Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrasts

Oh, the Places We See — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 16:32:32 +0000

Contrasts come naturally on The Palouse, that area of rolling farmland in Eastern Washington and parts of Idaho. Sunlight, storms, shadows — all contrast nicely with the overlapping fields of wheat, quinoa, oats, and canola which form contrasts of their own. You might think that 5,000 square miles of agricultural landscape would get monotonous, but not when you look for nature’s own contrasting elements.

Shadows formed by clouds overhead and the direction of the sunset creep slowly across The Palouse.

The newness of a wind farm on The Palouse contrasts with an aging, long-standing structure.

Shadows reach forth changing colors on green fields, but a new yellow field of canola forms a contrast all its own.

Backlighting from a puffy-clouded sky casts a dark shadow on the landscape in the foreground.

For more entries in this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrasts, click here.

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Filed under: Photography, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged: canola, clouds, Palouse, postaday, sky, wind farm

Travel Theme: Sky

Oh, the Places We See — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 13:15:28 +0000

Ailsa at Where’s My Backpack posted Travel Theme:Sky this week which reminded me of an autumn walk on The Boulevard in the Sequoyah Hills section of Knoxville. Sometimes I walk the designated jogging path, but occasionally I go behind the houses that back onto Lake Loudon — also public property — for a quiet stroll in one of our city’s most beautiful areas.

One late evening in October, I say a “cottage cheese” sky — small snugged-together puffs of clouds — hovering over the lake.

But when I looked back at where I’d been, I saw the reflection of that same sky in the water, giving me another view of the evening sky closing in on the coming night.

As I turned to head toward the parking lot, I was rewarded with a view of the sky mirrored in the water, a lovely sight as you can see. Lucky for me, I walk with my iPhone!

For more entries in the Travel Theme: Sky category, click here.

This is post #29 for National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) 2013.

Filed under: NaBloMoPo2013, Photography, Travel Theme Tagged: Knoxville, Lake Loudon, Sequoyah Hills, sky, Tennessee, travel theme

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrasts

Travel Theme: Sky