Since I often play around for this challenge making photos look abstract I decided to show unedited photos this time. A row of taps at a camping site. A dropped tropical flower in a pond covered in duckweed. Airport view while taking off. The Cosmic … Continue reading Quite Contrary
I took this picture of a sparrow at the local bird park. He was only visiting and compared to the mostly larger, mostly more colourful and/or exotic he looked almost ordinary. But I find his long, thin claws fascinating and I adore the yellow base of his beak. In his way, he’s unique. And, of course, he’s free.
I learned to appreciate even the common sparrows from a friend, who is the current world record holder of having the most birds species logged (10,000 species this year). He’s seen the most exotic world all over the world, sometimes arranging a whole holiday around seeing one particular bird. I’ve been on walks with him and seen him getting satisfaction out of watching sparrows and wood doves and crows.
Monday Portrait
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– and have hitch-hikers?! I only saw that at home on the big screen. Macro Monday
Maybe we should have stayed ashore but we had already paid (!) and we had a very excited child with us to looking forward to a boat ride. It was an interesting boat rid, choppy, wet (from above and the front) but it was also memorable.
Oops, I believe the whisk was photobombed. Lens-Artists Challenge #315
The obvious choice for the colour lilac. Not quite as obvious. And possibly not as fragrant. Weekend Prompts Colour Challenge: Lilac
On first glance this is just a hand with the thumb and the forefinger sticking out. Psychology comes in when you start interpreting the image: Does it symbolise a gun? Does it show an L as in loser? Or is it just a hand?
Double-dipping for Ragtag Daily Prompt: Thumb
and FOWC with Fandango: Psychology
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