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Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected

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These are not necessarily great shots, but they all show something unexpected…

Most CVS pharmacies are boring, uneventful buildings. Not in Venice Beach, though… Seeing this fun building from afar, I didn’t expect it to be CVS!
When we decided to fly from Seville to Lisbon to save time, we didn’t expect we’d be flying in this tiny aircraft! What a trip!
After a long day sightseeing in cold and rainy weather in Lisbon, finding a bottle of Port wine at our hotel room gave us a “welcome home” feeling. A nice and unexpected surprise.
While taking photos around the beach in Santa Monica, I came across this unexpected scene and couldn’t resist a shot at being a wedding photographer. Not sure this was nice, but they looked so good!
Still new at macro photography, I was surprised to see the things the lens captured here. The teeny-weeny ant was dragging an even tinier creature, and when I zoomed in… well, there was more there than met the eye. Yikes!
Unexpected bloom between rocks.

This post is part of Weekly Photo Challenge: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/photo-challenge-unexpected/

Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit

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I am not a creature of habit, but there are two things I like to do regularly, even if not every day: go for long walks and take photos of everything that catches my eye. I always have my camera or at least my iPhone with me wherever I go, especially on these long walks. I thought I’d share some shots of Palisades Park, in Santa Monica, my favorite walking place.

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This post is part of Weekly Photo Challenge: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/11/08/weekly-photo-challenge-habit/

Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon

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“Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.”
– W. Eugene Smith-

Elderly lady looks contemplatively at the horizon while the sun sets on the Pacific. Santa Monica, CA
Horizon meets Pacific ocean. Malibu beach, LA, CA.
Horizon meets the Pacific. Santa Monica, CA.
Horizon meets Atlantic ocean. Fortaleza, Brazil.
Pirenopolis, GO, Brazil

This entry is part of Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-horizon/

Weekly Photo Challenge: The Hue of You

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“Red is the great clarifier – bright and revealing. I can’t imagine becoming bored with red – it would be like becoming bored with the person you love.” (Diana Vreeland)

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Photo: Partial view of the Rose Cafe Mural by Rene Holovsky. The Rose Cafe, Venice, Los Angeles, CA.

This entry is part of Weekly Photo Challenge: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/10/18/hue-photo-challenge/

Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated

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When it comes to color saturation, there is no place like the boardwalk on Venice Beach, California, which happens to be one of my favorite places to photograph. I was there just yesterday and here are some of the very colorful shots I got. Talk about saturation!

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For more on color saturation go to: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/photo-challenge-saturated/

Weekly Photo Challenge: From Lines to Patterns

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This week’s Photo Challenge is “From Lines to Patterns.” I have quite a few shots that fit the category, so it’s been hard choosing. But here are some. I may post others later.

Getty Center, Main Building
Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
Getty center, Los Angeles, CA
Getty Center, West Pavilion, Los Angeles
Santa Monica Pier, California
Sundays installation in honor of war casualties, Sta. Monica beach, California
Brooklyn Bridge, NY
Brooklyn Bridge, NY
“Urban Lighting” installation, by Chris Burden, at LACMA, Los Angeles

This entry is part of the Weekly Photo Challenge: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/lines-patterns/

Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual Point of View

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This week’s photo challenge is “An Unusual Point of View.” Here’s mine… 🙂

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Alexander Liberman’s sculpture “Phoenix” is a permanent installation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art – LACMA. While photographing it, my eye caught the iPad billboard in the background. I thought it might be interesting to make it part of one of the shots. 🙂

For more Unusual POV see: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/unusual/