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Stones covered with raindrops on spiderweb

Help me pick photos for my 2014 water theme calendar… and maybe win a calendar?

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I want to thank everyone who gave me such positive feedback on my post earlier this week regarding themes for my 2014 photo calendars. Today, I’d like to showcase a selection of water theme photos and ask you to choose which ones should make it into the calendar. It might be easier to tell me which ones you’d really want to see, and which ones I should definitely keep. Just give me your honest feedback and help me make great choices.

Now, here’s the catch. Everyone who comments on one of my 2014 photo calendar related posts will be entered in a drawing to win one of my calendars (you can pick your favorite theme). The only requirement I have for the winner is to be located within the U.S., mostly because the calendar will contain U.S. holidays and it will be more helpful to that person. For every calendar post that you comment on, you will earn one drawing entry (one entry per blog post, not per comment). I’m planning to give away one calendar to a lucky winner, and possibly another one to the person who comes in second, depending on the number of participants.

Sell me which photos I should include, or not, in this water theme 2014 photo calendar. You can click on any photo below to open the slideshow and view everything in a larger format. Please include your comments into the post comment section directly, not on individual photos, to make it easier for everyone to see your feedback. I know some of the photos are in portrait instead of landscape format, but I’d go back to the original and crop it the right way if it’s a favorite.

Are you ready? Go!

Pink waterlily reflecting in the water

Floral Friday Fotos: Pink water lilies and lily pads

Three waterlilies

Travel theme: Light pink rose petals

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Sea – seagull looking for food

Female mallard duck

Macro Monday: close-up of raindrops on yellow rose

WordPress weekly photo challenge: From above – Raindrops on a spider web

Travel theme: delicate rain drop on grass

A word a week – violet wildflowers with dew drops

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Scent of wet dirt after the rain

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Saturated – yellow lemon against blue sky

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Earth – San Diego sandy beach

Cee's fun foto challenge: raindrops on green branches

Three raindrops

Travel theme: a river runs through it

Raindrops hanging from a thuja tree branch

Frost on ice plants in San Diego

Frosty ice crystals on a leaf

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Winter – Frosty ice crystals on twigs

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Sea – the waves at Coronado Beach

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: horizon at Coronado Beach

Travel theme: a river runs through it

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Winter – texture of frost on grass

Delicate dew drops on spider web

Sunday Post: Concept – close-up of raindrops on spider webs on green grass

Stones covered with raindrops on spiderweb

Travel theme: Stones with rain drops on spiderweb

Rain drops on a spider web over river rocks

Let’s be wild weekly photo challenge – water – wet branch after the rain

Three wet lemons on the tree

Macro Monday: Ice plant flower

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Sea – colorful sea star

Travel theme: delicate frost on leaves

I need your input on my 2014 photo calendar

Hey, I need your input on my 2014 photo calendar. Sorry if you were expecting to choose from some photos today, I haven’t reached this point yet. I do have a lot of photos picked already, and that is I how reached this dilemma.

Now that I have my photos sorted, I clearly see that choosing 12 of them to make one calendar will be very difficult. But I do see a few themes popping out, so I’m entertaining the idea of not creating a single 2014 nature photo calendar, but actually several.

Here are the calendar themes I’m thinking about:

– One calendar with a water theme (oceans, rivers, dew drops, rain drops, and even frost)
– One calendar with animals, including insects (e.g. bees, butterflies, bugs), birds and mammals (probably no reptiles)
– One calendar with flowers (cultivated, wild, roses, water lilies)
– One calendar with water lilies only
– One calendar with trees (including tree blooms, berries and fruit) and plants
– One calendar with a broad nature theme, encompassing photos from the themes I mentioned above, as well as landscapes and skies. I might make two different calendars with this generic theme.

All these calendars will have one theme in common: all featured photos are taken in Southern California, as I want to show people the many wonderful displays of nature in this area.

So what do you think?
Too many calendars?
Too confusing?
A great way to target people’s individual tastes?
An opportunity to sell more calendars by offering more choices?
What would be your favorite?

I welcome your valuable input in helping me create beautiful calendars that people worldwide will be able to enjoy year round. Thank you for leaving your comments!

October 1, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Photography, Photos of San DiegoTags: 2014 12-month photo calendar, 2014 nature photography calendar, 2014 photo calendar 18 Comments

Macro Monday: close-up of pink grass and its seeds

Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. You can click on each photo for a larger view.

If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.

I love the look of pink grass, with its long hairy stems and its bright colors. I’ve featured pink grass before but today I wanted to show you a few close-ups. Here’s what decorative pink grass (and not pink) looks like as a whole. This is technically called Pennisetum setaceum ‘Fireworks’ (Variegated Purple Fountain Grass).

And here it is closer. Best use I’ve found for it? Tickling people’s necks. Works every time.

September 29, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Photography, Plant PhotosTags: close-up of pink grass, hairy pink grass, Macro Monday, nature photography, Pennisetum setaceum, photography, photos, pink grass seed pods, pink grass seeds, Variegated Purple Fountain Grass 22 Comments

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Saturated

Today I’m participating in the WordPress weekly photo challenge and this week’s theme is “from lines to patterns”. You can click on the photos below for a larger view.

If you like what you see, feel free to subscribe and receive nature photography updates a few times a week.

I love the saturated colors that nature displays all around. Close-up shots help focusing on that saturation. Enjoy the show!

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Saturated - Bottle brush tree flowers — WordPress weekly photo challenge: Saturated – Bottle brush tree flowers

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Saturated - Red hibiscus flower — WordPress weekly photo challenge: Saturated – Red hibiscus flower

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Saturated - pistils inside a yellow rose — WordPress weekly photo challenge: Saturated – pistils inside a yellow rose

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Saturated - iceplant blooms — WordPress weekly photo challenge: Saturated – iceplant blooms

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Saturated - Orange Picotee tuberous begonia - begonia tuberhybrida — WordPress weekly photo challenge: Saturated – Orange Picotee tuberous begonia – begonia tuberhybrida

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Saturated - green junebug beetle — WordPress weekly photo challenge: Saturated – green junebug beetle

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Saturated - purple and white wildflowers with morning dew — WordPress weekly photo challenge: Saturated – purple and white wildflowers with morning dew

September 27, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, Fruit Photos, Photography, Sky PhotosTags: begonia tuberhybrida, blue sky, green junebug beetle, ice plant flowers, nature photography, Orange Picotee tuberous begonia, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, purple wildflowers, red and yellow iceplant flowers, red bottle brush tree flowers, red hibiscus, Wordpress weekly photo challenge, Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Saturated, yellow lemon, yellow rose pistils 4 Comments

Travel theme: Through

Today I’m participating in Where’s My Backpack’s Travel Theme photo challenge. This week’s theme is “through”. Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view. If you like what you see, feel free to subscribe and receive nature photography updates a few times a week.

Let me take you on a tour through the forest, one of my favorite activities. Sometimes the trail going through is pretty narrow.