A Word A Week Challenge – Face

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Today I’m participating in the A Word A Week Challenge. This week’s theme is “face”.  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.

Nature can display faces in so many ways and places. There’s the cute face of the mama panda bear.

A word a week - face of a giant panda bear
A word a week – face of a giant panda bear

The big bug-eyed face of the orange dragonfly.

A word a week - face - orange dragonfly with big eyes
A word a week – face – orange dragonfly with big eyes

There’s the face of the tiger longwing butterfly (Heliconius hecale) with his rolled-up proboscis.

A word a week - face with proboscis of a tiger longwing butterfly
A word a week – face with proboscis of a tiger longwing butterfly

There are the faces of two brother grizzly bears enjoying some intimate moment.

A word a week - faces of two brother bears
A word a week – faces of two brother bears

There are the faces of animals carved in the wood on purpose.

A word a week - faces of animals carved in wood
A word a week – faces of animals carved in wood

And the face of a woman that Mother Nature drew in this tree trunk for us to notice.

A word a week - face of woman in tree trunk
A word a week – face of woman in tree trunk

Mother Nature also likes to use rocks to make faces.

A word a week - face of man in a large rock
A word a week – face of man in a large rock

These hidden faces of a man and a dog (profile angle) are some of my favorite faces to spot in nature. Can you see them?

A word a week - face of man and his dog in rock cliff
A word a week – face of man and his dog in rock cliff

And finally even the sky can show you faces, like this smiley face in the clouds!

A word a week - smiley face in the clouds
A word a week – smiley face in the clouds

Pink water lilies

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I recently got the opportunity to photograph more water lilies. I guess it’s full blooming season in San Diego right now. These water lilies ranged from very light to very bright pink.

Here’s a nice selection of these water lilies and lily pads. Remember you can click on each image to view a larger format. Enjoy!

Pink water lilies and lily pads
Pink water lilies and lily pads
Pink water lilies on pond
Pink water lilies on pond
Bright pink water lilies
Bright pink water lilies
Light pink water lilies
Light pink water lilies

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – The beach

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I’m participating in LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s Challenge is: The Beach!

Well, how often does it happen that I participate in two photo challenges about the same theme? And how often does it happen that these challenges show up in the same week? So I want to apologize for those of you who already saw the photo below in my post about beaches a few days ago. I promise you I have some really nice photos to make up for it in tomorrow’s Macro Monday post.

These are photos from  Coronado Beach in a gallery format. You can click on any photo to open the slideshow. To view any photo in a larger format, just scroll down while in slideshow mode and click on “view full size” on the bottom right on the page. Enjoy!

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Spring

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This week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge theme is the season of spring. Spring is my favorite season, especially in San Diego. I love witnessing the rebirth of nature and noticing all the beautiful colors popping up around town.

I’m using the gallery format to feature my photos of spring. You can click on any photo below to open the slideshow. To view any photo in a larger format, just scroll down while in slideshow mode and click on “view full size” on the bottom right on the page. Enjoy!

Travel theme: Beaches

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Today I’m participating in Where’s My Backpack’s Travel Theme photo challenge. This week’s theme is “beaches”. Living in San Diego, it’s easy for me to get to the beach, yet I don’t do it very often. I love the fresh air and the wind, the smell of the ocean. I can’t stand the sand in my shoes and driving around for a parking spot. You can’t have it all!

I featured most of the photos below on my site before but I thought it’d be nice to put them together in a single post on beaches, in this case Coronado Beach. I’m using the gallery format for this today. Click on any photo to open the slideshow. To view any photo in a larger format, just scroll down while in slideshow mode and click on “view full size” on the bottom right on the page. Enjoy!