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Nature, Photo challenges, Photography

Happy Father’s Day, ROY G. BIV! (10 Images)

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Roy is not my father. Or any father I know. He’s simply a representative, or an acronym, for the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. And Roy G. Biv is also this week’s DP photo challenge.

As my first response, I have compiled a gallery where each photo represents one color in the rainbow. All made by Mother Nature.

Red Hydrangea
Orange sunset sky
Yellow butterfly
Green seabed – and a Horseshoe Crab
Blue bay
Indigo dragonfly
Violet Dragonfly

But I have a real rainbow for you too. A scene I captured from my terrace last year. Rainy day turning sunny, as often is the case here in Florida.

rainbow WPC
A rainbow beyond the bay.

You can see other responses to this challenge here.

Finally, as Father’s Day is celebrated today in the US and many other countries, I wish all fathers in the readership HAPPY FATHER‘S DAY!

Nature, Photo challenges

WPC Forces of Nature: The Many Faces of Storms (9 Images)

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This weeks DP Photo Challenge is “Forces of Nature”. Living close to the ocean and the intracoastal waters, I’ve snapped a few pictures of storms over the last few years. I find it fascinating how the light changes with the atmospherics of the storms. Here are a few images I’ve selected for this challenge.

storm over the bay WPC
The skies darken before the storm, but light is always there behind the clouds…
bay storm skies WPC
…even when “storm dogs” run wild in the skies…
…a window of light suddenly opens in the wall of rain over the ocean…
storm approaching the beach WPC
… and light acquires a mysterious quality when a storm approaches from the ocean…
stormy ocean waves WPC
..at other times there’s plenty of light, but the ocean is so angry it’s difficult to stand upright…
...and sometimes it rain so hard you can't go out to shoot anything at all...
…and many times there’s practically no light …and you can’t go out to shoot anything at all…
rainbow WPC
Then a rainbow shows up in the sky after the storm…
...and the birds get a rainwater bath on the flooded beach.
…and the birds get a bath in a newly formed “lake” on the flooded beach. The storm is over.

You can find other responses to the challenge here. Have a wonderful week. May your skies be sunny and bright.

Just Life, Poems

Rain

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Rain Drops
Rain Drops by Tiny

Rain.

Rain drops reflect the whole.

The whole could be the universe.

The universe could be one life.

Life where clouds alternate with sun light.

Light greys mix with dark whites.

Whites and blues.

Blues composed by a dreaming heart.

Heart that sings in contemplative silence.

Silence colored by falling rain.

Rain.