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Frozen Bubbles

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Week 15/26 : Bubbles

The theme for the BW challenge for this week is 'bubbles'. With the fun we have been having in freezing various flowers and objects to photograph them (in our blur mentorship) bubbles have formed a major part of the process. Some people hate them, wanting to have perfectly clear ice to enclose the blooms. Others quite like the interest they bring to the composition (within reason, of course). Like them or hate them, they are not easy to avoid. There are tricks (you can join the Freeze community to learn those) but in this case I was pleased to find the bubbles as they fit the theme.

These flowers are a miniature double deep purple aquilegia from my garden, the very first flowers I froze to photograph.

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#BWProject26 | Curated by +Tisha Montgomery +Brandon Luk +Lauri Novak

#hqspmonochrome +HQSP Monochrome curated by +Luis Vivanco S. +Оксана Крысюкова +tri rini nuringtyas +Jean-Philippe Jouve and +Giuseppe Petruzzella
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Alt Hotel, Halifax Airport

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Week 14/26 : Architecture

The night I had to pick up Steven at the airport, it was absolutely bucketing with rain. It was really late and (of course) the plane was delayed. The delays (3 of them) were due to maintenance issues all down the line, but this meant that I spent a lot of time sitting in the car in the rain and finally in the airport itself. This photograph was taken through the rainy car window and it features the Alt Hotel, which actually is just beside the terminal building. Seen through the streaming glass, the architecture of this hotel took on a completely different look. For that reason I have chosen it to feature for this theme. This submission is made with thanks to +Linda Jess who was with me all night long, as we played with our cameras and tried not to freeze in the cold airport. She didn't even complain when we finally dropped her home around 4:30 the next morning. And of course with thanks to +Steven Kennard without whom this wouldn't have happened. And +Air Canada ditto, but with no thanks.

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#hqsparchitecture +HQSP Architecture curated by +Roman Kruglov and +Nader El Assy+Al Chris
#hqspmonochrome +HQSP Monochrome curated by +Luis Vivanco S. +Оксана Крысюкова +tri rini nuringtyas +Jean-Philippe Jouve and +Giuseppe Petruzzella
+Alex Lapidus – master of blur.

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“Time’s a Ticker, It Never Lets Down… Time, Do What You Must”

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Time's a Ticker- Ellie Kennard 2015
Time’s a Ticker- Ellie Kennard 2015

Week 13/26 : Shallow Depth of Field

Nothing tells time like a good old fashioned wind up clock like this Victorian carriage clock. This one is a seven day clock, which means it is part of a Sunday ritual. If it doesn’t get wound up with its little brass key on Sunday night then the rest of the week might fall to pieces. And if the clock stopped, that lovely quiet regular ticking would not measure out the seconds, and minutes and the days and the hours.

The thing with these clocks with hands is that you always see where time is going. You can always see where it’s been. The hand is moving past the 35 minutes towards the quarter to the hour.You can watch it you can listen to it and you know where it will go next. LCD numerals only show you where you are in that moment in time. That’s all some people know. Think about it.

The sad thing is that apparently young people don’t know how to tell the time with a clock like this. They have no choice but to live in the moment.

The title quote is from “Time’s a Ticker” by Canadian singer songwriter Amelia Curran on her album “War Brides”

Rupert and Molly

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Week 12/26: Yin Yang

These are two old friends, Rupert and Molly, our Cornish Rex cats. This back view really shows off their curly hair and big ears. They were both pretty interested in something on the other side of the room so fortunately paid me no attention at all.

Yin and Yang is defined in this way: "Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary (rather than opposing) forces that interact to form a dynamic system in which the whole is greater than the assembled parts." Yin is the shady side (Molly) and Yang is the sunny side (Rupert). And the two definitely interact to form a duo that is greater than the assembled parts. Molly can be moody, is very deep in her affections and emotions. A little shy until she gets to know you then she tries to take you over. Rupert is a sunny golden joy boy, always asking for you to pick him up and cuddle him. Happy at any moment to have a conversation and to leap around the kitchen to get some laughs going. Together they form the perfect dynamic duo.

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#BWProject26 | Curated by +Tisha Montgomery​ +Brandon Luk​ +Lauri Novak​ +Alison Christensen​

#caturday +CATURDAY!​ by +Shantha Marie Fountain​ +Cicely Robin Laing​ +Khrystiane Friedli​

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#hqspanimals +HQSP Animals​ curated by +Andy Smith​ and +Nicole S.​

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