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***Comments Thread for January Photo Contest*** (Original Post) Callalily Jan 2024 OP
I'm in. Bright blue feathers, I hope this fits the contest Walleye Jan 2024 #1
I'm in, too, mnhtnbb Jan 2024 #2
Ok, I've changed my photo yet again. mnhtnbb Jan 2024 #4
I'm in! HAB911 Jan 2024 #3
All right! I'm in. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2024 #5
I'm in. justaprogressive Jan 2024 #6
I'm trying to decide my entry Tom Kitten Jan 2024 #7
The theme is blue wave... Grumpy Old Guy Jan 2024 #8
Thank you for this, Grumpy Old Guy!!! Talitha Jan 2024 #9
That is wild! HAB911 Jan 2024 #12
Very appropriate. Callalily Jan 2024 #13
Spooky! Tom Kitten Jan 2024 #14
I'm in. Ocelot II Jan 2024 #10
I'm in! 2naSalit Jan 2024 #11
That would be justaprogressive Jan 2024 #15
I'm traveling edhopper Jan 2024 #16
Is that of Brown's Bluff? Hard to tell since it sinkingfeeling Jan 2024 #20
It was near edhopper Jan 2024 #21
I love this theme! ShazzieB Jan 2024 #17
My pic was taken with a Canon EOS Rebel T7 Behind the Aegis Jan 2024 #18
I really like your photo! Callalily Jan 2024 #19

mnhtnbb

(32,105 posts)
2. I'm in, too,
Sat Jan 6, 2024, 09:36 AM
Jan 2024

with a shot taken this last March.

I had a hard time choosing and was ready to go with a different photo entirely--shades of blue-- until I decided to take one last look through this morning and found this shot.

It will be interesting to see how this goes. Will shades of blue or punch of blue prevail?

mnhtnbb

(32,105 posts)
4. Ok, I've changed my photo yet again.
Sat Jan 6, 2024, 11:51 AM
Jan 2024

Last edited Mon Jan 8, 2024, 04:59 AM - Edit history (1)

Third and last time!
So many shades of blue, as well as blue that dominates other colors. I rather like my final choice for that reason. Blue wave, indeed.

HAB911

(9,365 posts)
3. I'm in!
Sat Jan 6, 2024, 10:11 AM
Jan 2024

My shot is with ICM, Intentional Camera Movement with a Nikon Df, 500mm f/8(fixed) Catadioptric (mirror) lens with an ND64 neutral density filter, making the effective f/64+(I think), at 1/20 sec.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,319 posts)
5. All right! I'm in.
Sat Jan 6, 2024, 11:53 AM
Jan 2024

I took this last year, in February. The waves were good and I was able to catch this young surfer. I was thrilled to see what I could do.



I'm loving the entries! So many good ones already.

Tom Kitten

(7,371 posts)
7. I'm trying to decide my entry
Sun Jan 7, 2024, 12:42 PM
Jan 2024

Last edited Mon Jan 8, 2024, 10:17 PM - Edit history (1)

I have several in mind, several with water but don't want to be redundant with earlier entries.

On Edit I picked one!

Grumpy Old Guy

(3,576 posts)
8. The theme is blue wave...
Mon Jan 8, 2024, 12:00 AM
Jan 2024

Last edited Tue Jan 9, 2024, 11:58 PM - Edit history (1)

so I entered a shot of a blue wave... literally!

The bioluminescence is going off now in Southern California, so I dragged my ass down to the beach to try and capture it. It may not be the highest quality, but it's definitely a blue wave.

Talitha

(7,467 posts)
9. Thank you for this, Grumpy Old Guy!!!
Mon Jan 8, 2024, 12:28 AM
Jan 2024

Seeing a bioluminescent wave (in person) is on my bucket list - thanks for the preview!

2naSalit

(93,121 posts)
11. I'm in!
Mon Jan 8, 2024, 03:23 PM
Jan 2024

When I was in grade school, there was a poem we had to memorize every September it seemed. I attended a over ten schools by the time I was in the sixth grade, military kid, and from second grade to the fourth grade, at every school, this poem was a feature early in the year. Later it was Robert Frost's "Stopping by a Snowy Wood" or whatever it is. Though I've thankfully forgotten the poem what always bothered me, from the beginning, was that I had no idea what a blue fringed gentian looked like and it wasn't until I moved to the mountains that I ever saw one.

Turns out, they grow in patches and fields/meadows! The largest patch I ever saw was at Divide Lake in Yellowstone NP.



Zooming in some



My entry





justaprogressive

(2,510 posts)
15. That would be
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 10:36 AM
Jan 2024
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening ~ Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.



hehehehe "Triple- mint Gum!"

edhopper

(34,998 posts)
16. I'm traveling
Wed Jan 10, 2024, 01:44 AM
Jan 2024

Last edited Fri Jan 12, 2024, 08:05 AM - Edit history (2)

So not able to upload a photo for this month.
I probably wouldn't have found one as good as those posted anyway.

Edit:
Saw the thread was still opened. and was able to submit a photo.

sinkingfeeling

(53,142 posts)
20. Is that of Brown's Bluff? Hard to tell since it
Thu Jan 11, 2024, 11:48 PM
Jan 2024

was such a beautiful, sunny day when I was there.

ShazzieB

(18,856 posts)
17. I love this theme!
Wed Jan 10, 2024, 05:18 PM
Jan 2024

Both the idea behind it, and the color blue in all its myriad shades and varieties. I haven't submitted anything to a contest in a while, but I couldn't skip this one!

Behind the Aegis

(54,902 posts)
18. My pic was taken with a Canon EOS Rebel T7
Thu Jan 11, 2024, 03:34 AM
Jan 2024

It was one of the pics I took at the San Franscico Zoo (which was very disappointing). I did get some really nice pics while there, but the Zoo was a let-down.

Callalily

(15,021 posts)
19. I really like your photo!
Thu Jan 11, 2024, 06:58 AM
Jan 2024

Reminds me of the time I was scuba diving in Bequia. We encountered tons of jellyfish while following the anchor line down. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me, but then again, it gave me more time to experience this great event.

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