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Black & White Sunday: Summertime
When we think of summer, we think of it in colours, mostly blue and green, and all those bright and lively colours that can be seen on funny clothes, bathing suits and sun umbrellas, but what does summer look like when it is stripped of colour? Join the challenge and find out….
Beach
Beach moving
Floating together
Catching Willy
Lingering longingly
It was a good day for some.
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I absolutely love the beach in black and white. Gorgeous shots Paula.
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Thank you, Desley
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The beach always looks good! 😉 Love that rendition of “Summertime.”
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Thank you, Linda
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The B&W gives these a timeless feel – could be a holiday from many years ago, though the final shot looks much more modern. I’m not sure if that’s because of the fashion or the light.
But it looks a good day whatever! Happy Sunday Paula
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Oh, and I loved the music. One of my favourites
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Another thing we have in common .)
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You are right on both accounts, Debbie – it is the fashion and the light but also the relaxed attitude to beach attire. I don’t imagine that back in the old days people would walk in their underwear on a beach.
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Paula I think it causes one’s imagination to kick in as to what it might look like in full color. Thought provoking.
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Thank you for your kindness Sue.
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Great summer shots Paula. I like the particular sharpness of the last two, and their emotional content. The last one expresses my granddaughter’s cry when she returned from Slovakia: “Want to go back to the holiday”! The figure is drawing in the site (and sight) of a great day. The Willy one expresses thoughtful anticipation, and it’s full of contrasting textures and dark-and-light.
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Thanks for the visit and analysis Meg. I can’t return the visit any time soon due to my health problems.
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Oh my dear friend. I’m sad to hear about your health problems. Be well soon.
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The b&w emphases the mood of the season. I hope you’re enjoying your summer.
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It was just for a few days more than a month ago. I am having a really bad summer now. I got sick.
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one concentrates on essence rather than on ‘distraction’ (colour). the photos did’t loose any charm loosing the colour. au contraire, the last three ones might even loose some of the character in colour. though I must say, I am often reluctant to strip colourful photos of colour. have to train myself to think differently.
http://lessywannagohome.blogspot.be/2015/08/bw-sunday-summertime.html
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This is interesting Klara. I thought that you were very comfortable in B&W. So much so that I considered asking you to host a B&W photo challenge sometime 🙂 Please, feel free to get in touch if you are interested.
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will think about it Paula. as you have noticed I am more ‘all action(photo), no talk’ than the other way round which is a bit of a problem for hosting. but, you never know, I might get inspired. we are in touch, so I’ll let you know.
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Take your time and thank you. Btw, there are guests that I like a lot that don’t talk much. One sentence is all we need. If the photo is good, who the hell needs text, right? If you want you may choose a tune and I would upload it for you 😀
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😉 sure. we’ll talk about it. for starters, I am off for summer holidays. I hope weather on the coast is getting better.
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Enjoy your holidays. It is raining in Zagreb but it makes no.difference to.me. I am disabled these days.
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You’ve captured summer here, Paula…I’m stuck for this one!
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Lovely shots. I want summer to last a little longer.
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thanks
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I like your ideas, I’m following you 🙂
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I am grateful and will return the visit as soon as possible.
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Well, I did find something! http://suejudd.com/2015/08/23/black-white-sunday-summertime/
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It’s interesting, Sue. I doubt that anybody else will come up with a gutted fish 🙂
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Well, that was what I thought!!
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This is a v. interesting challenge, Pauls, but am so sorry you’ve not been well. Sending you a hug.
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Thank you, Tish. It means a lot.
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I enjoyed this one Paula! https://dailymusing57.wordpress.com/2015/08/23/black-white-sunday-summertime/
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Your gallery from 2015 backwards to 1963 is a real treasure! Thank you, DM.
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Thank you Paula!
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I like the look…
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Thank you, Lori.
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Timeless , beautiful shots…..
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Grazie mille, Anna
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I haven’t gotten to the beach this year at all. This was almost as good as a visit! Beautiful work.
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And here are a few pictures as summer begins to fade into fall …
http://teepee12.com/2015/08/23/in-the-good-ole-summertime-black-and-white-sunday/
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WOW!!!
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Really lovely! Hearing the music with the photos is pretty dreamy.
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Thank you very much for your visit, Amy. I am so glad you listened to the attached track. Best, Paula.
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Lovely beach images, Paula. Makes me think it’s time i was there again. 🙂
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It sure is 🙂 xx
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I popped by yesterday but didn’t stop to chat. I knew I would be linking belatedly to your Sculpture and intended to convert a photo for Summertime too, but I ran out of time… steam… sorry! Hope you recover soon 🙂 🙂
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Very much appreciated, Jo. Thank you.
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Black & white summertime, I like this idea and your photos Paula. I’ll see if I have some summertime memories that can be turned into B&W too.
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https://artishorseshit.wordpress.com/2015/08/24/grazing-horses-in-bw/
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That’s great Max. I have knee effusion and am using laptop only for brief amounts of time and only walk the necessary 100 meters a day. I don’t know if I will be able to go to park to shoot for your challenge in September, and I don’t know the prognosis of this knee disaster as I have no treatment. I have a trip booked to Spain in October; maybe that will have to be abandoned too.
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Shit! What’s a knee effusion anyway? I’ll duckduckgo it right away!
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Liquid on the knee. The doc does not know what caused it. He thinks it is some trauma. I am really depressed these days.
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I had a similar thing in my elbow early this summer: my bursa went ballistic and the elbow suddenly looked like a fucking football. It’s all good now and it healed pretty quickly. Hopefully your knee will heal as fast as my elbow did.
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Hopefully. Thanks for optimism.
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cos i love your work i nominate you to the premio dardos award
http://www.sylvain-landry.com/award/premio-dardos-award.html
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Hi Paula – a bit of a challenge since, as you say, summer is often about the vibrant colours of flowers and scenery, but here’s mine https://beyondthebrushphotography.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/summertime/
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Can’t think of a scene that would illustrate the mood of summer better. This is really great, Lynne 🙂
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Thanks, Paula 🙂
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Umm, after another grey day with continuous heavy rain, I am not so keen on the monochrome beach. Tempt me again during a heat wave.
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Very nice shots, Paula. I love ‘Floating together’. It’s a lovely moment captured in all its beauty and innocence. 🙂
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