ISTRIAN HERITAGE

Most visitors to Croatia go to Istria, our largest and westernmost peninsula, for its coast, for Roman amphitheatre in Pula, for Brijuni Islands, for beautiful Rovinj, or for Unesco-protected Basilica in Porec, but not everybody thinks that they should venture into hinterland, oblivious to all the beauty it hides. Last December my husband and I went to Istria for a weekend, and once again…

THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: SECTION

SECTION – segment, part, component, or in terms of photography a crop of a larger view. Have you ever taken a photo of something and then cropped it to add interest, to improve composition or to zoom in on something? I do it often. For this challenge I am showing a cropped view of Rovinj, coastal town in Istria. ©Paula Borkovic With the approaching…

BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: AFTER AND BEFORE Y1-04

On Sundays I normally publish a photo challenge in black and white that I call Black & White Sunday. I usually come up with a fresh theme for it, but once a month I publish a recurrent (monthly) theme: after and before where you are supposed to show the same photo, regardless of the subject, in both monochrome and colour. This is a way of…

THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: JUXTAPOSITION

How do you feel about JUXTAPOSITION as a photo challenge theme?  You like it? If so, you are in luck cause it is today’s theme. The deadline is next Wednesday. Wishing you all a great Thursday! ©Paula Borkovic You already know the rules of this challenge, but just in case:  Make a photo post post on today’s theme, before next Thursday. Link to this…

THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: WAITING

If you expected to hear something smart about ideas for today’s theme you are at loss here. It is WAITING, plain and simple waiting that can be interpreted in a number of ways. I found this graffiti practically at my doorstep and could not help posting it.  Have a great Thursday! ©Paula Borkovic You already know the rules of this challenge, but just in…

MARCH RECAP – 2017

It’s time for my monthly recap. This is what March 2017 looked like:       

BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: AFTER AND BEFORE Y1-03

On Sundays I normally publish a photo challenge in black and white that I call Black & White Sunday. I usually come up with a fresh theme for it, but once a month I publish a recurrent (monthly) theme: after and before where you are supposed to show the same photo, regardless of the subject, in both monochrome and colour. This is a way of…

THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: PICK A WORD IN MARCH – Y2

  For the Pick a Word challenge in March I chose five unrelated words and five unrelated images.  As usual you are free to choose one of the 5 offered words, and depict it in a photograph or you can do more than one word and post more than one photograph, or you may choose all of the words and depict them in a…

BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: TRACES OF THE PAST Y3-02

Traces of the Past is a recurrent photo challenge theme on this blog, which runs every month (for a third year now). This month we are doing it in black and white and next month this theme will be tackled in colour. You are free to choose whatever thing, building or place (even a person) that belongs to the past. It maybe a past long…

THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: LE ROUGE ET LE NOIR

  Last Sunday for Black & White photo challenge we explored Darkness and Light by focusing on moody lighting and shadows that add drama to photography. Today I would like us to continue with dramatic captures, but through the use of bold colours. Show us what effect placing red next to black can produce. The easiest way to obtain this is to shoot a red flower…

THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: PICK A WORD IN FEBRUARY – Y2

For the Pick a Word challenge in February I chose five unrelated words and five unrelated images that cover different seasons, places and subjects.  As usual you are free to choose one of the 5 offered words, and depict it in a photograph or you can do more than one word and post more than one photograph, or you may choose all of the…