Here is my interpretation for the WP Weekly Photo Challenge: Blur.
‘A throwaway shot, or purposefully unfocused? This week, find beauty in a blur.’
I made this picture while a boat ride trying to capture both the sun reflection on the water (with a start effect) and freeze the water. I didn’t succeed and ‘blurred’ it but never deleted the photo because the image of water in two forms, subject to different forces of nature (sun and wind), produced an abstract image, which made me think of life’s ethereal and yet sharp sides, contrasting and seemly opposing each other.
Those are the contrasts we may spend a lifetime trying to balance them out…
They exist, they are permanent. We, our lives, are transient. We follow our journeys.
We just need to navigate through them till we reach new destinations…and more clarity….until it all starts all over again. Blur.
Happy Sunday!
Gorgeous-ness as usual my dear. I love the use of the plants in the foreground, it gives the image depth. It’s stunning. Xx
You really spoiled me hun. I will become a compliments hungry monster! lol
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What else could I say? X
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A beautiful shot. I’m glad you didn’t delete it.
How kind of you. Thanks Michelle.
Sparkles and foam…a lovely shot. I, too, am glad you didn’t delete it.
Thank you Lois. It was a great chance I missed but at least the blur also works.
The beauty of blurriness and B+W, what a perfect combination to create an interesting photo.
Many thanks for dropping by and for your generous comment. Appreciated.
That is one very cool shot! I wouldn’t categorize it as throwaway. I’d categorize it as awesome!
Oh Lisa, thank you! You’re so kind. And I’m grateful for your visits.
Definitely not a throw away lovely Lucile x
Thank you most definitely my lovely! ️Xxx
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Blurringly beautiful…
Thank you!
You waited almost as long as I did to submit your entry, eh? It took me days to write a few words to go with my shots of blur. I love this image of water. I know it’s water, and yet it isn’t quite what you expect. I very rarely toss out bad photos…you never know what you’ll think of them next year. I still have not bought a smartphone!!
Yes I did because I had not an immediate idea on which blurry photo to use! I collect them too. Lol
Thanks. Great to hear you liked it.
Bummer. No smartphone yet?
I’ll have to start a global campaign. Should I ask Angelina Jolie to come to the rescue?
I know, you’d think it’d be easy to pick a blurry photo!
Yes, Angelina. That is what it would take apparently, for me to actually go out and buy one.
Hahaha I’ll contact her and check if she agrees that yours is a humanitarian cause to fight for!
What could be more humane…a man with no dang mobile phone!!
I agree
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Very lovely shot and perfect words to go with it! 🙂
Thank you Terry! Much appreciated. I hope not to bore all of you during the course.
You’re welcome! I felt the same way when I did Writing 201: Poetry, but I learned a lot, gained a little confidence, and have continued from time to time to post a short poem with some of my photos… You’ll do great and bore no one 🙂
I’m so relieved to hear that. I haven’t been writing a lot and at on,y day two it already feels overwhelming. I wonder how difficult it can get. But I’m so motivated and excited and this will get me through.
Thanks for the support.
I know… the daily writing can feel really stressful. I think part of the difficulty for me stemmed from the fact that I don’t think of myself as a writer. I think I’ll eventually participate in another writing event because I feel it did stretch me a bit out of my comfort zone. One thing that helped me get through the poetry event was to keep it fun and give myself permission to be late with a post, which I was several times, or skip one altogether, which I ended up never doing.
Good luck with Writing 101 and have fun!
I don’t of myself as a writer either but this actually frees me up to write as I please. Having a prompt is different as there is an instruction behind it. So I’m also out of my comfort zone. Thanks much for sharing your journey as I may take some of your tips into account.
A good shot… as usual!
And a lovely comment, as usual. Thank you!