Three cranes and the mountain
The iconic orange cranes of the Port of Vancouver against the backdrop of Grouse Mountain and the North Shore mountains.
Weekly Photo Challenge
Studio 365: Day 68
“Colour exists in itself, has its own beauty…I used colour as a means of expressing my emotions and not as a transcription of nature. I use the simplest colours. I don’t transform them myself it is the relationships which take charge of them. It is only a matter of enhancing the differences, of revealing them. Nothing prevents composition with a few colours, like music which is built on only seven notes”
Henri Matisse from The Path of Colour in Matisse on Art, 1947
The small framed postcard is of Matisse’s Nature morte aux grenades, Vence 1947 from the Musée Matisse in Nice; perfect for another Matisse Monday. The oranges are from Cosco.
Returning from Victoria to Vancouver this evening on the BC Ferry Coastal Renaissance passing through Active Pass, with the glow of the setting sun reflected on the Coastal Celebration on its way to Victoria. Orange you glad I had my iPhone with me!
Magnificent Magnolia
Studio 365: Day 60
Lost a few petals whilst I was away but was rewarded with Day 60’s image after eighteen
attempts painting with light tonight.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Reward
On today’s Weekly Photo Challenge Krista asks ” What does reward mean to you?”
The answer is found in this gallery of photos taken after our six day trek to Machu Picchu in June 2013. Arriving in the early morning of the seventh day, with the sun’s rays illuminating a scene that can best be described as theatrical in its beauty, was a moment of pure magic and the beginning of a never-to-be-forgotten day of wonder and amazement.
Studio 365: Day 53
And the Oscar goes to…
…our wonderful late parents to whom we gave this golden Oscar to celebrate their Golden Wedding in 1986. What a special day that was. Lovely to remember them on thechangingpalette on Oscar Day and particularly my mothers advice to always “Count your blessings.”Rule of Thirds applied.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds
Those of you who follow thechangingpalette will be familiar with this image from Studio 365:Day 48, which I have modified for Jen’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds.
The still life was photographed at night using light painting, and the Bokeh effect created by applying a Gaussian blur to the painting layer. The beautiful vase was made by the Vancouver artist Rachael Radford and featured on Studio 365: Day 36. Thanks Rachael.
Studio 365: Day 51
Stained Glass Variation I
Stained Glass Variation II
Given today’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds from Jen I thought I would work with some of the torn pieces from yesterdays Guildford Cathedral Revisited and play with the rule of thirds and Bokeh effect. What do you think?
Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry II
The Centennial Totem Pole, Vanier Park, Kitsilano, Vancouver
Walking in this afternoon’s sunshine and with symmetry on my mind, the Centennial Pole made a perfect subject. The pole was dedicated in 1958 as a memorial to British Columbia’s Centennial year and was carved by Mungo Martin of the Kwakiutl nation. A second pole was presented to Her Majesty the Queen and resides in Windsor Great Park.For another view of the pole visit A Pole with a View from last summer.
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