The photo challenge took a few of weeks off while me and My Guy were on vacation. Grad Girl has been neck deep in finishing up a NSF grant proposal, so getting a set of photos collected proved challenging for all of us. The last photo card was pretty wide open as to subject matter.
The photos just need to show symmetry, which is defined as "the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis" (at least that's the Google definition). We have a bit of both types in this weeks photos.
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| Kate: Natural Symmetry |
Our vacation took us to Oregon for the first week and half of October. The leaves are just starting to turn, but the ferns are still really, really green. They are amazingly symmetric across the stem. This photo was taken on the walk to Bridal Veil falls.
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| My Guy: Reflected Symmetry |
My Guy's photo is also from Oregon, but his was taken in Bend. We were lucky to have wonderful weather for most of our trip. These clouds pretty much disappeared by the next day and we had clear blue skies for most of the week. The clouds do add a lot of drama, I was missing them in some of our later photos. A clear blue sky is pretty, but clouds can really make a mundane photograph pretty spectacular.
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| Grad Girl: Stitching Symmetry |
Since Grad Girl has been pretty much desk bound working on that grant proposal, she's been doing a bit of stitching in the evenings to clear her head and relax. Thankfully she turned in her final draft to her advisor on Friday. Hopefully she's mostly done. She has a fondness for mandala's, this one may be destined to be added to her framed collection.
My Guy drew this week's challenge card.
This one is definitely open to lots of interpretations. It should be fun to see what we all come up with next week.
All excellent examples of symmetry. Simple backgrounds - should be interesting.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a wonderful trip to Oregon! Both the fern photo and the clouds/reflection are beautiful. I love the symmetry in Grad Girl's embroidery, too. Where does she find her designs?
ReplyDeleteGreat photos. I once spent a summer trying to get just the right composition on some sword ferns like yours. I was really focused more on the spores on the undersides of the leaves. It was long ago, and now I can't remember if I ever achieved the photo I was going for. And I agree about the clouds. I sometimes find myself wishing for some nice big puffy clouds. They really do add drama to the sky. I'm glad Grad Girl finds the stitching relaxing. That's what I love about it. She's using it to clear her head. I'm generally doing mine in the morning because it helps me focus. Looking forward to seeing what you do with next week's prompt.
ReplyDeleteLove them all! Looks like you had beautiful weather for your vacation.
ReplyDeleteI love the embroidered mandala symmetry! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteLove all the interpretations, but your fern is magnificent. And GG's stitching is really pretty.
ReplyDeleteThree great pictures and love Oregon, our trip there last summer has me thinking about retirement locations (even though that’s a long way off!).
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