Weekly Photo Challenge No. 470 - Name Your Theme

[Sepiana]

Hi everyone,

Would you like to participate in the Weekly Photo Challenge? Just take a photo that is your interpretation of the theme and post it in this thread.

The rules are rather simple.

- Your photo(s) should be your own, i.e., they should not have been taken by someone else.
- Photoshopping is allowed but should be kept to the basics only rather than a total transformation.
- Grab your camera, experiment, and, most of all, have fun.

NOTE

I am assigning no theme this week. It is your turn! Pick a theme which appeals to you, grab your camera, and capture something which will be an interpretation of the theme you chose. Also, let us know what your theme is and how your image relates to it. Have fun!

[billz]

Naming my theme Bokeh.

I'm playing a lot with vintage manual lenses these days. It's a whole new rabbit hole for me and I'm having a lot of fun with it. This was taken this morning with a 40 year old Helios 44-4 , 58mm, lens at f2, mounted on a Fuji X-T3.



Thanks for the theme Sepiana!

[Jim]

My Theme: "Spring Roses"

Margaret Merrill Hyb. Tea rose in our garden this week.

[hmca]

Love seeing pictures taken with these vintage lenses, Bill.
Beautiful roses, Jim.

[dennis9]

My theme for the week is “Wheels” - in this case, antique wheels.

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Dennis

[Jim]

Now that's a macho ride, Dennis. Nice capture.

[hmca]

My theme is porches......taken today in Ocean Grove, NJ

[pontiac1940]

May 8, 2024 23:08:15 GMT hmca said:

My theme is porches......taken today in Ocean Grove, NJ

Lovely porches. 

[pontiac1940]

Surprisingly, I will go with birds. It rained for two days so was not out much. These were all taken today. It was still raining when I took the pelican photos. The clouds cleared up and I had a nice walk this evening and took some more bird photos. 

Pelicans in the morning rain. 




Red-winged blackbirds should be photographed on cattails...oh well. 


Horned grebe. A surprise as I have never seen them here on my home ponds. 

[dennis9]

My theme is “trio”, having spotted this shot this morning during a four-day break in Essex.

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Dennis

[pontiac1940]

May 9, 2024 10:39:55 GMT dennis9 said:

having spotted this shot this morning during a four-day break in Essex.

Oh, nice. Brings back memories as my gran had red hot pokers in her Hants garden.  

[pontiac1940]

Cosmic day yesterday with friends ... 
More birds .. white pelican and great horned owls 

[hmca]

Especially like the pelican shot, Clive.

[dennis9]

My theme for the week is "hidden".  Today my walk followed the course of a London tributary of the Thames, from its source until it finally joined the Thames - and I never saw a single drop of water!
The Effra is just one of several hidden rivers which only finally  appear as they become part of the Thames itself.  The only indication of the Effra's existence are these plaques which appear in the pavements/sidewalks where the river flows underneath roads.   They are fun to seek out as you go.

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Some roads use the river's name, as do some pubs along the way. 

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My hopes of finally seeing the Effra for real were cruelly dashed.  The powers that be have for months been working on this elaborate framework for the Effra/Thames union.  It is still unfinished, and dry as a bone.  The crystalline waters of the Effra are no doubt diverted into some sewer elsewhere.  Alas, the poor old Effra remains hidden.....

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Brenda

[tonyw]

I'll go with trees as this is a good time of the year here to see them at their greenest. Here's one really old gnarled tree that still has some life left in it = and it's rumoured locally to be haunted!





Tony