Weekly Photo Challenge
Breaking ranks in the corps de ballet.
I took this photo nearly fifty years ago during a rehearsal at Covent Garden, and the negative is as pristine today as it was all those years ago. In response to Cheri inviting us to “find beauty in something broken” for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Broken.Peonies from Heaven
Enveloped by darkness these peonies come to life with the magic of light painting.
Studio 365: Day 136
As these glorious deep purple petals fall away revealing the pistils, styles and stamens that have been enveloped so protectively and majestically in the flowers core, these tulips seem to have taken on a renewed beauty in their final hour.
My dearest sweetheart…
With the accent on the o in envelope, and in response to Krista’s question in this Week’s Photo Challenge, “What does enveloped mean to you?” I confess to this being a re-posting from a year ago when the Photo Challenge was Letters, but I hope you agree these treasured letters from my late father to my late mother a few weeks before their marriage in 1936 are worthy of the re-post.
Studio 365: Day 130
In follow up to yesterday’s Day 129, and staying in a Bryce Canyon frame of mind, I thought I would add an addendum to our unforgettable visit there just three weeks ago. The first trail we experienced was at the southern end of the Park, and is known as The Bristlecone Loop Trail. It is a 1.1 mile round trip and leads to views of The Pink Cliffs, and a 100 mile vista taking in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The Bristlecone in the photo is over sixteen centuries old, a true force of nature.
I wanted to capture that moment when the spectacular panorama appeared and the view of the 2000 foot drop into the canyon below unfolded. It was simply breathtaking. The next day we went back and I made the following video to re-create that moment.
Let me know if I’ve succeeded.
Mother’s Day Brunch
A very Canadian Mother’s Day image seen on our early morning walk this morning with this family of Canada Geese having their Mother’s Day brunch together. Once again it’s the “Early Bird” photography syndrome – literally – finding beauty in the early hours of the day.
In this week’s Photo Challenge Brie asks us “to share a force of nature from your corner of the world…It can be something as large as the Grand Canyon, or as small as the tiny seedling steadily breaking it’s way through the concrete in your driveway…” Well, although not in our driveway, even though we don’t have a driveway, I think these goslings are tiny enough, wouldn’t you agree.
Happy Mother’s Day
Weekly Photo Challenge: Intricate
No mountains, canyons, vistas or waterfalls today but instead the wonderful artistry of the women of the weaving cooperative in the village of Chinchero in the Sacred Valley of Peru where we visited on our trekking adventure to Machu Picchu in the summer of 2013.
In response to Krista’s question for this week’s Photo Challenge:
“What does the word “intricate” mean to you?”
Studio 365: Day 118
The Treasured Feather
I suspect those of you who have been following our travels for the past ten days will not be surprised to see that this feather from a Great Horned Owl, the treasure of our journey, is today’s featured image now that we are back home. Our visit to Owl Canyon where we saw the owls sitting high above looking down at us from the red rock, was one of the most memorable moments of the trip.
For those of you visiting thechangingpalette for the first time I invite you to see more images from that remarkable day, and for my fellow travellers take another look and enjoy this most special of places once again: http://wp.me/p3gSod-26w
I think this image also speaks to this week’s Photo Challenge: Motion. I hope you agree
Studio 365: Day 116
Man in Motion
Maestro Donato Cabrera conducting the Las Vegas Philharmonic.
Last night we enjoyed a sublime evening of music at the Smith Centre for the Performing Arts here in Las Vegas. The added pleasure was watching Maestro Cabrera painting the music in the air with his baton, thrusting, smoothing, coaxing as he directed the Las Vegas Philharmonic in exhilarating performances of John Adams’ The Chairman Dances, Foxtrot for Orchestra and Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony.
The concert was made even more memorable by the guest soloist, the brilliant pianist Joyce Yang, winner of the Silver Medal at the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2005, playing Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Her exquisite performance brought us all to our feet, applauding, cheering and shouting Bravo, Bravo, adding to a night full of both motion and emotion. In the pre-concert discussion with the audience she gave away the secret to her genius: fifteen to twenty hours of practice to learn one minute of music.
After the concert was over Miss Yang greeted everyone in the foyer and graciously signed our CD’s. Two more treasures to take home tonight after ten spectacular days, as we say our farewells to family and return to Vancouver.
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