Weekly Photo Challenge – Escape

Posted on May 17, 2013 by nuvofelt

She certainly came out faster than she went in!

Check out my other entry at Just Snaps too, and find out more here.

Some other gems to see:

Weekly Photo Challenge – Pattern

Posted on May 10, 2013 by nuvofelt

Pattern, in the eye of the beholder! My answer to the Weekly Photo Challenge. Please also check out the entry on my other blog and follow this link to lots full information. More links below

Weekly Photo Challenge – Culture

Posted on April 26, 2013 by nuvofelt

Hmm. Culture.

I’m going to show you a photograph that I took very recently. I took it surreptitiously because I was a little taken aback by what I saw.

It was taken earlier this week on St George’s Day. The English have never been particularly good at celebrating ‘their’ day, so this gathering at a local hostelry was really unexpected. Sorry about the quality, but as I said….. surreptitious was the order of the day.

Full details of the challenge, and much more interesting entries can be found here and below:

Weekly Photo Challenge – Up

Posted on April 19, 2013 by nuvofelt

I’ll begin with a photo of today’s clouds.

I’ve been looking up into the sky for the past few days. The ISS is currently passing over late in the evening, and so far I’ve seen it each day. Last night the view was particularly clear and not only was the International Space Station ‘up there’, but also the Soyuz Supply Ship, Progress49p, in fact, they both passed over twice within a few hours. They are both passing over again tonight and tomorrow, between 8.40 pm and 10.30 pm (ish) if you are in the UK. I’ve downloaded a handy little app for my iPad, but I don’t look every day, and sometimes, recently, the cloud cover has been so strong I haven’t even thought about checking.

However, my real entry into the challenge is an ant’s eye view

It’s one that I took for my Garden Images blog, but I think it fits the ‘up’ condition perfectly.

There are two more photographs, completely different, on Just Snaps…. and if you missed it, there was an earlier post here too.. If you’d like to find out more about the Weekly Photo Challenge, all the details are here, and if you would like to see what I added as my previous entry in an ‘up’ challenge you will see here that it too is quite different.

Lots more entries to see via the links below:

Weekly Photo Challenge – Change

Posted on April 12, 2013 by nuvofelt

Last year saw the demise of one of our favourite and most popular venues. Urchfont Manor was closed and offered for sale.

The window of my room from which some of the other pictures were taken

Over and beyond, most of this is no longer accessible

Part of the croquet lawn and orchard

One of the croquet lawns and the ‘other side’ of the wall

The wall is inside the grounds, so even this view is no longer accessible

Wiltshire Council will never divulge the truth of the operation, but the exercise lost them more money than they gained. If it had been kept or sold as a going concern their coffers would be full, however…..

So, we no longer go to Urchfont Manor. It was a change that we were dreading, but every cloud has a silver lining, and just last weekend we were visiting two new venues, and soon we visit another. The only real loser has been the council – oh, and the people of Wiltshire, of course.

More photographs that express thoughts on ‘change’ on Just Snaps, where you can see a glimpse of the ‘after’, and also here, where you will also find full information about the challenge.

Weekly Photo Challenge – Color (Colour)

Posted on April 5, 2013 by nuvofelt

Now, you didn’t think I’d allow this Photo Challenge to pass by without an entry, did you? Honestly? Well, there’s one at Just Snaps too, because I play with colour each and every day. So here’s a gallery for you, some colour studies for an exhibition that will eventually rear it’s head before I know it…..

Now, what shall I find for Just Snaps?

More lovely colour to investigate:

Weekly Photo Challenge – Future Tense

Posted on March 22, 2013 by nuvofelt

I don’t have a phone that will take photographs. I don’t have one because it is wonderful to be away from technology at times. However, my little pocket camera accompanies me everywhere. The photograph I want to share with you today, however, was taken with another. It truly freezes a moment in time, and is probably my favourite

My younger grandson and my mother. A frozen moment in time, the past and the future encapsulated. It isn’t the ‘kiss’ that is the main focus for me – it’s the hands. The love and affection expressed through this gentle touch speaks volumes.

The challenge is set here. Take a look, there will be a wide variety of entries, and you may like to add one to your blog too.