To find out more about this year’s photo challenge here on Travel Words, please read this post.
The world is a kaleidoscope¹ of colour so this month let’s celebrate that with the brightest / most colourful images you can find.
¹(Something that is made up of a lot of different and frequently changing colours or elements)
As Paul Cézanne said:
“We live in a rainbow of colours”
The October theme offers something for absolutely everybody – a chance to share past posts, past squares and glimpses of the past. I’m going to mix it up a bit, with photos that have appeared in previous Square challenges, some that didn’t make the final and some new photos that would have done. Day 30
If you want to join in either daily, weekly or just on the odd occasion then please visit Becky, the only rule is that the photo MUST be a square – that is four equal sides! You have been warned 😉
My mother sadly died 25 years ago this month – had she lived she would have just turned 101. This photo of her was probably taken when she was in her mid twenties and looking very happy, smiling for the photographer. It was probably sent to her then fiancé, my father, who was serving in the RAF as an Air-Sea Rescue medical officer. Of course the original photo was not given the pop art treatment – this is very much one of a kind.
KindaSquare is the theme this month as Becky is hoping we might, in the final squares of 2020, encourage and promote kindness. A year I don’t think any of us will forget in a hurry. If you would like to join in then visit the link – you can always post 31 squares tomorrow!
And thanks once again to our wonderful host, the gorgeous Becky, who must have square eyes by now!
I was interested to play with some photo effects after reading a blog post on one of my favourite sites – The World According to Dina – about swirls and twirls.
I don’t have Photoshop, but I do have a version of Photoshop Elements so I thought I’d give it a go. I selected two photos that aren’t the best compositions.
(1) Tulip – I was interested to see how these colours would transform
I followed the video linked to in Dina’s blog, but I made some changes and stopped when I got this result because I rather like it.
Changing the colour hues makes a very different image
(2) Dusk – this was a fairly poor shot of a sunset and I dislike the trees at the bottom of the photo, but thought the streaks might work well.
And this is the result. I kept it very soft and pastel.
While we can’t go out to create new photos, or at least photos of different scenes, then using photo editing software to be creative is one way of enjoying photography at this time.
Thanks Hanne for the idea.
This month Becky (the Queen of Squares) has challenged us to find lines. In Squares naturally. That is the only proper ‘rule’. I have been dipping into the archives for this one, as well as finding local lines.
October Squares | Day 27
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