Day 76 - Photo A Day Challenge - 3-16-2012
Mar 16, 2012 03:40:12 #
Welcome to Day 76 :) An interesting thought popped into my head when I was out walking in the desert yesterday. The desert here in Arizona is filled
with a lot of thorny plants and bushes that snag your clothes. Then I spotted this path off in the distance and I wondered why on earth I didn't
change directions and get on that path...it would make my life so much more simple. Then it hit me .. what a great subject for the challenge.
Hidden Pathways Leading to Unknown Places. This made me think of our almost ingrained attraction to simplicity. Simplicity in design, Simplicity in movement,
Simplicity in photography. It's almost like our brains go back in time to the evolution of our species and our instincts for survival. Maybe it's out natural
tendency to conserve energy, follow the path of least resistance, it also influences our perceptions on photography. The more simple the photograph, the
stronger it becomes. Why fight your way through the tangled brush, when you can simply go on the path. I imagine that deer and other animals think the same way.
If I were a deer I would take the path instead of fighting the thorns and prickly cactus. The path of least resistance has so many examples in nature.
Snow is a fabulous simplifier .. it hides everything but the path. So that is our challenge for today .. those hidden pathways that make you go hmmmmmmmmm maybe I
should go that way.
Here are a few examples to get us started. I look forward to seeing what y'all come up with.
with a lot of thorny plants and bushes that snag your clothes. Then I spotted this path off in the distance and I wondered why on earth I didn't
change directions and get on that path...it would make my life so much more simple. Then it hit me .. what a great subject for the challenge.
Hidden Pathways Leading to Unknown Places. This made me think of our almost ingrained attraction to simplicity. Simplicity in design, Simplicity in movement,
Simplicity in photography. It's almost like our brains go back in time to the evolution of our species and our instincts for survival. Maybe it's out natural
tendency to conserve energy, follow the path of least resistance, it also influences our perceptions on photography. The more simple the photograph, the
stronger it becomes. Why fight your way through the tangled brush, when you can simply go on the path. I imagine that deer and other animals think the same way.
If I were a deer I would take the path instead of fighting the thorns and prickly cactus. The path of least resistance has so many examples in nature.
Snow is a fabulous simplifier .. it hides everything but the path. So that is our challenge for today .. those hidden pathways that make you go hmmmmmmmmm maybe I
should go that way.
Here are a few examples to get us started. I look forward to seeing what y'all come up with.
Mar 16, 2012 04:20:44 #
photogrl57 wrote:
Welcome to Day 76 :) An interesting thought popped... (show quote)
Good morning...I especially like your #2 photo, but the path of #1 looks the most intreging (sp). Great idea for today. Wish I had a contribution. It's cold and rainy here, so can't go out and find any pathways.
Mar 16, 2012 04:23:10 #
Mar 16, 2012 04:41:51 #
photogrl57 wrote:
Welcome to Day 76 :) An interesting thought popped... (show quote)
PG...We are going to see the grandkids and my mom today and tomorrow ,but will get something in the camera to post ! See you all tomorrow or Sunday ! Have a great weekend !
chris
Mar 16, 2012 06:10:55 #
The Garden of Life is walk down that one way path, so pick as many flowers as you want to fill your bouquet because you won't get a second chance!
Stratford, CT
Mar 16, 2012 06:18:01 #
So be it........
From the rockin' of the cradle to the rollin' of the hearse, man it's been atrip!
From the rockin' of the cradle to the rollin' of the hearse, man it's been atrip!
Mar 16, 2012 07:06:47 #
Seriously.....
The best paths are walked barefooted at the edge of the water on a beach in the winter while your brother-in-law is home shoveling snow!
Mar 16, 2012 07:12:32 #
Photogirl...really nice stuff there this morning to get us started...rainy and drizzly here and I have much to do..see you later this eve.
Jim you are a nut...yup a funny, whacky, cracked nut and I just love the path you just showed us. I very much like your raccoon shirt picture..hat, smile, jeans, sneaks, CAMERA...you look so happy and comfy and yup with that hat a little nutty. (takes one to know one)
I love going down a good garden path....Ill look for something fresh and new today...
Jim you are a nut...yup a funny, whacky, cracked nut and I just love the path you just showed us. I very much like your raccoon shirt picture..hat, smile, jeans, sneaks, CAMERA...you look so happy and comfy and yup with that hat a little nutty. (takes one to know one)
I love going down a good garden path....Ill look for something fresh and new today...
Mar 16, 2012 07:15:04 #
Mar 16, 2012 07:16:08 #
rivernan wrote:
Photogirl...really nice stuff there this morning t... (show quote)
Thanx Rivernan, I've worked hard to reach that nutty stage y'know...LOL.
Raining here too. Good day to work on income tax returns
Mar 16, 2012 07:17:16 #
photogrl57 wrote:
Welcome to Day 76 :) An interesting thought popped... (show quote)
Nice shots #2 is really nice . And love the colors in last shot.
Mar 16, 2012 07:37:23 #
I enjoy walking trails and so do my grandchildren.My little grandson loves running through trails in the woods and walking through sandy paths to get to a lighthouse. When I go for a walk on woods paths I always take my camera with me.
Mar 16, 2012 07:42:54 #
Fred Ann wrote:
I enjoy walking trails and so do my grandchildren.My little grandson loves running through trails in the woods and walking through sandy paths to get to a lighthouse. When I go for a walk on woods paths I always take my camera with me.
#2. Now THAT is the New Brunswick that should be on tourist brochures! :thumbup:
Mar 16, 2012 07:53:20 #
I like following woods paths through a nearby walking trail, no matter an icy trail in the winter or a nice shadowy walk in other seasons. Sometimes following paths can be precarious like this grassy path along the top of the South Head Cliffs at Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick.
Mar 16, 2012 07:56:53 #
Roadrunner wrote:
#2. Now THAT is the New Brunswick that should be on tourist brochures! :thumbup:
Fred Ann wrote:
I enjoy walking trails and so do my grandchildren.My little grandson loves running through trails in the woods and walking through sandy paths to get to a lighthouse. When I go for a walk on woods paths I always take my camera with me.
#2. Now THAT is the New Brunswick that should be on tourist brochures! :thumbup:
RR. the lighthouse picture was located on a red earth trail in a sister maritime province;Prince Edward Island. Also a very beautiful province.
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