Cosmic Photo Challenge: Lights, Camera, Christmas

Dale offers the prompt, “lights, camera, Christmas” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Below are some ornaments from our tree this year. We’ve had them for decades. We’ve had the tree for decades as well.

Merry Christmas!

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Pink ornament
Santa
Another ornament, but the blurred, sparkling background may be the real ornament

Cosmic Photo Prompt: Abstract

Dale offers “abstract” as the prompt for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Hopefully these are abstract enough.

If not, I hope you enjoy them nonetheless.

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This is pretty abstract, perhaps an all white photo would have been more so.
If you ignore the little fish in this photo, it is pretty abstract. If you didn’t recognize them as fish, that is even better.
This is bark from some strange tree in Florida.

Cosmic Photo Challenge: Reflections

Dale offers the prompt “reflections” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The three photos below look sort of symmetrical to me if I ignore the asymmetrical details.

Hopefully they are symmetrical enough for the imagination to see reflections.

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The tall buildings on the left and the right make a U shaped bowl of buildings. (You might have to use you imagination to see this. 🙂 )
The dark lines above and below the central part of this fallen palm branch look somewhat symmetrical to me. Again, imagination required.
There is symmetry in the arches of this portion of the castle and in the exit to more areas to explore.

Cosmic Photo Challenge: Autumn Landscapes

Dale offers the prompt “autumn landscapes” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

All of these were taken some years ago when we lived in Illinois.

I used to enjoy walking though the many forest preserves especially in the autumn.

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Daniel Wright Woods and Des Plaines River, Illinois
Dam 1 Forest Preserve, Illinois
Bright Forest Trail, Illinois

Cosmic Photo Challenge: Art For Art’s Sake

Dale offers the prompt “art for art’s sake” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Here are a few photos that might fit the prompt.

Think of them as paintings made by the waves with stuff left on the sandy shore.

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Stuff the waves left on the beach
More stuff the waves left on the beath
It is amazing what you will find on the beach.

Cosmic Photo Challenge: Halloween

Dale offers the prompt “Halloween” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

We don’t celebrate Halloween anymore. Long ago, we used to carve pumpkins and go trick or treating with our young children. But that was long ago.

Although I don’t have any Halloween images, I do have some fall photos to share.

Forest Preserve in northeastern Illinois looking north
Forest Preserve in northeastern Illinois looking south
Forest preserve in northeaster Illinois

Cosmic Photo Challenge: Autumn Color

Dale offers the prompt “autumn color” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Prompt.

These are photos of the forest preserve in northern Illinois when we used to live there a few years ago.

Where I am now in the Carolinas, the trees haven’t started changing yet.

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Autumn: Northern Illinois
Desplaines River: Northbrook, Illinois
Forest Preserve: Northern Illinois

Cosmic Photo Challenge: From An Unusual Perspective

Dale offers the prompt “from an unusual perspective” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The unusual perspective I used is getting so close to the object that I tend to forget just what it was originally.

This is a dip for breads and other food seen up close
This is a very small part of a large fence around a park.
The yellow object to the bottom right (I think) is an egg and all of it is in a fancy bowl with flowers as decorations. You can see the shadow of my phone taking the picture.

Cosmic Photo Challenge: My One Weakness

Dale offers the prompt “my one weakness is…” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

In my case, one of my weaknesses is to take photos of water during sunrises or sunsets. Others may like to sit on the shore or go into the water during the day. I can’t think of a good reason to do either of those two things.

Here are some examples.

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I especially like sunrises with birds
If there are no birds, a boat or buildings will do.
Clouds are also welcome.