Dale offers the prompt “life in black and white” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
I took some pictures along the Shady Hollow Trail while at the McDowell Nature Preserve which is about a fifteen minute drive from where we live.
After converting them to black and white I added a lot of contrast and lowered the brightness to help the black stand out from the white.
Dale offers the prompt “over the hills and far away” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
The first photo is of the mountain range on the eastern side of the United State. It is a view from the Blue Ridge Parkway somewhere in North Carolina.
The second photo is of the mountain range on the western side. It was taken from a park in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Dale offers the prompt “as summer fades” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
Dale offers the prompt “in the evening” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
Although they are after sunset, they are not long after sunset as the full moon is just beginning to rise in the sky in the East.
Dale offers the prompt “in motion” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge. The first thing I thought of were birds.
Dale offers the prompt “low elevation” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
I took these many years ago when I tried to see the world the way a pigeon might walking on the street.
I probably looked silly taking these photos.
Dale offers the prompt “the sky’s the limit” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
These were taken over the Atlantic Ocean.
I thought the first photo had a great sunset with the swirling yellow light. Then the wind blew some clouds in turning that sunset into an even greater one below it.
Dale offers the prompt “more than the sum of its parts” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
As I see it any picture worth looking at is more than the sum of its parts. It suggests a story or an emotion that resonates with the viewer to make the viewer pause a little longer.
So, here are some photos that have made me pause.
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By the way, I am on “vacation” this week with our church group. Call it a “retreat”. So, I will not be looking at the computer during this time. I call that a form of “fasting”. Blessings to all of you!
Dale offers the prompt “from underneath” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge. Both of these photos were taken long ago.
In the first photo I was surprised by the feathery shadows on the leaves when taking this photo into the sun. This may be a common event but I have not been able to capture that in quite the same way since.
In the second photo many noisy birds in late autumn or early spring flew from one tree to another and then continued their song.
Dale offers the freestyle or festival prompt for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge. I picked freestyle which is anything goes.
These two photos were taken by the pond across the street. In the first I was surprised to the see red blossoms which I think are part of a vine using the tree as support.
The intricate leaves on the tree fascinate me with their details in the second photo. They are only a few feet away from the vine with red blossoms.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 