Red Bag and Ginko

A Falcon’s View, Windhover Contemplative Center

Konocti Calligraphy, Weaving by Sheila O’Hara

Six #1 by Kenneth Nelson

Cotton quilt with fall colors

Ionic columns, Stanford

White Wing (Detail), Windhover

Bliss Dance, Marco Cochrane, Treasure Island, CA

Slab Man by Duane Hansen

Rrrun, Marta Thoma

Selfie in Blown Glass

Twenty blog posts in November. Each post on a different theme. This was a chance to re-activate my moribund blog with new material and learn some photography at the same time.

I was surprised and pleased that I was able to complete the challenge. I learned new photo techniques from the other bloggers taking the challenge, and I remembered some tricks, and “rules” that I knew once, but had forgotten over time.

The themes and posts were:

1. Home: My Rocker, Mac, and Books
2. Street: Alma, The Great Divide
3. Water: Scout House, Maritime Palo Alto
4. Bliss: Dancing on the Great Lawn, Treasure Is.
5. Solitude: Alone, but not Lonely
6. Connected: Mozart and the Hoover Institute
7. Landmark: Courtroom Drama in Redwood City
8. The Natural World: Lunch, Carp and Big Birds in Oakland
9. Warmth: A Fall Day, Quilts and Rugs
10. Mystery: Alma Street, Palo Alto Noir
11. A Pop Of Color: Red, Of Course
12. Architecture: At Stanford It’s Gotta Be Greek
13. Moment: Stopped At Union and Columbus, Northbeach
14. Swarm: Watching the Tour de France
15. Landscape: View From My Dining Room
16. Treasure: Windhover Contemplative Center, Stanford
17. Glass: Selfies at the De Young Museum
18. Edge: Blue Stones and Stainless Steel at Stanford
19. Double:Two Lamps Lighting Mt. Washington, NH
20. Triumph: Virtual Trophies for Bloggers

I must: Remember to think a moment about light and composition. And, before I click, pause to give the autofocus a chance to lock onto the subject and turn green. That shouldn’t be too hard.

–note to me.

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