Travel Theme: Self

This week Ailsa has suggested that we show a little bit of our SELF through our travels.

I can do that.  My selfies are below but you can find other Self portraits by clicking the underlined link above.

Cee’s B & W: Things That Fly

This week Cee has challenged us to show her anything that flies in Black & White.

You can see how others took up this challenge by clicking the underlined link.

I am not overly good at capturing things in motion so I had to be a little creative with this one. These are all things that could fly if they were real.

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This is the Zaandam version of the Liva birds… I think.

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This is a phoenix in St. Bavo’s, Haarlem

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O.K. So I really do believe in angels but honestly I think they are much bigger and most times a little scarier than this.

One Word Photo Challenge: Ant

So this week we have been asked to depict the word ANT by Jennifer at O.W.P.C.

You can see how others portrayed the concept by clicking the underlined link above.

I came at it from two directions:

First is our common perspective.

Here I am looking at all the little ants below….

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Delft square from the rooftop of the Nieuwe Kerk

And here is the world from an ants perspective.

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Travel Theme: Frames

This week I am taking some time to tag along with Ailsa across the world to FRAME THE WORLD in my camera lens. To see how others have framed the world click the underlined link and rocket over to “Where’s My Backpack?”

Here are my frames:

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These folks are framed in flowers at Longwood Gardens

This wisteria makes an elegant frame on a rainy day.

This wisteria makes an elegant frame on a rainy day.

A steeple tower framed in the ruins of the Rock of Cashel

A steeple tower framed in the ruins of the Rock of Cashel

Cee’s Funn Foto Challenge: Made By Man

This week Cee has encouraged us to HAVE FUN DISPLAYING FOTOS OF MANMADE THINGS.

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Just click on the underlined link  above to see what other photographers have brought to Cee’s place for display.

Here is my sampling…

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This sign found in “Museum square” in Amsterdam was one of several signs built by Metaalplan for the  city’s Amsterdam China Week festivities. The other signs came down after the celebration but the city opted to keep this sign up on the Square and it has become a photographic hotspot.

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This fountain in the Back bay of Boston is one of several recently built as part of Boston’s new “Greenway”. Excuse the finger please!

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This building is in my hometown of Winchendon MA and was built by Ephraim Murdock & Co in the early 1900’s as the high school for our town. It is where both of my parents and most of my aunts and uncles graduated from. Today it is the Murdock Senior Center and is affectionately called “Old Murdock”.

The sky behind it of course was made by Jesus, the son of man and so I guess it also qualifies as manmade 😉