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Black & White Sunday: Distortion
She let go of the fear. She let go of the judgments. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head. She let go of the committee of indecision within her. She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons. Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go.
-Ernest Holmes
You all know that I am not an authority on photography and will not lecture you about what’s right or wrong or how to tackle today’s theme. I have displayed distorted images many times knowing that they show deformations that were not actually there while I was capturing it, but I did not mind. Accidental deformations that are a result of optical distortions of camera lenses are quite common in my displayed photographs. Today, however, my distortions are real – they are warped water reflections of tree branches.
I would like you to join me and show me your distortions, be they accidental, intentional or actual; cause after all, as Fred Hatt said: „Regularity and symmetry are an illusion. The world we move in is dynamically unbalanced“.
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Beautiful images Paula. I’m with you on not laying down rules. Photography is whatever the photographer wants it to be. Just like writing can be fiction or non-fiction
Wobbly reflections were my first thought too but I’m just mulling it over….
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I look forward to see what you will come up with, Debbie 🙂
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I came up with an idea but then found i didn’t have the photos I wanted with me.
So my fallback is Venice – ho hardship there 😉
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Fabulous distortions! I love these, Paula! 🙂
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🙂 Bless you, Linda.
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Really cool images!
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Many thanks Lisa 🙂
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Beautiful.
I am playing with Photoshop’s Polaroid Coordinates filter:
http://lessywannagohome.blogspot.be/2015/03/bw-sunday-distortion.html
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A lovely and fun idea. I am very pleased with your offering 😀
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Great photos. I just love taking photos of reflections and last week posted some of my distortions or abstracts as I love to call them.
https://decocraftsdigicrafts.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/cees-fun-foto-challenge-abstract/
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Raewyn, I know you offered it to Cee a week ago, but still, would you like me to display your b&w above?
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That will be good. It goes so well with your theme
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I thought I’d be first! Wonderful photos. The first one especially is magnificent. Couldn’t take my eyes off it.
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🙂 Sweet 😀 Night Alex 🙂
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Glad to know you don’t mind being distorted and warped, Paula. 🙂 🙂 🙂 It helps maintain the sanity.
Hope you’re having a good weekend.
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No, I don’t mind at all. I had a very lazy weekend, so lazy that I did not even reply to your comment, but I needed it. 🙂
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That ‘letting go’ must be a great place to be, for a little while at least, Paula. Love your distorted view of life. Happy Sunday! 🙂
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“Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it” (Ernest Holmes)
Very well done, Paula… 🙂
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I knew that quote too 🙂 Thank you mon Drake.
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Balance of symmetry I always found confining and even boring. That’s why I feel so at home with painting – no rules:)
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sorry, my typo makes it confusing: balance or symmetry…
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🙂 I am really late replying to comments. Sorry Jesh, and thank you so much.
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Great!
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I really like the composition and distortion of your pictures, Paula. It’s like water moving along to show us what above. Very gentle and sweet.
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Merci beaucoup Julie. J’ai pense que je t’avais remercie avant par mon portable, mais il parait que le wordpress ne marche pas avec mon telephone 😀
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Pas de problème, Paula! 😉 ça me permet de revoir et d’apprécier tes images encore une fois 😀
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😀
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Hi 🙂 here are some distortions from the sea https://ladyleemanila.wordpress.com/2015/03/22/black-and-white-sunday-distortion/
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Wonderful 🙂 I am sorry I haven’t seen it before. Thank you very much for this creative contribution.
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Exotic looking… Lovely…
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Happy you like it, Lor 🙂
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Great distorted images, Paula. They are very dreamlike. 🙂
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🙂
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Love the reflection on the water, one of my fav things to photograph 🙂
https://willothewizp.wordpress.com/2015/03/22/bw-sunday-distortion/
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Don’t I know it. I hope you are doing fine with your busy schedule 🙂
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A lovely post – good quotes and good music, and then those wonderful photos, delicate in b&w
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Cheers Meg 🙂
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I can look at bare tree branches and water anytime, combined they are a wonderful sight.
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🙂
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When do you get to see the doctor? I hope it’s soon. Hugs! 🙂
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Friday. I am really pooped. Thank you for having me in your thoughts Jo xo
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Beautiful captures of water distortion.
There’s not a lot of distortion in my photos (unless I come up with some weird “1970’s versus 2015 time distortion explanation”), but they’re black & white and they were (almost) posted on Sunday. https://cardinalguzman.wordpress.com/2015/03/23/israel-1970s-the-boys/
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Already linked and greatly appreciated 🙂 How was your weekend?
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Such beautifully hypnotic ripples Paula!
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You always use the right words to describe what you see. What a gift, Patti 🙂
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Top to bottom, really good words and I like all of these shots.
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Many thanks Allan. I so get caught up with life sometimes, that it takes me months to reply to some comments.
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