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Long Road Home: Cee’s Which Way Challenge, Oct. 26, 2016
Cee’s Which Way Challenge, Sept 21, 2016
The way to go may not be perfectly clear, but the way not to go should be!
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/09/21/cees-which-way-photo-challenge-september-21-2016/
Narrow Illusion
In the wide prairies of South Dakota, the only narrow to be found is the narrowing of the road in the distance. It is a bit like perpetually driving into an invisible tunnel.
The Busy Roads of Mexico: Ceen’s Fun Foto Challenge May 31, 2016
Traffic in Mexico definitely has a wider definition!
On the level.
No Free Ride in Mexico: Cuota Road to the Beach
The “Freeways” of Mexico are anything but free. Yes, there are free roads, but they are generally twisty, two-lane and frequently not too safe. In Mexico, what we think of as freeways are actually toll (or cuota – pronounced “quota”) roads. They are not cheap, but they are multi-laned, divided, well-maintained and generally safe, although this trip presented one unique potential danger not often found in the U.S. unless you happen to live in the northwest.
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Driving along the Carretera to the beach. Colima Volcano is front and center.
Then I noticed the huge sign posted by the federal police telling me to drive with caution. I wondered why.
After I drove past the volcano, I glanced into my rear vision mirror and saw the volcano venting.
http://ceenphotography.com/2016/04/05/cees-fun-foto-challenge-freeways-expressways-highways/
At the Crossroads
At the Crossroads
I am drawn
toward a horizon
not as flat as the others.
Palm trees stir
in the ocean’s breath.
A yellow dog
churns down this road,
but I do not follow.
That other road?
Spires of a city
pulse with light
and an imagined music
blows in on the wings of notes
that swim through heat currents in the air.
Not that road, at least not yet,
the music tells me.
What the third road leads to is invisible
behind a denser curtain of air
blistering with possibility.
Like fingers motioning me forward,
flapping like drapes in the sky––
beckoning.
Come here. Here. Here.
Spinning to look behind me,
then in a circle to see where I am,
“Is this place enough?” I wonder.
It is a place known and comfortable.
It has the right chair and a fridge well stocked with food––
familiar objects of my choosing.
Can “here” be a course chosen?
Can we draw new roads through where we are?
Everything is present everywhere, I once said,
and a trusted friend agreed;
but truths of the past are not always complete truths.
We add on to truth like sand castles,
building new towers,
crumbling others in our haste
to make bigger, better.
Truth changes like the sea.
In its entirety, it is the truth;
in each part, part of the truth.
It is a creative endeavor,
this life of each of us––
choosing the parts of truth
to call our own.
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/sorry-im-busy/
Follow the Lines: Cee’s Compose Yourself Challenge: Leading Lines
Follow the Lines
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You need to CLICK to expand this one. Although this looks like a panoramic shot, it is actually a cropped version of the photo below. I think the horizontal imagery of the photo (in which every element is horizontal) is brought out with more effectiveness in the cropped version, perhaps because the canvas itself is more extremely horizontal. Unlike leading lines that demonstrate perspective by leading the eye back into the photo, these lines draw my eyes back and forth, so I wonder if they qualify as leading lines or if perspective is a requirement.
(This is the original of my cropped version favorite above it)
I almost didn’t use this photo because of all the contrasting round and curved shapes, yet I feel in spite of them the horizontals of the music draw the eyes back, especially because of the narrowing perspective. I’m interested in what Cee has to say about this.
I love this scene and took it from about 5 different perspectives and focal lengths, including a shot that reveals shoreline for miles up the beach. There is something about the simplicity of the wave line in this shot echoed by the ripples on the sand that made me like it the best. Showing this line extending for miles seemed like overkill.
Searching for leading lines in my current library of photos on my computer made me realize that I really do concentrate on curves and more rounded shapes. What lines I found were almost always of roads or beaches, so it was fun to include these raindrops on the windshield of a speeding car. They seem to fulfill the assignment to me, but still I’m interested in what Cee has to say about them.
Now, on to the additional assignment of including curves. I think these photos fill the bill:
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/28/cees-compose-yourself-photo-challenge-week-5-leading-lines/
Cee’s Which Way Challenge, Week 22:
The Road Goes Ever On
Rain dogged us for most of our trip and as we start out again tomorrow to drive to Cheyenne, it looks like more rain. Unpleasant driving, but makes for some fabulous skies and often the vistas with the road curling into the distance seem almost mythical, creating an anticipation, as though we are driving into a mysterious future. (more)
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/06/03/cees-which-way-challenge-2015-week-22/
Cee’s Which Way Challenge, May 19, 2015
All roads lead to home.
Making the way easier.
The sylvan way.
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