Cee’s Funn Foto Challenge: Made By Man

Posted on October 7, 2015 by joseph elon lillie under Photography

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

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

Here is my sampling…

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.

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!

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 😉

Weekly Travel Theme: Move

Posted on September 20, 2015 by joseph elon lillie under Photography

Ailsa’s blog has asked us to show us how our travels MOVED US. To see other moving pictures click the capitalized link. Here are my moving shots.

The wind moves on the water taxi on Boston Harbor

This is one of my newest pictures. It captures the wind unfurling the flag on the water taxi that crosses Boston Harbor. My publishers and I took a ride the day we signed contracts on my book

The Bird Man of Amsterdam

I caught this man feeding the pigeons in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.

The Trio

This was actually part of a drama exercise my sister taught in one of her classes at Azusa College, in Holland.

This picture was taken along the Zuiderzee

Weekly Photo Challenge: Coming Back On the Grid

Posted on September 18, 2015 by joseph elon lillie under Photography

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Grid.”

Check out other grids by clicking the link above. My grids are below.

A wall at trinity College Dublin

Walking on the grid in Derry

the Gossamer Grid Above Amsterdam

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Grid.”

Check out other grids by clicking the link above. My grids are below.

Cee’s B&W Challenge: Public Transportation

Posted on September 18, 2015 by joseph elon lillie under Photography

It’s time to transport yourself over to Cee’s blog to see how her B&W contributors have displayed public transport. But before you get on the bus by clicking the underlined link take a peek at my photos.

The Zaanhopper is a little touring boat that takes passengers from Wormerveer to Zaandam down the Zaan river.

The Zaanhopper is a little touring boat that takes passengers from Womerveer to Zaandam down the Zaan river.

The canals of North Holland are filled with touring boats. I caught sight of this one in the city of Haarlem.

One way to get around the city of Dublin is to rent a hansom. These ones stood just outside of the Guiness factory waiting for fares

And of course no public transport system would be complete in any land of lakes and rivers without the bridge. This is the Peace bridge in Derry

From the most ancient to the most modern. This is how I bridged the distance between me and Europe.

Travel Theme: Angles

Posted on September 17, 2015 by joseph elon lillie under Photography

I am finally getting back to blogging on a regular schedule and while I am still a little behind at least I am arranging to blog daily again. That has been a challenge for months and now I think I have figured out how to make it happen. 🙂

Anyway this week’s travel theme is ANGLES. Hop on over to Ailsa’s place when you’re done here and check out some of the other angles bloggers have taken from around the world.

Here are mine:

The Mohawk Trail Massachusetts

Inside Gould’s Maple House, Mohawk Trail

Oars to the water! Womerveer

Zaanse Schans

Fun Foto Challenge & the Sense Of Seeing

Posted on September 1, 2015 by joseph elon lillie under Photography, Uncategorized

This week’s fun foto challenge is all about things that stimulate our sense of sight. What fills your vision?

To participate in this challenge go to Cee’s page by clicking the underlined link above. Meanwhile here are the things that fill up my sight. Some are natural. Some are manmade. Some are a combination of both things, but they all make we want to sit down and watch the world go by.