weekly photo challenge – Live Laugh RV

Photo Composition

March 3, 2024March 2, 2024by Ingrid111 Comments

Spring in the desert southwest is glorious. It’s a time to grab the camera and head out into nature. This past week, I was quick to join other members of our local camera club for a photography outing.

It felt great to be back out and about with camera in hand, and although, I didn’t capture any compelling images, it was just the impetus I needed to get the brain into a creative mode. This recent outing along with John’s photo challenge prompt sent the creative juices flowing, and me scouring my computer for photographs that might fit John’s challenge.

Tools of Composition – Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #289

Today’s challenge focuses on Shape, Form, Texture, and Light. The desert southwest is abundant with photo opportunities and perfect for today’s photo challenge.

Texture

The texture of petrified wood along with the thought of wood turning into stone had me scratching my head in wonder. For anyone traveling through northern Arizona, I highly recommend a stop at Petrified Forest National Park.

Me, perplexed by petrified wood – Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Light

Throughout my life, I have been blessed with the opportunity to travel. I have traveled extensively, and during all these travels, I have never encountered more amazing skies than that found in the desert southwest.

Sunrise along the shores of Lake Powell at the Arizona/Utah border.

The light seen in this part of the country is more than just a photographers dream … it’s an experience and a joy to witness.

Shape

You’ll find some of the most remarkable scenery in this part of the United States along with all kinds of shapes and textures. The landscape is diverse, extraordinary, and stunning.

As many times as I have been exposed to Mother Nature’s unique creations, I continue to be awed by her artistry.

Form

Of course, I can’t forget about wildlife and plants; two of my favorite photographic subjects.

In my opinion, this flower image seems to hit all the elements of the composition challenge; shape, form, texture, and light.

This flower reminds me that it’s the beginning of March and spring is in the air. It’s my favorite time of year, and I can’t wait for the desert to come alive. She has already started.

It’s a time for bird’s to mate and flower’s to bloom. New life and new beginnings!

Finding inspiration… After a rough four months physically, I am finally feeling better, better than I have in quite some time and am inspired to continue capturing the beauty found around me in my home state of Arizona.

I am currently on wildflower watch which is nearing with each new day, and therefore, I am keeping the camera batteries charged. 🌵 Who else is doing a happy dance? 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

Till next time,

Arizona, Photography

Mission San Xavier

February 20, 2015by Ingrid72 Comments

Today’s WordPress photo challenge is the “Rule of Thirds”.

We arrived in Tucson, Arizona, a couple of days ago and my first ‘must see’ stop was Mission San Xavier del Bac. The stunning Spanish architecture and beautifully landscaped grounds made for a fun and interesting photographic opportunity.Mission San Xavier del Bac is a historic Spanish Catholic mission located about 10 miles south of downtown Tucson. The church was built between 1783 and 1797 and is the oldest European structure in Arizona.

The mission was originally founded by an Italian Jesuit, Padre Eusebio Kino. San Xavier is still actively run by Franciscans and continues to serve the local community.Over 200,000 visitors come here each year from around the world to view what is considered some of the finest Spanish Colonial architecture in the United States.There was so much to explore and take in at the mission…. more than I expected. So if you do visit, plan on spending at least an hour versus the 20 minutes we scheduled. I guess that means, I’ll just have to revisit.And since Jen over at WordPress challenged us to experiment with the Rule of Thirds with a little bokeh (blur), I thought I’d end the post with this photo of an unusual cactus bloom located near the entrance to San Xavier.

The Spanish Missions of Arizona (True Books)
Moon Arizona & the Grand Canyon (Moon Handbooks)

Photography

Photo Challenge: Clean

April 12, 2014by Ingrid43 Comments

This week Cee’s Travel Theme photo challenge is; CLEAN

Cee posted some beautiful shots of flowers with raindrops that indeed exemplifies the word clean.

Hum…..after a little pondering, I remembered all the birds along the Texas Gulf Coast cleaning and drying their wings.

How about the Turkey Vultures? They not only have cleaned and are now drying their wings, but earlier they cleaned up the dead duck in the middle of the road.

I had a great time visiting the Texas Gulf Coast. Although the beaches were beautiful, I fell in love with all the birds. I’m hoping our travels will include regular visits to the Gulf Coast.

I’m still in Canyonlands National Park in Utah and surprisingly I do have internet, but weak at that. Cold weather and rain is rolling in and today’s photo outing was less than stellar.

I guess I’ll just have to hang around until the weather is more agreeable. I know, it’s a tough job, but I’m up for the challenge………
Moon Arches & Canyonlands National Parks (Moon Handbooks)

Ingrid's Corner

Weekly photo challenge: Reflections

March 24, 2014March 22, 2014by Ingrid86 Comments

In the past there just never seemed to be the right opportunity to participate in one of these weekly photo challenges. I’m either behind on posts or my internet connection is sketchy due to our location.

Now that I’ve brought you all up to date on our happenings and this weeks photo challenge is “reflections”, it seems like the perfect opportunity to jump into the WordPress weekly photo challenge arena.

I enjoy this type of photography. Whiling reviewing my photos and narrowing down the choices for this post, I reflected on my emotions at the time each photo was taken. Under each photograph is one word depicting my feelings at that particular moment…. what I felt the moment I clicked on that shutter.