Category: mountains

A Photo a Week Challenge: Blue and White

Oquirrh Mountains

When I asked my husband to help me choose a theme for this week, he thought for a moment and said “Blue and white.” I’m telling you this story because you have to understand that my husband is a dyed-in-the-wool, to the core University of Utah fan (school colors crimson and white), one half of the biggest in-state college rivalry in the United States (the other half being Brigham Young University, school colors blue and black). I was completely surprised by this, because he cringes every time I suggest he wear blue. I did find this beautiful winter sky picture for the challenge. I also couldn’t resist posting another picture of the beautiful Baby R.

Baby R in blue and white

IN A NEW POST CREATED FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE A PHOTO OR TWO THAT HAS BLUE AND WHITE AS EITHER THE MAIN OR ACCENT COLORS.

Look for the blue and white in the world around you, or use your photo editing software to enhance or create images that represent blue and white to you.  Then blog them and post a link to your masterpieces here.

Everyone is welcome to participate, even if your blog isn’t about photography.

Here’s how it works:

1. Each week, I’ll come up with a theme and post a photo that I think fits. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Thursday, when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “A Photo a Week Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use the “postaday″ tag.

3. Follow nancy merrill photography so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements.

A Word a Week: Violet

Purple Mountains MajestyThe Rocky Mountains have been described in song as “purple mountain majesties”. This is most appropriate during the winter months, when the mountains definitely take on a bluish-purplish coloring.

http://suellewellyn2011.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/a-word-a-week-photograph-challenge-violet/

Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition

Inversion sunsetThe Salt Lake Valley is famous (or maybe it’s infamous) for its winter inversions and horrible air quality. This year has been a bad one for bad air days. If you can get out of the valley and up into the mountains, the air is fresh and clear and the temperatures are usually a bit warmer too (an interesting paradox). I was up in the foothills on the east side of the valley a few nights ago and captured this amazing sunset. As you can see, the valley is dark and dank with inversion, but it can create beauty when the sun hits the Oquirrh Mountains.

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/photo-challenge-juxtaposition/

A Photo a Week Challenge: View

Twin PeaksWhen you look to the east from my office building, this is what you see. Well, this is what you see on a really good day. On a bad day, like today, all you see is hazy smog and an outline hint of mountains. The Wasatch Front of the Rockies Mountains is one of my favorite views. People I’ve talked to who are visiting Salt Lake City for the first time almost always mention how much bigger the mountains are in real life than they thought they would be. Pictures don’t do them justice.

IN A NEW POST CREATED FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE A PHOTO OF YOUR VIEW.

Get creative and find some unique and interesting views in the world around. Blog an image of a favorite view and post a link to your find here.

Everyone is welcome to participate, even if your blog isn’t about photography.

Here’s how it works:

1. Each week, I’ll come up with a theme and post a photo that I think fits. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Thursday, when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “A Photo a Week Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use the “postaday″ tag.

3. Follow nancy merrill photography so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements.

Sunday Stills: Trees/Fall Colors

Trees, leaves and snow Quaking Aspen leaves in snowWe spent some time this weekend up in the Uinta Mountains in Northern Utah. We’ve had some early snow above 7000 feet, and most of the Quakies had dropped their leaves, but it made the ground glow golden.

http://sundaystills.wordpress.com/2013/10/20/sunday-stills-the-next-challenge-trees-fall-colours/

Sunday Stills: Landscapes

Twin Peaks, Wasatch FrontI love this view of Mount Olympus, one of the mountain peaks in the Wasatch Front that surround the Salt Lake Valley. This picture was taken in May, and as you can see, the elevation of the mountains means that the snow doesn’t completely disappear until midsummer.

http://sundaystills.wordpress.com/2013/10/06/sunday-stills-the-next-challenge-landscapes-2/