Sunday Stills Challenge: Watershots

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A Word a Week Challenge: Square

London and it’s boroughs abound with squares. We stayed in a lovely bed & breakfast in Norfolk Square (easy walking distance from Paddington Station).

The window to our room at the B&B from the outside (in Norfolk Square).

Our view on Norfolk Square from the window in the first picture.

Trafalgar Square, looking at the fountain in the direction of St. Martin’s-In-The-Field (which has a great basement cafe called Cafe-In-The-Crypt.)

http://suellewellyn2011.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/a-word-a-week-challenge-square-week-45/

Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual POV

I’m not sure if this is an unusual point of view, as thousands of people walk past the front of Westminster Abbey in London each month (possibly each day), but I don’t know how many take the time to look up.

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/unusual/

A Word a Week Challenge: Ornate

So, I found another photo challenge blog. I’m very excited about this one, too. I find that many flowers are amazingly intricate and naturally ornate, especially dahlias.

http://suellewellyn2011.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/a-word-a-week-challenge-ornate-week-44/

Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea

I was probably younger than two the first time I saw the ocean, so I don’t remember how I felt. I love the water. I love hearing the waves crash on the shore. I love the fresh smell of the ocean. I wish I lived closer to the ocean, but for now, I’ll take the Great Salt Lake, even with the brine shrimp (which you do not eat).

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/weekly-photo-challenge-sea/

Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus II

This is a picture of my husband. I love the close-up focus on his eyes. I love the lighting in this shot. I love the duality of what is in focus in the picture and the fact that his look is focused on me.

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/weekly-photo-challenge-focus/

Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus

This week’s challenge is about focal points and perspective. I used two different lenses to create the different focus types. The top one is with a standard 18mm-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G (at 18mm wide angle) kit lens. The bottom one is with a 50mm 1:1.8G lens.

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/weekly-photo-challenge-focus/

Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree

The girls were so excited about the chance to go boating. Even though most of them got burned (you can only tell teenagers to put on their sunscreen so many times), they all had a blast.

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/photo-challenge-carefree/

Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways

Everyone had a great time soaking their feet after a long, cold hike in the Uinta Mountains. (I know that neither shot is vertical (portrait), but I thought they still captured the essence of the challenge pretty well.)

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/one-shot-two-ways/

Weekly photo challenge: Foreshadowing

Memorial Day 2012, my husband and I went with his parents to visit the cemeteries and put flowers on family graves. Dad was very tired, and we found this bench where he could rest and enjoy the view. This Memorial Day, we visited his grave and honored him with flowers. We miss you, Dad.

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/08/02/foreshadow/