Travel Theme: Silhouette

Fridays are full of fantastic photo challenges and Ailsa’s travel theme this week is a beautiful display of silhouette(s).

Where in the world am I?

It is the Late city that first defies the land, contradicts Nature in the lines of its silhouette, denies all Nature. It wants to be something different from and higher than Nature. These high-pitched gables, these Baroque cupolas, spires, and pinnacles, neither are, nor desire to be, related with anything in Nature. And then begins the gigantic megalopolis, the city-as-world, which suffers nothing beside itself and sets about annihilating the country picture.” -Oswald Spangler

A BIG congrats if you can tell me where I am.

It is, then, by those shadows of the hoary Past and their fantastic silhouettes on the external screen of every religion and philosophy, that we can, by checking them as we go along, and comparing them, trace out finally the body that produced them.” H. P. Blavatsky

Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario, Canada

Want to see my favourite silhouette? Trust me, it’s pretty cool.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Urban

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Another fantastic theme this week: Urban. Seeing as I don’t live anywhere near an urban center, I had to dig deep into my photographic archives to find a suitable photo(s). Urban Amsterdam Urban Copacabana Urban Fira Urban Bern Urban Verona … Continue reading

Travel Theme: Sunset by Jennifer Avventura

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Another fantastic travel theme this week: Sunset. Follow me on a voyage of some of the best island sunsets our world has to offer. And be sure to check out Ailsa’s blog Where’s my backpack for more great submissions. Sardinia, … Continue reading

Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge

Duomo di Sassari (San Nicola.) Sardinia, Italy.

This weeks photo challenge is yet again, another challenge! I don’t have fancy photo editing software so I can’t merge photos together.

I took this photo during a late night party session in Sassari this past week. We silently walked past the duomo at a quarter to midnight when I noticed the dancing shadows on the wall. It was the most natural, beautifully placed shadow I had ever seen. And I knew I could use it for an upcoming photo challenge.

I edited the photo with a slight crop, changing it from an off yellow colour to black & white, and I put in a soft focal zoom.

Here’s what the original post says about this weeks theme:

Merge. The world is made up of many things. There is a saying that opposites attract, and this is true for relationships and other things. What about photography? Many surprises can come out of merging two different entities into one. Sometimes this fusion of the elements is what we call art.

For instance, try placing an object where it does not belong. Or, juxtapose two different objects. The statements they make together may be contradictory, but remember: break the rules and experiment. As for me, I love merging the arts, especially two distinctly different types of art. On one side, there is the performing arts—a ballerina, for instance—and on the other side, there is architecture.

Let’s see what you can MERGE in a photo!

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Happy Merging!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Wrong

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These challenges are getting, rather challenging, keep up the great work WordPress. I really had to dig deep this week to find a photo that is wrong. This is what I’ve come up with. “Maybe the “wrong” in your picture … Continue reading

Weekly Photo Challenge: Growth

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.” – Plato

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.” – Lao Tzu

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Purple

“When I am an old woman I shall wear purple, with a red hat which doesn’t go and doesn’t suit me, and I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves, and satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.” – Jenny Joseph

“Well I saw the thing comin’ out of the sky
It had the one long horn, one big eye
I commenced to shakin’ and I said “ooh-eee”
It looks like a purple eater to me.” – The Purple People Eater by Shed Wooley

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside

This weeks photo challenge was rather, well, a challenge. I scoured my archives for photos of things ‘inside,’ but to no avail.

Then the light when on inside the bat house.

Welcome Inside the Home of My Sardinian Life

Just checking out the scene.

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Capture the Colour

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Cathy at An Italophile has nominated My Sardinian Life to take part in Travelsupermarkets’ Capture the Colour contest. Thank you Cathy for the nomination! Like many of you, I also love colour, all colours and I will continue to write colour … Continue reading

Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreaming

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This sounded like a great challenge until I read the tip from Kristin Luna at Camels & Chocolate, if you haven’t already checked out Kristin’s blog you should. It’s awesome, it’s pretty, it’s spectacular! Tip: When shooting long exposures, take into … Continue reading