Saturday 21 January 2012

SHS Photo Challenge 15

Well, my goodness that week went by so fast.  Such fun clues this week . . . Sunset, Black & White, A Day in My Life, Four and Colourful.  Lots of snow and freezing rain this week so I had to dip into the archives for my sunset shot.

 1.  Sunset
 Sunset at the Serpentine Fen, a local bird sanctuary and wildlife reserve - link

2.  Black & White
 A wintry day at a local golf course.

3.  A Day in My Life
It's a rare day indeed that I don't find myself doing dishes at least once . . . the old fashioned way, by hand.  Love my Green Works dishwashing liquid and my Norwex dishcloth.

4.  Four


I have been having a great time playing with photo art since I got the new computer.  These bare winter tree shots are perfect for experimenting with.

 5.  Colourful
Now that's a colourful character . . . can't miss him!

Linking with Ashley Sisk at Ramblings & Photos for . . .



This week's clues are:
  1. Smile
  2. Stand Alone
  3. Rusty or Something Old
  4. Artificial
  5. Repeating Pattern

32 comments:

  1. Wow you found some awesome trees to shoot!! Gorgeous sunset too, and love the sudsy day-in-my-life shot! Creative :)

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  2. Unbelievable sunset! Love the black and white and what you did for four- how fun!

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  3. That Black and White should be printed large and on a wall! Gorgeous!

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  4. Hahaaa... we have that same crazy ape at a Kia store by our house! LOVED all your "4" shots! Beautiful shots all the way around!

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  5. Wow! I really like your 4 shot. And your Day in my life shot. Really really fantastic

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  6. Oh that sunset is just amazing and I love that black and white wintery scene. The whole set is great Andrea..........I rarely use my dishwasher!

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  7. Great photos, every one of them!
    Never thought dish washing would make a photo, but you did it!
    Really love your set of Four.
    Lea

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  8. Goodness, these are awesome! I love the colors in your Four and that sunset shot and your B/W are gorgeous. :)

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  9. Those sunsets and trees with the colored sky are amazing! Wow!

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  10. Your sunset is beautiful and the black and white is my favorite.

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  11. your black and white is one I would also love hung in my home!!!! stunning!
    So for your 'four' are you putting the colours in or was that how they were? just wondering :) they are great!
    What a contrast seeing the beauty of your sunset and the other scenic ones and then back to civilizatiion that must blast us with colour and human craziness to get our attention to buy buy buy! I prefer a walk in your bird sanctuary or golf course any day! All are great shots!

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    1. Hi Susan . . . the colour was added in the editing process. I may do a little album on Facebook that shows the originals and the edits. So much fun to play with exposure, contrast, shadows, highlights, temperatures, tints,and saturation. Really quite amazing what you can do. I am not so quick to delete an image that I am not very pleased with.

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  12. Your landscape shots are just gorgeous!

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  13. WOW Andrea, your landscape shots are divine. You should consider blowing those up and sharing them in your local galleries! Stunning set.

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  14. I have a photo editor, Andrea Dawn, and I don't think I would have come up with anything near what you have here. It is the artist within that enables the editor to help.

    These are SO fabulous. I love the black and white one best!

    With admiration,
    Dawn

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  15. Great shots - I love the reflections in your sunset!

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  16. Wow, that sunset shot is truly breath taking. I also loved all the edits on your set of four.

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  17. Great series.
    Your Sunset is gorgeous.
    Loved all the edits of the "Four" trees.
    Lovely B/W Wintery Scene
    Chuckled at your A Day in My Life - I finally have a Dishwasher so no more dish pan hands.
    Colorful was indeed just that and so fun.

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  18. A very nice collection for today's SHS. One of the better ones in my opinion. Well done.

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  19. Your tree photos are incredible - wow.

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  20. What stunning photos, Andrea. Love the "four" trees. But I think my favorite is the quiet mystery of the black and white.

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  21. love that first tree pic in the four sequence-great colors!

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  22. Your sunset shot looks like it's out of a magazine - glorious. Can totally relate to your day in the life shot! Well taken. Particularly like your series of four shots.

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  23. These are great! Love the sunset & your tree photos, beautiful.

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  24. Wonderful sunset. Your tree pictures are outstanding. Thanks

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  25. I don't think I can pick one. They are all beautiful but the sunset is gorgeous. I love the reflections off the water.

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  26. Love your sunset photo! The set of four trees are lovely as well.

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  27. Looks like you had alot of fun with your interpretations of the Scavenger Hunt clues this week. Love the set of four trees -- these shots would make lovely note cards! :)

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  28. I REALLY like your set of four! The colors, the graphic nature of the limbs...gorgeous.

    Kathy

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  29. Wow, your sunset and black and white are stunning. I also love how you used color in your four set!

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  30. Your photos this week are really fantastic...all of them. I love the bare trees, so artistic!!! And what a wonderful sunset.

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