Today, let a familiar shape inspire you.
With 2016 officially here, we face forward to take on what’s next. It’s a time of endings and beginnings, so I wanted a broad theme that could be simple, fun, and festive, but also complex and introspective. And so, circle it is.
My interpretation of circle is this fisheye selfie from Horseshoe Bend, where the Colorado River bends around Glen Canyon in Arizona, 1,000 feet below:

Taken with an olloclip fisheye lens on an iPhone 5s.
I love this photograph because it reminds me of a fantastic road trip (and why I love traveling in general), but also makes me think deeper: about all of the beauty in this world, my own mortality, and time and timelessness (and how long it takes for nature to create such awe-inspiring landscapes).
With this theme, you may go literal, and look for things around you with perfectly round shapes: your wedding ring, the bubbles your daughter blows, the curvy sculptures at your local museum, or the glittery sphere that falls during a New Year’s Eve countdown. Or, you might consider what this familiar shape represents: the cycle of life and death, infinity, perfection, and more.
I love this. Period. 🙂 Happy 2016.
janet
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Your “Airport Gloom” photo — Poignant.
inspired by your black-&-white’s, i used grays & accents
shot the other day, a day before New Year’s Eve, on the eastern slope of the Santa Monica Mountains, facing the Griffith Observatory, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California: J playing the flute before the interstellar dome — an Ode to Interplanetary Wonder at:
http://marichulambino.com/2016/01/02/wordpress-weekly-photography-challenge-circle-photo-blog-dailypost-blogging-landscape/
Happy New Year!
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We tried to catch the first “circle of light” in 2016 http://steve-says.net/2016/01/01/last-year-we-got-high-on-new-years-day-this-year-we/ Happy New Year everyone!
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Fun theme and I even had a shot in my old box: http://wp.me/p3gqMf-sz
Here you can find my round-up for 2015: http://wp.me/p3gqMf-k2
Happy New Year!!
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Driving round and around:
https://insellos.wordpress.com/2016/01/02/weekly-photo-challenge-circle/
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Round and round we go!! Happy 2016 to all of WordPress!! 😉
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Happy New Year Cheri !
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Thanks for the prompts in 2015. Wishing all a Happy 2016!
http://moondustwriter.com/2016/01/01/new-horizon-haiku-happynewyear/
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Amazing Image.
Here’s my offering
Happy New Year https://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/wpc-circle/
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That’s a cracker of a shot, Cheri! Happy New Year to you! Off now to explore the circle of life 🙂
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Happy New Year – some circles from my archive https://castelsarrasin.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/circle-weekly-photo-challenge/
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Great photo and topic to start out this new year.
Here is my entry.
http://ceenphotography.com/2016/01/01/the-daily-post-weekly-photo-challenge-circle/
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The miracle of the spherical, of the circle of Life, is awesome! http://scillagrace.com/2016/01/01/weekly-photo-challenge-the-circle-of-life/
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Lovely idea…
And Happy New Year to the WordPress crew!
😀🍒☺
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Happy new year everyone!
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Wow, what a photo, spectacularly clever! Happy New Years to all!
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A lovely theme. Looking forward to the ponder of its meaning for me.
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Well taken! Happy New Year to you, Cheri!
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Heh… started writing a post featuring and image of Horseshoe Bend last night, after midnight. Couldn’t quite finish it before falling asleep.
Imagine my surprise when the weekly photo challenge featured an image of Horseshoe Bend … and gave me the inspiration to finish the poem anchoring this post.
Thanks Cheri!
http://pixtowords.com/2016/01/01/when-life-was-a-mystery-yet-to-be-told/
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Wonderful photos everyone! Great theme!
My Contribution!
https://themomhood.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/circling-ripples/
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Love this one Cheri – a great start to the new year. My response is here https://travelsandtrifles.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/2015-favorites-and-weekly-photo-challenge-circle/
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Happy New Year! This is … reflective and deep. ❤
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The perfect challenge with which to start the year Cheri. Your stunning photo brings back happy memories of our visit to Horseshoe Bend and Antelope Canyon last year. Wishing you a very Happy New Year and best wishes for 2016. Here’s my circle for you: http://thechangingpalette.com/2016/01/01/weekly-photo-challenge-circle/
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As soon as I saw the theme I knew what I was going to do. I must try that on my iPhone!
https://elleturner4.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/weekly-photo-challenge-circle/
🙂
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Thank you, Cheri, for this first theme of the year – and your magical picture.
http://wp.me/p1hCI2-5j3
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Nice I like it but I have to my phone photos I phone! Great for this….and he still and pictures gives on that page thanks peoples for this I preshiaethat zahvalan sam jako ali menja mi i reči dok kucam zato moram na srpskom jeziku ali nemam reči ja sam niko ali stvarno projekat je veliki i zato sam da se svet ujedini zajedno smo jači i deca su na prvom mestu a ima ih stvarno mnogo ja sam socijala kao svi srbija tri rata bolestan ali to je sve moj problem prvo deca ko što rekoh bog nas spaja zajedno ovaj moj svet stvarno nema terorizma ,oružija,vojske ,i ko je napravio bolje oružije a deca umiru od bolesti ratova beže u zemlje gde neće da ih prime umiru od gladi! Bog vas blagoslovio sve dao vam zdravlja mira sreće i radosti a za ove loše bog će se pobrinuti mi treba da se pomažemo i stojimo zajedno kao jedna porodica velika a i našu zemlju da gledamo to nam je kuća zar ćemo da je rušimo !? Ako sad nepočnemo neće biti ni nas ni nje! Mir svima jedan je bog svi smo mi njemu isti svi zajedno korak po korak polako i što želimo to možemo ali zajedno….
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The floral clock located in West Princes Street Gardens is one of Edinburgh’s main attractions. It’s a working clock designed with up to 40,000 plants. Since 1903, it has been used to reflect a different theme each summer.
Last year, the Scotland capital was celebrating its 10th year anniversary as the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature. The clock was thus set up to commemorate the event.
It was a lovely sight to behold, but I stayed there just long enough to take the picture. As a tourist, I didn’t have all the time in the world. As Sam Levinson said, “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.”
http://wp.me/p6FwZ-2bP
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Taking it easy:
https://lespetitspasdejuls.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/weekly-photo-challenge-circle/
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happy new year!
http://lessywannagohome.blogspot.be/2016/01/circle-of-life.html
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Happy and creative 2016 my friends!
https://mecyme.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/weekly-photo-challenge-circle/
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My first take on “Circle”:
https://anthropologist.wordpress.com/2016/01/02/circle-wordpress-weekly-photo-challenge/
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