Whether visually or emotionally, this week let’s dig (or dive) deep.
By A few years ago I drove through Montana. I was pressed for time, but it was a state I’d long wanted to visit. So after several long hours on the Interstate, where I could catch glimpses of the landscape around me but not much more, I decided it was time for a detour.
Moments later, a sign announced that the upcoming exit was to a town called Anaconda, not far from the Continental Divide. If the name wasn’t tempting enough, my map suggested a winding mountain road and a couple of lakes.
My scenic detour didn’t really live up to expectations: as soon as I started climbing in altitude the visibility turned terrible and rain started pouring. Still, stopping at the edge of Georgetown Lake, I could sense (even if not quite see) how beautiful — and how big — the place was. It’s there I took the photo above, of a boat launch slowly descending below the water’s fog-covered surface.
As far as I could see — which wasn’t much — it could have gone on all the way to the bottom of the lake.
This week, share with us your take on “depth” — you can take it literally, like me, by showing something (a dense forest, your lawn after a blizzard) that suggests volume, a distance between surface and bottom. Or go with a more figurative approach: use a deep color palette, play with your image’s depth of field, or highlight a person, a place, or an object to which you feel deeply connected.
I look forward to seeing your photos!
The Daily Post 
fantastic theme…
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so have fun finding the depths of the photo set here: http://byswav.com/2015/01/30/weekly-photo-challenge-depth/
~ Enjoy.
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Another thought-provoking challenge and a lovely photo. Thanks.
janet
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Just a suggestion that everyone tag their entry “Weekly Photo Challenge” so that those using the Reader will be able to find them. 🙂
janet
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Good one. Looking now for my depth.
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https://retirenicaragua.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/weekly-photo-challenge-depth-of-love/
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Here is my photo: https://solaner.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/weekly-photo-challenge-depth/
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Now that is one beautiful challenge.
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Here’s my entry to the challenge: https://architar.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/depth-of-things/
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That’s where I live:
https://insellos.wordpress.com/2015/01/31/weekly-photo-challenge-depth/
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awesome theme, thank you for that. My tour guides you to the scottish highlands with endless roads to follow deeper and deeper into the country
https://mattvonp.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/weekly-photo-challenge-depth/
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Here’s my contribution:
http://jeremiahgilbert.com/2015/01/30/weekly-photo-challenge-depth/
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Brilliant post
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When I think of “Depth,” I immediately think of the ocean and its vastness. Feel free to let me know what you think of my picture. LINK: http://bit.ly/1z3mx1y
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My entry this week: https://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/weekly-photo-challenge-depth/
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Our entries this week comes from the Bourke’s Luck Potholes
http://dewetswild.com/2015/01/30/depth/
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love this challenge, here’s my personal take on it, maybe more to come from belgrade and belgium also 😉
depth (of feeling)
http://andytownend.com/2015/01/30/depth-of-feeling/
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Here is my take on this week’s challenge.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/01/30/wp-weekly-photo-challenge-depth/
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Fun challenge may do more then one
https://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/wpc-depth/
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Great! https://m2explore.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/photo-of-the-week-july-12th/
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will search the depths for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth — see the depth of the site at http://marichulambino.com/
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Rolling in the deep … the post for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth can be viewed at: http://marichulambino.com/2015/01/31/weekly-photo-challenge-depth/
Happy weekend!
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The deep blue — my second post in my other blog for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth at: https://chattel.wordpress.com/2015/01/31/weekly-photo-challenge-depth/
Happy diving!
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Great topic. Here is my entry for this week’s challenge: http://wp.me/p24idL-2OF
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I love the photo. It is amazing and it got me to read your blog. Great job.
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A very worthy philosophical challenge as well as a photographic challenge! Thank you for raising the bar, expanding the horizons, and inviting us into DEPTH! http://scillagrace.com/2015/01/30/weekly-photo-challenge-depth/
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A photo to spark the imagination, Ben. Beautiful!
Here’s my take on depth: https://drieskewrites.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/weekly-photo-challenge-depth/
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Hi all, here’s our contribution to this weeks challenge,
https://derwentvalleyphotography.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/weekly-photo-challenge-out-of-its-depth/
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Great photo, and another difficult challenge. Here;s mine. https://castelsarrasin.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/depth-weekly-photo-challenge/
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Oh no! not showing on the grid again… anyone else having problems?
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Hi Sandra — I just checked your post (lovely images!) and I don’t seem to see a link to the photo challenge in there. Without a link the pingbak can’t be created, and without the pingback, the post doesn’t get automatically added to the grid. Sorry for the inconvenience!
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Duh! Thanks Ben.
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My pleasure! Thanks for contributing to this week’s challenge.
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Waves of deep snow https://photoottawa.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/weekly-photo-challenge-depth/
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🙂 my view of depth http://wp.me/p2DJxD-26W HAPPY Friday 🙂
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Here’s a place to which I feel deeply connected: https://deetoursbydeepali.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/aura-of-auroville/
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A great challenge. As a novice photographer, I struggle with depth of field. I hope this fits the challenge. Thank You …
Isadora
http://isadoraartandphotography.com/2015/01/30/weekly-photo-challenge-depth-a-sea-of-foam/
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i love this theme. thanks 🙂
https://theeclecticeccentricshopaholic.wordpress.com/2015/01/31/depth/
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https://samjothsashidharan.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/a-tinge-of-me/
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Something sinister/spooky/mesmerizing is going on here:
https://varietyoflight.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/depth/
I hope you like it!
Cheers,
Herbert
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Ben, that photo really gives a feeling of infinity an draws the viewer in.
janet
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Thanks, Janet — it was years ago, but that feeling really stayed with me. I’m glad to hear the photo channels it.
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