Parrot patterns

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #229: Perfect Patterns

“Hi, there I’m looking for someone to help me with a photo challenge. Do you think you would like to be my female model? The photo challenge is called Perfect Patterns. I think your feathers are just perfect and you are very pretty. “

“OK. I’ll take part but I am rather skeptical that you’ll do a good job.”

It’s not often we get a glimpse of blue feathers underneath those wonderful varied green scalloped wing feathers

The green and blue meld as they cascade down towards her tail

I love the almost turquoise

Great patterns on the legs and feet. Also showing a hint of orangish-red feathers

The breast and neck feathers of the females are not a bright as the males

The colours intermingle well as the neck feathers blend into a pattern with the breast feathers.

All the coloured patterns with wing pattern diagonals

“Well you didn’t do too bad a job. One more close up and then I’m off to find my boyfriend.”

“Shhh. Don’t let her know where I am.”

“I’ve been out with the boys.”

“She’ll never think of looking for me here.”

and they lived happily ever after

A mixed bag of stuff

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: December Pick a Topic from my Photo

This is Cee’s photo to pick topics from……

So lets see what I have around here

An Eastern Water Dragon

Shadow on a post

A heart shaped fungi

A metal cage around a bell

Patterns in a rock face

A metal garden table and its shadow

The old dog in the garden

It’s written in the sand

Jude’s 2020 Photo Challenge #42: Octobers Theme/Technique – Seascapes

One of my favourite songs to listen to while you scroll

This week's assignment - look for patterns and / or textures along the seashore, this might be in the rocks or shells or seaweed. Try using different depths of field with the same subject then compare them to see which you prefer.

The Sand Images
With water

Made by Sand Crabs up close

Intricate patterns are made

The receding water patterns

The shells and pebbles water patterns

A small Jellyfish and seaweed with bonus bubbles

Windblown Pig-face, buried flower and a stick

Sand textures, dune grass and shadows

Footprints in the sand

I used to cling to rocks now I make an interesting patterns in the sand

The Rock Pool Images

Algae makes a bold colour statement

The folds and patterns of the rocks, the green of the seaweed and subtle sand shapes

The Shells

A close photo of a broken shell accentuated sand and shadow

A contrast and almost moving shell

Using light on the lighter side of the shell leading to a darker side where the shadow resides

Interest is raised by the lines and colours on the shell

The Rocks

Using black and white to accentuate the shadows and highlight the shapes

Looking at subtle colours and textures

Looking at bold colours and textures

Patterns number2

Jude would enjoy seeing your Patterns

I did have a struggle as I have some that I like and wanted to show something that is almost but not quite. What do you think?

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or are these better
A Caper White Butterfly on a Pentas flowercaper-white-butterfly_named_home_nov-2106
or a flower spike from an aloe 180819_blog challenge_everyday moments_agave flower01

 

or two loving Wrenssuperb fairy wrens_named_lookout_mallanganee_nov 2018

I can’t decide. Have I patterns?

Tree Art

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Tree Art
The roots of a Strangler Fig191011_blog_challenge_blackandwhite_tree_art_fig
Insect made patterns on a Scribbly Gum191011_blog_challenge_blackandwhite_tree_art_bark_scribbly
In the bush, someone is always watching191011_blog_challenge_blackandwhite_tree_art_bark_spotted_gum
Spiders help make tree art191011_blog_challenge_blackandwhite_tree_art_bark_web

Wonderful zigzag patterns
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Getting in close
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The wondrous colours revealed when the bark strips off180921_blog challenge_blackandwhite_trees_forest gums_orange_close
and of course I had to revisit my own shadow tree art190712_blog_challenge_blackandwhite_shadows_tree_me1