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Tuesday Photo Challenge – Glow

Light glows across the ages

Welcome to week 189 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!

Thank you all for the incredible amount of Peace that flowed throughout last week’s posts! This week, I’ve selected another theme that has been inspired by one of the images I captured in Liverpool just over a month ago. While doing some additional editing, I played around with one of the night-time shots to get it to speak a bit more. This led to an image with a rather warm Glow, which is pushed very much by the wonderful street lighting they have around the Albert Docks.

I think that the interesting part of this challenge will be your choice of direction with the theme of Glow…will you opt for the glow of an ember, a firefly, or the glowing praise that is heaped on a great performance? There are many choices, so feel free to push the boundaries and shoot for that glowing review!

This is definitely one theme that has me curious to see what you might create!! Have fun and go wild!

Here’s the image that inspired the theme…

The Albert Docks are a lovely area to explore during the evening hours with great restaurants and entertainment. A couple of notes about the creation of this image, as it’s a bit non-standard for me; the shot was captured on an iPhone 11 Pro Max using the NeuralCam app. This app is great for night photography, such as this. I then processed the image using Aurora HDR and used a toned down Misty Landscape preset (at 59%), which also added a bit of grain to the clouds. I cleaned that image up in PhotoShop with a bit of sharpening, a little soft light overlay and popped the contrast somewhat. I cropped it to adjust the aspect ratio to get this result.

The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:

Write a post with an image for this week’s topic
Please tag your post with fpj-photo-challenge (if you’re not sure about how tags work, please check out this WordPress article about tagging posts)
Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!

May your creative energy glow and light the path to a wonderful image!

Tuesday Photo Challenge – Round Up 160

Enjoy the beauty of the night!

Welcome to the 160th round up of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!

The night spoke to many of you, as is evident from your wonderful creations this week. I think you’ll agree with me that the set of entries in response to the Night theme are simply amazing. Your variety of approaches and skill, with which you executed them were a pleasure to behold!

Thank you for allowing me to read another great set of posts and the effort that you put into them! Please comment on each other’s work!

Here’s something fun to do at night…

During the Winter season, the town of Brno in the Czech Republic has this wonderful outdoor skating rink in front of one the museums. One can glide around and in front of the art!

Joseph starts things off this week with a great post in his blog, Lillie-Put, which features a great set of night photos!
Maria’s photos in her entry in Kamerapromenader are nothing short of stunning; go check them out!
Sarah shares a great photo in her post in By Sarah; I bet you know where this was taken!
With another stunning post, A Day in the Life brings us a sense of mystery that fog at night evokes…
Ann-Christine brings out the sense of the night in her post in To See the World in a Grain of Sand…; wonderful photo!
In a wonderful post in i Ball Round the World, we get to see one of the fun things to do with photography at night: light trails!
In another lovely post in pensivity101 we experience the sense of nights on a boat…I bet those ducks sounded interesting!
Na’ama brings us an outstanding poem in her post in Na’ama Yehuda; the long night…
Jase shares the love of a rainy night in an enticing post in Proscenium, great photos too!
Kammie brings us a wonderful set of photos in Nut House Central, where she gets the ambience across to us beautifully!
Carol’s photos in her post in Light Words are lovely; they really give us a sense of midnight in Paris!
In an awesome post in Don’t Hold Your Breath, we get to see night time in an abandoned shopping mall…eerie!
Irene’s photo in this week’s entry in Heaven’s Sunshine captures a stunning night-time reflection!
Paula’s view of the night in Light Motifs II captures the last light beautifully!
Nicole’s capture of the sunset in her blog One Photo, Un Poéme is nothing short of stunning!
Travel with Tech features some great travel locations with London, Budapest and Prague and these night-time shots are wonderful!
Shelley’s warming up to the nights in her post in Quaint Revival, as Spring nights warm her heart! Great photos!
Debbie’s travels in Valetta bring us wonderful night scenes in Travel with Intent; I love the quiet ambience!
Brian’s views of the night in Bushboy’s World provide a wonderful variety of aspects; that salamander is stunning!
Ken really brings out the charm of camping at night in his post in Pictures without Film; that harbor is stunning too!
Danny’s photo in this week’s post in Danny James Photography has a great sense of color against the night!
This week’s wonderful post in Geriatri’X’ Fotogallery provides a stunning view of the Nordic night!
This week’s contribution to the theme in A Wise Woman’s Journey has a gorgeous photo and lovely haiku!
In this week’s post in Land of Images we get a stunning night view of a bridge that brings the art to architecture!
In a touching post in the Blog of Hammad Rais, Hammad focuses on some of the mishaps during one night of photography…
Sandy stuns us with a great photo in her post in Out of My Write Mind, and the poem just adds to your enjoyment!
Ramya shares a lovely photo of trees against the night sky in a great post in And Miles to go before I Sleep…
Deb’s post in Twenty-Four brings us a rather interesting view, as foreground and background interplay…
With a lovely photo in Hadd Hai Year, we get a view of the night in Zibo, China!
David’s post in David Meredith’s Photoblog is one that you’ll have to see! His night-time photography is nothing short of amazing!!
Michelle gives us a gorgeous view of the night in Bangkok in her post in Take a Walk and Discover!
This week’s post in One letter UP – diary 2.0, takes us to Coronado Beach with a night-time view that all of us would cherish!
This week’s entry in Photography Journal Blog is stunning! The Royal Albert Hall never looked better!
Khürt once again brings us an amazing post in Island in the Net! His photos of life at night are to be seen by all!

