Every Friday, photographers, professional and amateur, wait for WordPress to publish the theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge. When it’s out, we begin going through our files of photos to see which might be the most appropriate for the theme. Once posted, the fun then switches to viewing what others have done, as well as, of course, hoping that they’ll like what we shared. Listen. Can’t you hear…”Ten, nine, eight, seven, six…”? This week’s theme is “Serenity.” And I’ve just added a companion piece to this.
That looks very serene!
Thanks! Glad you think so.
janet
Great interpretation!
Thanks very much, Svetlana.
janet
I have finally discovered what time on Friday the challenge is set…I love the reflections on the water and the bluish hue of your image very serene.
Jim, knowing the time makes life easier…until that once or twice per year that it shows up really early or really late. 🙂 Glad you enjoy the photo. It’s one of my favorites.
janet
Great photograph for serenity. I loved your interpretation.
Much appreciated, Archita!
janet
Serene it is….
I’m pleased you think so, too, Norma. Thanks for visiting and taking the time to comment.
janet
Lovely photo Janet. Glad you posted early. I got a false start this week and picked up a previous prompt so I was halfway through exporting from my archives when yours came in and I spotted my mistake. Thank you! That would have been embarrassing. 😦
We also serve who have no idea that we’re helping! 🙂 I would have been one of the very first except that my post kept not loading, but such is life.
janet
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Nicely “impressionist”
I thought that, too. Perhaps Monet would have like it. 🙂
janet
Lovely!
Thanks so much!
janet
Beautiful Janet! How did you capture this photo? It looks like the flowers are frozen in the ice.
I was just walking along in San Fran when I spotted this water and took a couple of photos. I was thrilled with the way they turned out. I took the photo with my iPad, as I didn’t have my iPhone at that time and didn’t want to haul a regular camera around. IPad does quite well, doesn’t it? 🙂
janet
I forgot to add that of course the flowers are merely reflections. 🙂
Very beautiful!
Thanks, Nicole. Hope your day and week are beautiful, too.
janet
Thanks Janet!!!
This is hauntingly beautiful. To me haunting and serenity can be the same.
I completely agree. Thanks.
janet
I love this photo, Janet. It would make a great poster or canvas print for a wall. Wonderful processing. What software do you use?
Amanda, it’s pretty much as I took it except for framing and my name. I use Picasa 3 because it’s free and on my laptop. I’m not excited about editing on my phone (too small) or my iPad, but this is pretty much the way the photo came out.
janet
Wow, I am impressed. Well done. I also find editing on my phone, difficult, even though there are lots of fun apps, it is difficult to “see” what you are really doing. Have a great weekend.
You, too. Looks like it will be warm (upper 30’s, maybe even 40) here, so we’ll be loving that.
It will be in the thirties here too, Janet, but that is celsius!!!LOL!!
Yeah, not quite the same!
Beautiful!
I’m happy you like it.
janet
Serene indeed! It looks mesmerizing.
Have a great weekend!
Thanks for the lovely compliment and enjoy your weekend, too.
janet
like a dancer in repose – stunning!!! Congrats on hitting the 3 year mark
Thanks very much for both. 🙂 It continues to be fun.
janet
Janet, I have no words. The feeling brought to my heart at the simple click on your picture is so amazing and filling that I have to say how fitting it was to the theme. Great entry! I want more! 😉
Yours has to be one of the loveliest compliments I’ve received on my blog. Thank you!
words only beautifully-deserved!
How magical!
Thanks very much, Carol. I was quite happy with the way it turned out. It’s always nice when a photo turns out better than you think rather than being a disappointment. 🙂
janet
Love your take on how this photo challenge works, and of course, the image you chose for serenity is very surreal and serene. We are like little puppet photographers, waiting for Mother WordPress to yank our strings each week to give us the bigger audience we all crave.
Aren’t we just the little puppets, Jann? But it’s fun and as you say, a great way to get our work out and see what others think of it. I just realized I had a companion piece for this, so I put out a second entry, something I virtually never do. But it was fun.
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Lovely photo, Janet!
Thanks so much, Lisa!
Beautiful like a painting!
It was a fortunate shot. Glad you like it.
janet
I also enjoyed seeing your words about how the whole photo challenge works.
I am still learning about photography, and this challenge always gets me to refocus (ha!). Even though I cover all sorts of topics, the photo challenges seems to get me to think about my blog again, especially if it has been a while since I put up an article.
Seeing other bloggers interpret the theme is always fun, surprising at times, and through photographs, a wonderful way to see the world and enjoy the creativity of the WordPress blogging community.
Lola, it’s a great way to get inspired and learn and always fun to see what others think of what you’ve done. I’ve finished three years of blogging every day and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. Hope you’re enjoying a great weekend.
janet
Very dreamy and serene image Janet.
Thanks, Suzanne. I’m thinking of getting it printed off, framing it and putting it on the wall.
janet
I think you should 🙂
I like the splash of color in your companion piece, but I like the clarity of this one. Both are inviting the kid in me to jump in and make a splash though!
I can’t decide which one I like better either. 🙂
janet
Looks like a painting, it’s just wonderful!
Thanks!
janet
It does look like a beautiful painting – very creative indeed!
Thanks! I appreciate that. It’s something I could never paint, so it’s a good thing the photo turned out well. 🙂
janet
This is magic! love it.
Thanks so much, Leya. I hope your week is going well.
janet
I hope yours is too. I’m lucky to read bloggs tonight…corrected 20 essays and got tired…This is relaxing and inspiring!
Much more relaxing than correcting essays! 😀 Have fun.
This is exactly what most of us do on Fridays … my problem is that I take a little longer than most to actually post a photo but I strongly believe better late than never 😀
Any time works.
janet