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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Texture

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Today I’m participating in Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge and her theme is “texture”. I encourage you to click on each photo to see a larger view. If you like what you see, please subscribe to this blog to receive updates of the new photos I post, usually 3 to 5 times a week.

It can be hard to photograph the texture of a subject. Sometimes you just have to remember or imagine what it feels like in real life to get the idea. Here are a few selections to illustrate various textures, some of them more pleasant than others.

I don’t think you can’t do a photo post on texture without tree bark. I find the patterns and textures of some tree barks wonderful, but I’d hate to scrape my skin on them. 🙂

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Texture of tree bark

The trunk of this cork oak tree looks and feels a lot softer than an oak or pine tree trunk.

The manzinata tree bark peels off as the tree trunk and branches grow larger. The soft and curled shavings make for some interesting texture to look at and touch.

Soft textures feel good to the touch. I’ve never touched the fuzzy fur of a lemur but I bet it’s pretty soft. Look how fluffy it looks in the sunshine. By the way, I still have to find the time to share more photos of this lemur and his buddies, who seem to enjoy the San Diego sun tremendously.

Finally you’ve got to admire (but probably not touch) the gelatinous texture of this sea jelly, which allows it to move around the ocean with the current with minimal effort. I do have more photos of sea jellies to show you also, and a funny story to share about that day. More in a later post!

The gelatinous texture of a Northeast Pacific sea nettle jelly

A Word A Week Photo Challenge – Frame

Today I’m participating in the A Word A Week Challenge. This week’s theme is “frame”. I encourage you to click on each photo to see a larger view. If you like what you see, please subscribe to this blog to receive updates of the new photos I post, usually 3 to 5 times a week.

I recently took these two pictures while walking in a San Diego County park. They show the same tree branches arching over the path, but I took each picture from one side of the path. I think I like the first one better but I’ll let you chime in.

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Tree branches create opening over walking path

This is another walking trail in a different county park. I love how the leaning tree branches and tree trunks frame the downhill path.

Tree branches leaning over the walking path

I like the framing created by this wooden fence right on the edge on the walking path, especially when it’s lined with wildflowers.

Wooden fence and spring wildflowers in San Diego

Wisteria behaves like an invasive tree if you give the vine the space and the structure it needs to grow on. I loved photographing these beautiful wisteria blooms hanging from the wooden frame. Here are a few photos of wisteria flowers from further to closer.

Finally, here’s a mama panda bear who doesn’t mind being framed to pose for a picture.

February 28, 2014February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bloom Photos, California Photos, Flower Photos, Forest Photos, Landscape Photos, Plant Photos, Tree Photos, Woods PhotosTags: A Word A Week Photo Challenge – Frame, blooms, California pictures, California spring wild flowers, California spring wildflowers, giant panda bear, nature photography, photos of blooms, tree branches create opening over path, tree branches over walking path, tree branches over walking trail, wisteria blooms, wisteria flowers, wisteria vine 8 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Object

Today I’m participating in the WordPress weekly photo challenge and this week’s theme is “object”. Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view.

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Christmas was just a few weeks ago and it was the opportunity to see many bright objects around town, including this cute polar bear and its Coca Cola bottle.

Christmas lights : polar bear and Coca Cola bottle

This is the largest Christmas tree in the world made out of large Lego bricks, at Legoland California. Pretty cool!

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You can find man made objects when you go hiking in nature, like this wooden bridge.

Bridge in the woods of a San Diego county park

You can find interesting objects in more crowded places too, such as this koala crossing sign at the San Diego Zoo.

Finally, I know I shared this last photo a few days ago but I thought it’d work great for this theme. This is a water puddle in the shape of the United States, with the reflection of a red truck’s front grill and the blue sky. A red, white a blue US map, right on the pavement.

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January 31, 2014February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: California Photos, Christmas Photos, Forest Photos, Photos of San Diego, Tree Photos, Water photos, Woods PhotosTags: Christmas light polar bear and Coca Cola bottle, koala crossing sign, koala xing sign, Lego Christmas tree at Legoland California, water puddle in the shape of the United States, water puddle in the shape of the USA, weekly photo challenge, Weekly Photo Challenge: Object, wooden bridge in San Diego County park 6 Comments

And the winner of my 2014 photo calendar is…

Do you remember when I was having a hard time making the final selections as I was putting together not one, but five different photo calendars for 2014? Do you remember when I asked for your help and offered a free calendar to one lucky participant, I would pick out of all the comments you would leave on each post (US only)?

Well, the calendars are done and the winner of my 2014 photo calendar is… Cee Ceuner at Cee’s Photography! Cee takes beautiful pictures of nature and the sights around her, including amazing dahlias. Cee lives in Oregon and gets to see a lot more green than me in San Diego, so looking at her pictures is a reminder that not everything has to look yellow and brown.

Cee, congratulations on your win! You will be able to choose one of the five 2014 photo calendars I have for sale, so I’ll contact you by email to get your choice and mailing address.

Thanks again to all of you who participated and helped me make the best choices for my nature photography calendars.

Remember that my 2014 nature photography calendars are available for sale on my online Zazzle store. All calendars are made to order in the USA so you support the US economy with your purchase, and a starving artist at the same time (me!). I appreciate all referrals through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and of course your blog or website. Save 10% off my 2014 photo calendars (choose between five different themes) and up to 60% off on other products. Enter code HOLIDAYCOUNT at checkout; code valid until November 21, 2013, midnight.

November 21, 2013February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bird photos, Bloom Photos, California Photos, Cloud photos, Flower Photos, Forest Photos, Landscape Photos, Ocean photos, Photos of San Diego, Plant Photos, Sky Photos, Sunrise Photos, Tree Photos, Water photos, Woods PhotosTags: 2014 12-month photo calendar, 2014 calendar with bees and insects, 2014 calendar with water, 2014 calendar with water lilies, 2014 calendars with flowers and blooms, 2014 free photo calendar, 2014 nature photography calendar, 2014 photo calendars, 2014 San Diego calendar, 2014 water lily calendar, nature photography 9 Comments

Cee’s fun foto challenge: Three items or the number 3

Today I’m participating in Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge to show photos featuring featuring one item or the number one. You can click on any of the photos below to view them in a slideshow format for a larger view.

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