Challenge #20
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When lights begin to dim
and color fades, the shape of things begins to matter more. The title is the beginning of a poem by James Green. Our guest host Ritva has asked for low light photos for our Monochrome Madness theme this week. You can link your contribution to … Continue reading When lights begin to dim
The one lost in cultural exchanges
(NB: Please read aloud with a strong French accent.) There once was a Frenchman living in Edinburghs. (The added S was one of his many quirks.)He annoyed the locals With his mangled vocals. So he ended up as a beautiful “curpse”. for Esther’s Laughing Along … Continue reading The one lost in cultural exchanges
Paper maché copies
I’m in double dipping mode today. This is for Tourmaline’s October Daily Share Challenge #19, a creative gallery of faces and Word of the Day: Paper Copy The portraits were taken with my phone and chased once or twice through the Meta AI filter: paper. … Continue reading Paper maché copies
What’s her tipping point?
And as a double-dip for today’s Ragtag prompt, here is a close-up of her gorgeous curls: Incidentally, this girl is now a few years older, teenager in fact, has the same hair colour and the same curls and says: “I hate my hair!” Teenager Double … Continue reading What’s her tipping point?
Look there! Look there, Timotheus!
Behold the Cranes of Ibycus!
Whenever I see the cranes crossing Germany from their northern summer resort to their winter abode I think of the line from Friedrich Schiller’s ballad The Cranes of Ibycus: “Sieh da! Sieh da, Timotheus. Die Kraniche des Ibykus!”
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Repetition
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A fool by any other name
This is one of more than 200 figures and faces on the Fastnachtsbrunnen (carnival fountain) in Mainz. Mainz, together with Cologne, is the stronghold of German carnival and this fountain is an hommage to the fifth season of the year.
Monday Portrait
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