Tuesday Photo Challenge – Round Up 55

Welcome to the 55th round up of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!

This week’s theme of Healthy clearly struck a chord with many of you, and, like me, a lot of you focused on healthy foods.  There were also wonderful posts about other healthy activities, such as getting out in Nature, a special whippet’s recovery to full strength and dealing with health issues, such as fibromyalgia.  There was even a post about the healthy grieving, which struck a chord with me.

In short, your breadth of experience and creativity was on full display again this week, and I truly enjoyed reading your posts!!

Here are some additional healthy images that came to mind, when I was thinking about this week’s theme…

Ornamental Cabbage

A Bowl of Kumquats

Delicious tomatoes!

Pomegranate Seeds

These images demonstrate the great variety of healthy foods that we find on our planet, each of which I find delicious.  Of course, tastes vary, so it’s awesome that there’s something healthy to eat for every one’s taste buds!

The following were this week’s participants in the challenge with links to their posts:

• PtitNFit kicked things off this week with a great post about those shakettes!  Go check it out!
• The photo in theonlyD800inthehameau is a fantastic display of healthy foods, many of which are unfamiliar to me.  Now I have to explore them!
• Leaking Ink recognizes the importance of a variety of colors in one’s diet; it looks pretty yummy, but I think it’s taken!
• Leave it to ladyleemanilla to share a cornucopia of healthy activities and foods, although there may be some junk food among the images 🙂
• Charles really spruces things up with a rather healthy looking pine tree in charlesewaugh.
• Xenia posted twice this week starting with great photos of her whippets and a haiku in her blog Whippetwisdom.  Her second entry of the week focuses on Eivor’s recovery with lovely photos and a haibun in Whippetwisdom.
• pensivity101 regales us with a great poem that focuses on the strawberry and kale’s lot in the blender!
• Candace talks about her time in Greece in Netdancer’s Musings and how she tackled flare ups of fibromyalgia.
• Cee posted some rather great looking health foods in her post in Cee’s Photography!
• Stella’s post in her excellent blog Giggles & Tales makes us some rather delicious looking smoothies!
• Ru’s Rue features a fantastic photo of strawberries in her post!
• A Tale Unfolds is a beautiful blog with photography and cakes!!  Their entry to the challenge finds a bean in grass!
• Ron’s post in Progressing Into Solitude focuses on his lime tree and its multiple uses!
• Maria’s post in CitySonnet details the growth of a strawberry plant with exquisite photography!
• iBallRTW tests our fitness with a healthy walk to the temple honoring Hanuman!
• Une Photo, un poéme provides an entry filled with beautiful photography of a kiwi plant.
• Miriam post in the Showers of Blessing is rather special as she covers the helth benefits of grieving.
• Judith talks about the health benefits of severl things in Nature Knows Best illustrated with wonderful photos!
• Khürt’s post in Island in the Net focuses on the benefits of a good breakfast, which he shows off with a rather awesome looking breakfast!
• Debbie has an excellent post in ForgivingConnects, showing that health can be an on-going project that should be non-judgmental and forgiving!

This is another great set of images, posts and participation!  Thanks to each of you for taking the time and being creative!  Now I have to think of another theme!

Author: jansenphoto

A Fresh Perspective Photography is more than just a vehicle for capturing the world around me; it provides me with a palette and a set of brushes, with which I paint not only what I see, but also look to express the emotions that are evoked by the scene in front of me in that moment. Growing up in the Netherlands exposed me to a wide cross-section of visual arts that laid the foundation of my photographic view of all that surrounds me. Early influences were the Dutch Masters of the 17th century, to whom I was introduced by my grandfather during museum explorations; favorites among them are the scenes of quotidian life depicted by Jan Steen and Frans Hals and the vivid landscapes of Jacob van Ruisdael. My classical high school education was supplemented by the Boijmans Van Beuningen museum, where I spent many a lunch hour exploring its great collection. Here I was introduced to surrealism with a particular love for the approach taken by Salvador Dali; Dali also rekindled my appreciation for the work of Hieronymus Bosch, who often showed the folly of us mortals. Universal Connections My approach to any photographic subject is to look for understanding first; in this I look to establish either a connection between the viewer and the subject or capture the connection of the subject with its surroundings. The captured image then aims to portray this connection from a perspective that is part of my personal interpretation. This interpretation is often a form of externalized introspection, which may alternately display the connection of isolated beings and items with their environment or highlight the whimsy of the profound world, in which we find ourselves. The universe is full of connections, many of which are waiting to be discovered; part of my journey as a photographer is to document these connections. Any assignment, be it an event, a product shoot or a portrait session is always approached through communication with the client; this is where the first connection is established. Ideas are exchanged and a collaborative plan of action forms, ultimately resulting in a set of images that aim to exceed the expectations of each client. And, lest we forget, it is important to have fun while practicing the serious business of photography! View all posts by jansenphoto