Call to Adventure 10

This challenge was to pay attention to signs of decay.   I frequently take photos of crumbling buildings, peeling paint and rust.

So this time whilst out walking I thought I would concentrate on decay in nature and particularly trees.

I started looking for leaves that were decaying.

This is my favourite.  The decayed leaf is so embedded into the path that it looks like a fossil.

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Bernice

Call to Adventure #9

The challenge this time was to go to a place where you wouldn't normally take photographs.  Part of the challenge was to not worry about whether a photo was 'good' but to find interest in unlikely places.

I chose the delivery yard behind the building we meet in for church.  Not a place I normally hang out!  Or take photos but I found lots of patterns.

 

This is the one I like best.

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Bernice

Call to Adventure #8

The challenge for the week was to spend time in or near water, to watch how it flows around obstacles, and to photograph it in different guises.

Roger & I went to Charlecote Park on a rather blustery day.  We walked through the parkland past the lake and down to the river.  It was a dull day apart from the odd break in the clouds so the photos are fairly monochrome.

 The sun's reflection in the reed bed.

 The wind was making waves on the lake

 Tree reflections in a muddy puddle

  The river

 Water falling down a steep weir

Flood water draining away

 The foam in the river

A shallow weir with much more water flowing over it

The wind playing with the water

Looking down onto the weir

The water in this stream was flowing left to right but the wind was rippling the water right to left.

Looking down on the water from a bridge

Despite the wind and the lack of sunshine this was an enjoyable exercise in looking at water differently from the way I normally photograph it.

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Bernice

Adventures in Seeing: #calltoadventure7

This week's call to adventure was to focus on the qualities that point to the essence of a room, a place or an event.

I chose to take photographs during the Sunday morning meeting at church.  I put some of the photos into a collage and I really hope it captures the essence of my church.

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Bernice

Adventures in Seeing #calltoadventure6

The theme for this week has been about the strength of small things.  We were challenged to photograph small things that show their strength or their importance to us.  I knew immediately when I read the challenge that I would take this photo.

My passport is my most important document - it allows me to travel anywhere in the world and as we don't have ID cards in the UK, it is my foremost form of identifcation.

These 3 pairs of scissors are the smallest I own but they are probably the sharpest blades in my collection of scissors.

A pencil sharpener is a very small item but its strength lies in sharpening pencils and crayons which launches us into creativity of various kinds.

I took a photograph of the word strength in the dictionary.  Words are really powerful but they look really small written down.

My phone is small-ish!  But it is powerful.  It links me to my friends and family - especially Andy, Naomi & Crusoe 12,000 miles away.

A spoonful of instant coffee.   Enough said!

My contact lens case and solutions.  These are vital to my being able to see clearly.

And a small toy truck that Crusoe left behind when they left after Christmas.  It sits on my desk next to the computer so I can see it and be reminded of their visit.

What small things pack a punch in your life?

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Bernice

Adventures 3, 4 & 5

It's been a bit dark and miserable here in the Midlands and I haven't got out and about much.  As a consequence the calls to adventure 3 & 4 didn't get done in the weeks they were allocated to.

#calltoadventure3 challenged us to be open to what photographs came to us: Let go and surrender to life as it happens.  Not much happened although I did tidy my craft space.  This was the only photo I took that I considered fitted the brief.  I saw this sunrise from the kitchen window.

#calltoadventure 4 suggested going out for a walk with no destination in mind and no expectations of the photos you will take.  I didn't go out anywhere so didn't work with this but instead combined it with #calltoadventure5.

We went to Evenley Wood to see the snowdrops - so already knowing that there would be snowdrops to photograph which hardly fitted the #4 brief.  However I just followed wherever Roger led through the 60 acre woodland.   I'll share most of the photos from there on Monday.

However here are one or two to be going on with!

#calltoadventure5 was to try something that we would normally shy away from.  I will always wait patiently, and sometimes impatiently, for people to move out of the way so that I can take a photo.  So I tried taking photos with people whilst we were walking round the wood.

Admittedly I was snatching shots of these people rather than making a study of them.  I also tried some in black and white.

Come back on Monday to see my snowdrops in colour.

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Bernice