BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: CEILING

Recently, Black and White Sunday has turned into a fortnight event which means that there will be no more than two of such events per month. Today’s theme for this photo challenge in black and white is “ceiling”. The deadline for your entries is 23 September. The bellow photo shows ceiling of Jeronimo’s monastery in Lisbon. ©2015 PAULA BORKOVIC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED   Please…

THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: WINDING

Welcome to Thursday’s Special photo challenge again. Today’s theme is WINDING. Instead of sharing why I chose today’s theme, I would like you to read this great quote by Yeats: “Life is a journey up a spiral staircase; as we grow older we cover the ground covered we have covered before, only higher up; as we look down the winding stair below us we…

FEBRUARY RECAP – 2017

It is the last day of February which means it is time for my monthly recap:    and a smaller Black & White gallery:  

FOLLOW MY SHADOW

From the left bank of the Tagus River,  a magnificent, red-painted, steel suspension structure crosses the bay and takes you straight onto shores of Lisbon. All you need to do is follow its shadow.       Weekly photo challenge now appears on Wednesdays, but I will continue to post for it on Fridays. The theme this week is Shadow. Our blogger friend Restless…

BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: SIGN

Welcome to another Black and White Sunday challenge. Today’s theme is SIGN. I went with my astrological sign depicted in a beautiful pavement in Belem district of Lisbon, but you know that you can take this word as far as you want. Let’s see how creative you can be. Just remember that this is a monochrome challenge. You have time to make a photo…

THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: 2016 RETROSPECTIVE

  It’s the time of year when we usually take stock of our life, hoping to make it better in some way and looking forward to the forthcoming year expecting it to bring solutions to our troubles. That’s what I did. I started by taking stock of my images in 2016. You know what they say “an image is worth a thousand words”. If…

Thursday’s Special: Double

  This is Thursday’s Special photo challenge. If you want to participate you are supposed to: Make a post containing a photo (or photos) on the theme double  Link to this challenge post and tag it #thursdaysspecial Leave me your link in the comment section bellow Make sure you post before Thursday 6 October       Last week on Thursday’s Special …..  Check…

Thursday’s Special: Nocturnal

  About Thursday’s Special: it is a colour photo challenge that takes place on Thursdays. Concrete themes are provided and announced well in advance. See the Scheduled Challenges page. You are supposed to make a post on the given theme (today it is nocturnal), link to this post, and leave your links in the comment section bellow. The deadline is Tuesday 13 September.  …

Hell’s Mouth – Not so Hellish

One of the first stops during my visit to Portugal was Boca do Inferno which in English translates as:  Hell’s Mouth. It was early May and the air temperature rose above 35 Celsius. The ocean was unusually calm and nothing suggested the raging waves this spot is known for.     This is my entry for the challenge run by Restless Jo who made…

Black & White Sunday: Winding

For this Sunday I’ve come up with the theme Winding for our B&W photo challenge. The absence of colour will put more stress on shapes in the picture, so take advantage of this opportunity and focus on a shape of a winding road, a forest path, a meandering mountain stream, a funny looking veggie or anything twisty, curving, sinuous or tortuous that you can…