2013 photo calendar

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Lines on a tiger swallowtail butterfly

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Rainbow colors

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This week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge theme is rainbow colors. Photos must display at least four strong colors.

Well, this is quite a challenge for me because I like to keep my photos as simple as possible, with the least distraction. Most often, a large amount of colors can make a photo look busy. I think I managed to find a few photos that fit this theme well. Let me know what you think.

Remember you can click on each image for a larger view.

Here’s a colorful tiger swallowtail butterfly on bougainvillea: yellow, black, red, green and blue.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Rainbow colors - tiger swallowtail butterfly — Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Rainbow colors – tiger swallowtail butterfly

I love California wildflowers and I can’t wait to see them pop up everywhere in the spring. Here’s yellow, red, purple, pink and green.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Rainbow colors - California wildflowers — Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Rainbow colors – California wildflowers

The sumac tree can display very colorful foliage in the fall. Here’s some yellow, orange, red, green and blue.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Rainbow colors - sumac foliage — Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Rainbow colors – sumac foliage

The next photo is a lemon blossom. It’s featured in my 2013 photo calendar for the month of February. Here’s white, pink, green and blue.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Rainbow colors - lemon blossoms — Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Rainbow colors – lemon blossoms

Finally, what’s more colorful than Christmas lights? Oh, so many colors… Ho, ho, ho!

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Rainbow colors - Colorful Christmas lights — Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Rainbow colors – Colorful Christmas lights

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Resolved

Before I forget, my 2013 12-month photo calendar is available at 50% off on my Zazzle online store. Use coupon code CALSLASTDEAL at checkout.

This week’s WordPress photo challenge is resolved, as in New Year’s resolutions. This year I’ve decided to make new year’s intentions. not resolutions (sorry, WordPress people). I’m still working on my list but I love the way my list of challenges is going so far, especially when it comes to my photography. My projects will include this website, my Facebook page, and my Zazzle store. The good thing is, there’s plenty of room for growth and improvement.

This year, I’m also resolved to understand the full features of my new camera, the Canon Powershot G1X. I’ve mostly figured out how to use the manual settings on my Canon Powershot SX130, and the two cameras work in a similar way, so it shouldn’t be too hard.

Yesterday, I tried to photograph something new. A waterfall. This has to be the smallest waterfall you’ve ever seen but it was great for practicing taking pictures of running water. It’s part of the San Diego River at Mission Trails regional park, in San Diego, California.

Make sure you click on each image for a larger view.

San Diego River at Mission Trails park, San Diego, California

I love the soft winter light that gives a bluish tint to the water in the shade.

Small waterfall at Mission Trails park, San Diego, California

Considering the small size of my subject, I think I did a pretty good job. What do you think?

Of course, the key will be to find a bigger waterfall in the future. This is quite a challenge in Southern California, where water is so scarce. It’s all about timing here, because after the spring, everything dries up. There’s a nice waterfall in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park but I believe the park entrance closest to it is has been closed for lack of funding every time I’ve driven by it. How convenient is that for me? I’ll give it another try in the spring, just in case.

Are you resolved to making small and big changes for 2013?

January 4, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: California Photos, Photography, Photos of San Diego, Rock photos, Water photosTags: 2013 photo calendar, California pictures, Mission Trails park, Mission Trails regional park, Mission Trails San Diego, photography, photos, photos of waterfalls, San Diego, San Diego River, San Diego river rocks, San Diego river waterfall, waterfall photos, Wordpress weekly photo challenge, Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Resolved 25 Comments

Happy new year 2013!

I wish you a great 2013. May this be a year of new experiences, new endeavors, exciting challenges, more happiness, more niceness, more laughs, and more love.

What do you hope 2013 to be, for you and for the rest of the world?

By the way, if you like this winter sunrise photo, check out my 2013 photo calendar for more photos from Southern California.

January 1, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Photography, Photos of San Diego, Sky Photos, Sunrise PhotosTags: 2013 photo calendar, alfred lord tennyson quotes, happy new year, lord alfred tennyson quotes, new year 2013 sunrise, new year inspirational quotes, new year quotes, photos of sunrise, san diego sunrise photo, sunrise photos, winter sunrise photos 8 Comments

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Sunrise with clouds on fire

Sunday Post: New Year 2013

Today I’m participating in Jakesprinter’s Sunday Post photo challenge. This week’s theme is New Year 2013. I’ll keep this post very simple. Remember you can click on each photo below to see a larger image.

I’m waving 2012 goodbye with this beautiful San Diego sunset photo I took on Christmas evening.

I’m greeting 2013 with this beautiful San Diego winter sunrise that I selected for the month of January in my 2013 photo calendar (for sale on Zazzle).

Let’s hope the year 2013 features even more beautiful San Diego sunsets like this one:

Pink and gray sunset with clouds in San Diego

and inspiring sunrises like this one:

Photo of a winter sunrise - clouds on fire — Photo of a winter sunrise – clouds on fire

I’m looking forward to a year full of wonderful photo opportunities, and I wish you a very happy and prosperous new year 2013!

December 30, 2012February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: California Photos, Christmas Photos, Photography, Photos of San Diego, Sky Photos, Sunrise Photos, Sunset photosTags: 2013 photo calendar, 2013 sunrise, 2013 sunset, California pictures, Christmas sunset, Christmas sunset San Diego, happy new year 2013, Jakesprinter’s Sunday Post photo challenge, photography, photos, photos of sunrise, photos of sunset, San Diego, San Diego sunrise, San Diego sunset, Sunday Post: New Year 2013, sunrise photo, sunset photo, winter sunrise, year 2013 11 Comments

And the winner of my 2013 photo calendar is…

A couple of weeks ago, I launched a simple contest, offering my 2013 photo calendar to the winner.

I want to thank everyone who took part of my contest and helped me increase the number of Likes on my Facebook page, as well as shared the page with others.

Today is the big day… so without further delay, I’d like to announce the winner of my 2013 photo calendar.

Congratulations to Kaylee Lindsley from San Diego, California!

Here’s the funny thing. Although Kaylee and I live in the same city, we don’t know each other. Or at least, I don’t believe we do. There’s a few millions of us living here, so it’s understandable.

Kaylee, I’ll be announcing this on Facebook and asking you to contact me there. Congratulations, again!

Now remember, even if you didn’t win today, it doesn’t seem you won’t have the opportunity to win in the future. As I take more photos and create more photo products on my Zazzle store, there may be opportunities for giveaways. So stay tuned, follow this blog through WordPress, or like my Facebook page to keep in touch. Thank you!