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Let's be wild photo challenge - reflections at the pond

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Reflections

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I’m participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers. This week’s Challenge is: Reflections.

Water is a great medium for reflections so it will be featured in every photo below, but maybe not always in the way you expect it to be. Remember you can click on each photo to see it in a larger format.

My favorite photo when it comes to reflection is the first one below. I took it at the San Diego Botanic garden and it features a green heron standing above some very still water, so the reflection is almost identical to the original subject.

Let's be wild photo challenge - reflections of a green heron — Let’s be wild photo challenge – reflections of a green heron

The next photo shows the reflection of the sun rays on the wet sand at Coronado Beach, in San Diego. Can you guess it’s my favorite beach here?

Let's be wild photo challenge - reflections at Coronado Beach, San Diego, California — Let’s be wild photo challenge – reflections at Coronado Beach, San Diego, California

I displayed the next photo in yesterday’s post but I want to share it here too, as I love the reflection of the blades of grass in the large water drop. I can’t help admiring the beautiful little treasures that nature leaves everywhere for us to discover.

Let's be wild photo challenge - reflections in a water drop — Let’s be wild photo challenge – reflections in a water drop

As for the last photo I’ll display for this theme, I took it last weekend at Dos Picos County Park, in Ramona, California. I love the peace and quiet effect of this pond. As you can see, it was a beautiful day.

Travel theme: delicate rain drop on grass

Macro Monday: The beauty of the morning dew – Part 2

Today I’m taking part in Macro Monday at Lisa’s Chaos. I thought I’d take this opportunity to continue sharing the photos of morning dew I captured almost a couple of weeks ago. You can see more photos of the morning dew on pretty purple flowers.

Today I’m featuring close-ups of the morning dew on blades of grass. Here are a couple of shots I really like, as they show both tiny droplets and one much bigger one in the middle of them. You can click on each image for a larger view.

I love how well you can see the reflection of several blades of grass in that one big drop of water.

Macro Monday: The beauty of the morning dew on grass

I never noticed how fuzzy grass blades can be. The dew makes the fuzz stand up pretty clearly.

Macro Monday: The beauty of the morning dew on blades of grass

March 25, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Photography, Photos of San Diego, Plant Photos, Water photosTags: close-ups of dew drops, dew close-ups, dew droplets, dew drops, dew on blades of grass, dew on grass, Macro Monday, Macro Monday: beauty of the morning dew, nature photography, photography, photos, photos of dew, photos of grass, water on grass 3 Comments

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Circles and Curves

This week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge theme is circles and curves. Nature is full of circles and curves so here are a few of my selections for this theme. Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view.

Is there anything more round than a full moon?

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge: Circles and Curves - full moon — Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Circles and Curves – full moon

OK, oranges are pretty round too.

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge: round orange — Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: round orange

Lemons aren’t round but they show plenty of curves.

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge: the curves of a lemon — Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: the curves of a lemon

This protea pin cushion flower has beautifully curved petals.

Curvy petals of the protea pin cushion flower

I love the round and curvy shapes of these raindrops on a spider web. You can see more of these raindrops here and here.

Raindrops on spider webs over river rocks

Sea jellies are round and curvy as they swim around.

I love these little round berries (more photos of these berries here). Two months later and the berries are still on the shrubs.

The round red berries of the Cotoneaster Lacteus

I’ll finish with the newest baby panda at the San Diego Zoo. I love those beautiful circles around the eyes!

March 20, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bloom Photos, California Photos, Flower Photos, Fruit Photos, Photography, Photos of San Diego, Plant Photos, Sky PhotosTags: baby panda, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge: Circles and Curves, Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, full moon, nature photography, photography, photos of blooms, protea pin cushion, rain drops on spider web, raindrops on spider web, red berries, round moon, round orange, San Diego Zoo, san diego zoo baby panda bear, sea jellies 13 Comments

Rudolph the red nose reindeer on the roof

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Unusual

I’m participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers. This week’s Challenge is: Unusual.

What a tough challenge! And so I’ve decided to pick a few photos where there may be more than meets the eye.

This first photo is very seasonal. If you’ve ever wondered what Rudolph the red nosed reindeer looks like when he lands on the roof, here’s your answer.

If you’re wondering what the photo below is, these are spider webs from grass spiders covered in raindrops.

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Unusual: raindrops on spider webs on grass

Here’s the hooded lady with a walking stick in a tree trunk.

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Unusual: the face in the tree trunk

I love the hidden shapes or images in nature. Here’s a pretty obvious face in the rock.

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Unusual: the hidden face in the rock

Now here’s a less obvious face in the rocks. I see a man’s profile (looking left) in the rock. On his right, I see the profile of a dog’s head looking left too. Can you see it? Now, that’s unusual!

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Unusual: a man's face and his dog in the rock — Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Unusual: a man’s face and his dog in the rock

December 31, 2012February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: California Photos, Photography, Rock photosTags: California pictures, grass spiders, hidden face in rock, hidden face in tree trunk, hidden face in trunk, let's be wild weekly photo challenge, Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Unusual, nature photography, photography, photos, photos of rocks, raindrops on spider webs, raindrops on spiderwebs, Rudolph the red nose reindeer on the roof, spiderwebs on grass 8 Comments

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5) You can keep this calendar for yourself or give it to someone else for the new year. Heck, you could give it to a friend you referred!

This contest starts today and ends on December 19, 2012.

Important Notes:

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Good luck and thank you for participating!