Every Day is a Gift!
Tina has challenged us to show people. I usually don’t take a lot of people pictures and I’m not very good at taking them but I managed to come up with a few images for the challenge. The two musicians in my header image entertained us with Celtic music in a pub in Dingle, Ireland a few years ago.
I’ll finish with a gallery of three tour guides we enjoyed during our travels.
Many thanks to our host Tina for the challenge Lens-Artists #292 – People Here, There and Everywhere
Patti has chosen cityscapes for this challenge. I’m not a city girl. I would much rather be in a small town, out in the country, or exploring nature.
There is one city that is near and dear to my heart and that is Savannah, Georgia. I was born in Savannah (I’m not telling you how many years ago that was) when my father was in the U. S. Air Force stationed at Hunter Air Force Base (now Hunter Army Airfield). We moved away when I was three years old. Many years later my husband’s job brought me back to Savannah. I’ve lived within 20 miles of Savannah for over 40 years.
Savannah is a popular tourist destination with it’s beautiful squares, ancient live oaks dripping with Spanish moss, a picturesque river front, Bonaventure Cemetery, and lots of history. Tourism increased after the release of John Berent’s novel “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”. In Savannah the novel is known as “The Book.” Hollywood discovered Savannah and it has become a popular filming location for movies such as “Forrest Gump”, “Glory”, “The Last Song” and of course the Clint Eastwood directed “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”.
Many thanks to our host Patti for the challenge Lens-Artists #291 – Cityscapes
Our challenge from Anne-Christine is to feature circular wonders by showing circles and half circles.
In my opening photo above the most circular wonder of all is the sun at sunset. The following two images are from our February Caribbean cruise.
The Tybee Pier and Pavillion was a great place to listen to Irish music performed by Pipes and Drums Bands from Savannah and Limerick, Ireland as Savannah gets ready for it’s 200th St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday. The following gallery includes a few circular wonders.
Many thanks to our host Ann-Christine for the challenge Lens-Artists #290 – Circular Wonders
For this challenge JohnBo has asked us to show examples of how we use these tools of photo composition: Shape, Form, Texture and Light.
In my opening photo above I like the shapes of triangles for the roof and rectangles for the windows and shutters in this colorful building at the Carabelle Batik Studio in St. Kitts.
The image below focuses on the natural forms and texture of the hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.
One of my favorite times to use light is at sunset. Watching the sunset as our cruise ship was sailing out of San Juan, Puerto Rico was a perfect ending to the day.
Many thanks to our host John for the challenge Lens-Artists #289 – Tools of Photo Composition
Ritva is one of our newest Lens Artists hosts. Her first challenge is Window Shopping.
I’m not much of a shopper but I’m great at window shopping. In fact, I am so busy looking at the merchandise I don’t usually think about taking photos. I managed to find three shopping images from our recent West Indies cruise.
The header photo was taken at the Carabelle Batik Factory in St. Kitts. The colorful Batik fabrics drying in the sun were just a sample of the beautiful items we found in the store. Too bad I didn’t have enough time to choose something to bring home.
Visitors can find hats, jewelry, bags, clothing, and many types of souvenirs at the market in St. Martin.
We did a little shopping and enjoyed lunch at Millie’s at the Barbados cruise ship dock.
Many thanks to our host Ritva for the challenge Lens-Artists #288 – Window Shopping
Wandering Dawgs 