Photo Challenge #21

this week's challenge is...WATER!
Submit 5 photos of water- in any way, shape, or form
Tweaking IS allowed
Have submissions in by Saturday, June 27th.

I was not sure I would be able to be apart of this weeks challenge since I spent the whole week at my in-laws BUT with water being picked, the humid hot weather and a kiddie pool everything fell into place. As my daughter was splashing, dumping and playing in the water I just started to snap. There is no "theme" besides water, I just did various shots that dealt with water (2 B&W, 3 in color). I really enjoyed taking this pictures and have found a new love for reflections in the water.

Falling water; daughter was pour water out of a bucket into the kiddie pool.

At the end of swim time we would dump the small kiddie pool out and the water would cover the blackish driveway.... which my daughter loved to play in and I loved the reflections, you can faintly see my daughter's reflection in the photo.

This is another water reflection photo, the very bottom is actual grass but the trees & sky are a reflection in the water that was on the driveway.

Close up of the reflection.

Right before going inside my daughter started to put her head on the ground and look through her legs... this is another reflection shot.

Photo Challenge #20

This week's challenge:NATURE OUT OF FOCUS

The Rules:
1.) B/W or Colour Photos
2.) Please submit only 3
3.) Photos must be of nature and MUST be out of focus
4.) Photo submissions due between Friday, June 14 and Sat., June 15.
5.) no tweaking please!

Hint: This week's challenge is to encourage you to focus on composition instead of the subject.

The first two photos are from a tree in my backyard with all these great seed pods that really caught my eye. The first photo is of the green seed pods and the second is from the dead branch section... hopefully the pics are blurry enough. The last picture is what I walk through on the way to the tree in my backyard. I really enjoy taking blurry pictures.

Photo Challenge #19

The challenge:Pick an object, pick a window in your place of residence and photograph that object at different times of the day at said window.

I used a window facing east: 7am has morning sun, Noon the sun is directly above the house... and that is it (sorry have been super busy and I used a window in my daughter's room so between nap and bedtime never got around to going back for a pic). The Object I am using is fake roses in a tight bunch in a small clear glass vase w/little bit of water.My first go at this on Wednesday did not turn out, my cat knocked off the glass object and broke it (only got 7am & half way through the Noon pics then the object broke) SO redoing it today (Friday).

7am

Noon