Please let all of these great bloggers know your thoughts about their posts!

Tuesday Photo Challenge – Night

Bring on your best night light!

Welcome to week 160 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!

My apologies for not getting last week’s round up out first, but it’s been challenging to cram a week’s worth of work into 2 days before my trip to Ireland. I’ve looked a bunch of your wonderful, wheel posts and they are stunning! For this week’s challenge, I’m going for a darker subject: Night! Personally, I enjoy the look of shooting at night, as the contrast between light and dark is so pronounced. In your approach to this week’s theme, feel free to bring any old night into the light!

I hope you have fun with this theme!!

Here’s a shot from last week…

Last week was spent in Boston, as Red Hat held its annual Summit there, which was a truly inspiring event! As I was walking back to my hotel after one of the ancillary events, I came across this bridge and saw that the moon was looking lovely between the high-rise buildings…

The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:

Write a post with an image for this week’s topic
Please tag your post with fpj-photo-challenge (if you’re not sure about how tags work, please check out this WordPress article about tagging posts)
Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!

I’m looking forward to what creatures the night might bring to the light!

Three Line Tales – Night Visions

Seeing the scene

Many thanks to Sonya for Week One Hundred and Sixty-Nine of Three Line Tales, part of her awesome blog Only 100 Words!

photo by Peter Gonzalez via Unsplash

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Wet streets, glistening,
Colors reflect, sauntering…
Night visions abound!

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Thank you to Sonya of Only 100 Words for coming up with Three Line Tales.

You’ll find full guidelines on her TLT page, but here’s the tl;dr:

Write three lines inspired by the photo prompt (& give them a title if possible).
Link back to this post.
Tag your post with 3LineTales (so everyone can find you in the Reader).
Read and comment on other TLT participants’ lines.
NEW: If you want your post to be included in the round-up, you have until Sunday evening to publish it.
Have fun.

Happy three-lining!

Three Line Tales – Firmament

Night’s sweet embrace

Many thanks to Sonya for Week One Hundred and Fifty-Six of Three Line Tales, part of her awesome blog Only 100 Words!

three line tales, week 156: stars over the sea — photo by Sam Loyd via Unsplash

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Midnight blue beckons,
Liquid indigo reflects.
Starry night’s embrace.

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Thank you to Sonya of Only 100 Words for coming up with Three Line Tales.

You’ll find full guidelines on her TLT page, but here’s the tl;dr:

Write three lines inspired by the photo prompt (& give them a title if possible).
Link back to this post.
Tag your post with 3LineTales (so everyone can find you in the Reader).
Read and comment on other TLT participants’ lines.
NEW: If you want your post to be included in the round-up, you have until Sunday evening to publish it.
Have fun.

Happy three-lining!

Three Line Tales – Vincent

Artist’s inspiration

Many thanks to Sonya for Week One Hundred and Four of Three Line Tales, part of her awesome blog Only 100 Words!

three line tales week 104: an abandoned house in the Arctic circle — photo by Thomas Shellberg via Unsplash

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Looking up, deep blue
Firmament, expansive sky.
Starry, starry night.

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Thank you to Sonya of Only 100 Words for coming up with Three Line Tales.

You’ll find full guidelines on her TLT page, but here’s the tl;dr:

Write three lines inspired by the photo prompt (& give them a title if possible).
Link back to this post.
Tag your post with 3LineTales (so everyone can find you in the Reader).
Read and comment on other TLT participants’ lines.
NEW: If you want your post to be included in the round-up, you have until Sunday evening to publish it.
Have fun.

Happy three-lining!

Tuesday Photo Challenge – Dark

A shot in the dark!

Welcome to Week 74 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge.

The water was fine last week, as many of you jumped in with both feet to create some stunning posts! As many of my themes tend to connect from one week to another, this week will be no different… As last week’s post featured Nubble Light in Cape Neddick, Maine, I thought it would be nice to use the same lighthouse again in a very different shot to introduce the theme of Dark!

As always, feel free to take this theme into the direction that you like, which means that you don’t have to do an evening shot, but could also photograph something with dark colors, or a dark cloud, or, you’ve got the idea! I count on your creativity to make this another interesting week!

Here’s that shot of Nubble Light…

nubble-night_57a0318 — *Nubble at Night*

This is a rather straightforward shot with a manually calculated exposure of 131 seconds at f/18 and 100 ISO using a timer. The trick is to take a test shot at high ISO and wide open aperture to get a sense for the amount of light that is needed and then dial in for a nice long exposure to get the smoothness of the sea.

The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:

Write a post with an image for this week’s topic
Please tag your post with fpj-photo-challenge (if you’re not sure about how tags work, please check out this WordPress article about tagging posts)
Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!

Let’s play safe with water during this week and try to surprise me!

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