Photo Challenges

Captivate me – One Four Challenge – Country Road

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I ran across this lovely blog called Captivate me!  The site encourages bloggers to post four versions of the same photo once per week for four weeks.  It’s called the One Four Challenge.  I am going to perform an abbreviated challenge and include all four photos plus the original all at once.

I took a fun little country photo of the back of my husband’s helmet while motorcycling down a local country road at sunset.  The photo by itself is moderately boring.  However, with a new app I recently downloaded on my iPhone called Enlight I had some fun with the photo.  (I am pretty impressed with the editing capabilities of the iPhone these days…)

Tell me which one you like best.  I am partial to the watercolor effect myself!

Happy travels!

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Cee’s Black and White Challenge – Signs – Tapir Crossing and Fox Hunting

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Happy Friday everyone,

I see Cee’s weekly black and white challenge is signs.  I seems to recall a few interesting ones in my files…  I hope you enjoy a Tapir Crossing sign from the Belize Zoo and a Fox Hunting sign from France.  Random and funny if you ask me.

So, wherever your travels take you please, whatever you do, be aware of tapirs and hunting dogs as you cross the street.  😉

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Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: 2015 Week #14 – Scottish Tartan Cabs – Edinburgh

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Hello all, I caught this little beauty near Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh Scotland.  I am pretty sure he was a taxi cab but I would love to just think some normal guy was driving around in a car like this.  I mean, wouldn’t you?  Seeing little things like this are what travel is about for me.  I thought I would share my odd ball photo as part of Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge.  For more strange and interesting photos check out her Odd Ball Photo Page!  Cee’s Odd Ball.

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And for more car related photos check out my post on LeMans Car Museum and LeMay Car Museums.

Black and White Challenge – Day Five – People

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I accept the challenge to post five black and white photos for five consecutive days this week. They ask that we include our black and white and its original match and I threw in some extras for fun.

I was challenged by Indah Susanti over at http://indahs.com/ .  Indah has a gorgeous travel blog specializing in underwater photography.  I encourage you to check it out.

As part of the challenge I am encouraged to challenge another blogger I am connected to each day.  Today I challenge

Phyll @PhyllThis @ https://phyllthis.wordpress.com/ .  Phyll is full of energy and has an entertaining blog I hope you will enjoy.

Black and white images are especially interesting with people.  I think it can sometimes turn a seemingly boring picture into something more interesting.  Below I was shooting a photo of the lovely building behind my intrepid husband.  He was getting bored and walked in to the image as a joke.  I love the way the black and white photo turned out in this one.

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This image was actually a somewhat blurry photo.  When turned in to black and white I think it provides a level of interest that was not there with the original.

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This photo, taken at Normandy, France is quite striking in black and white and compliments the immense history in this region of France.

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Black and White Challenge – Day Four – Cars

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I accept the challenge to post five black and white photos for five consecutive days this week. They ask that we include our black and white and its original match and I threw in some extras for fun.

I was challenged by Indah Susanti.  Indah has a gorgeous travel blog specializing in underwater photography.  I encourage you to check it out.

As part of the challenge I am encouraged to challenge another blogger I am connected to each day.  Today I challenge

Andrew Petcher @ Have Bag Will Travel. Andrew is a prolific blogger writing great posts after great post about all of his experiences.  I hope you will check out his blog.

The photos included in this challenge are from the LeMans Auto Museum in LeMans, France.  It was a lot of fun to take photos of these old beautiful vehicles.  And once I got them home they were begging to become black and white.  I hope you enjoy some of my favorites.

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I throw this last one in as good measure seeing it on the streets of Paris on the same trip…

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Black and White Challenge – Day Three – Statue

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I accept the challenge to post five black and white photos for five consecutive days this week. They ask that we include our black and white and its original match and I threw in some extras for fun.

I was challenged by Indah Susanti over at http://indahs.com/ .  Indah has a gorgeous travel blog specializing in underwater photography.  I encourage you to check it out.

As part of the challenge I am encouraged to challenge another blogger I am connected to each day.  Today I challenge

Crystal Trulove @ Conscious Engagement  @ https://crystaltrulove.wordpress.com/  Crystal and I have a lot in common.  Her energy and enjoyment of travel are reflected in her blog posts.  Please check her blog out.

Below is a photo of one of my favorite statues, the Winged Victory of Samothrace housed at the Louvre.  I think the black and white photo adds a certain amount of extra mystery to her.  She is already magnificence enough.  But the black and white adds a romance to the image.  The other photos included in this post are from throughout France and Spain.

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Black and White Challenge – Day Two – Architechture

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I accept the challenge to post five black and white photos for five consecutive days this week. They ask that we include our black and white and its original match and I threw in some extras for fun.

I was challenged by Indah Susanti over at http://indahs.com/ .  Indah has a gorgeous travel blog specializing in underwater photography.  I encourage you to check it out.

As part of the challenge I am encouraged to challenge another blogger I am connected to each day.  Today I challenge

Ting Dalton @ My Travel Monkey http://www.my-travelmonkey.com/

Below are some photos all taken in Paris of an icon, the Eiffel Tower.  I love the striking yellow color of the tower.  but the black and white, to me, is just as interesting and enjoyable to look at.  The light and dark juxtaposed with the modern metalwork never gets old to me.  I threw in some other sites in the city that I find the black and white adds a timelessness to the photo that maybe wouldn’t be there in a color version.

 

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Black and White Challenge – Day One – Doors & Windows

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I accept the challenge to post five black and white photos for five consecutive days this week. They ask that we include our black and white and its original match and I threw in some extras for fun.

I was challenged by Indah Susanti over at http://indahs.com/ .  Indah has a gorgeous travel blog specializing in underwater photography.  I encourage you to check it out.

As part of the challenge I am encouraged to challenge another blogger I am connected to each day.  Today I challenge

Brittany w/ Brittany from Boston Blog @ https://brittanyfromboston.wordpress.com/ .

I have included some photos of various windows and doors all from France.  The first really spoke to me initially due to the lovely fall colors.  I enjoy the door as much in black and white as I do in color just do to the composition.  This old troglodyte cave door is merely a storage door.  But the romance and beauty behind it makes it seem so much more important.

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