This week, let’s keep our angles sharp and heart rate fast.
By Please note that we won’t be publishing a new Photo Challenge next Friday, September 16. Challenges will resume the following Friday, September 23.
Few elements define a photo more than the point of view you choose for it. I don’t have a favorite way to frame my shots, but I’ve noticed that I’m often drawn to visual borders and dividers. Give me a wide-open landscape, and I feel unmoored (and my iPhone camera, inadequate). Throw in some demarcating line between me and what I see, and things start to fall into place.
A few weeks back, I spent a hot summer morning at Buntzen Lake, a popular spot for a swim just outside Vancouver, Canada. It’s a gorgeous place, but its beauty kept eluding my photos. They all felt anchorless and flat. Then I walked to the edge of the small pier, where a couple of fishing buddies were roasting in the sun, and everything clicked. Adding just a small glimpse of the battered wooden planks made it clear where I stood — and where the water began. It added visual tension where none existed, and structure to a shot that desperately needed some.
This week, share your own interpretation of “edge.” Take a photo from an actual edge, like a balcony, a window, or a seaside bluff (wherever you are, stay safe!). Focus on a sharp angle or object, or show us the outer margins of a building, a face, or a book. I look forward to seeing your photos!
Edgy photo in a few edgy seconds at:
https://marichulambino.com/
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where the edge
meets
my heartbeat
at:
https://marichulambino.com/2016/09/10/edge-postaday-wordpress-wordpressdotcom-weekly-photography-challenge/
Happy weekend everyone!
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interesting photo.. creates the feeling of way ahead or.. the path.. great timing! swav @paintingsbyswav
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a simple example of ‘the edge’ : https://byswav.com/2016/09/10/on-the-edge-of-creative-expression/ ~ Enjoy your weekend! Swav
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How the edges came to Sulawesi:
https://insellos.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/weekly-photo-challenge-edge/
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Nice theme! Here is mine: https://stenoodie.com/2016/09/09/weekly-photo-challenge-edge/
🙂
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Great tip, Ben! Check out how I applied it to Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline:
https://scillagrace.com/2016/09/09/weekly-photo-challenge-edgy/
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Hmmm…here is my go: http://wp.me/p3gqMf-pe
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Really nice photo !! Congratulations!!
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Straight edges from a Gothic paradise… will blog the church later on
https://ambitiousdrifter.com/2016/09/09/found-edges/
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B.C. lakes… Doesn’t get much better…
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Blogging, in countless ways, has brought me to the edge of myself:
https://unlearningblog.com/2016/09/09/embracing-discomfort-my-first-year-blogging/
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Great idea and photo!
Here’s mine…
https://elleturner4.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/weekly-photo-challenge-edge/
🙂
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A great challenge. I loved the way the foreground provides focus for the rest of the picture. Here’s mine: https://castelsarrasin.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/the-edge-of-dorset-weekly-photo-challenge/
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Having too much fun looking at edgy photos almost forgot to post some.
Happy weekend
https://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/whats-your-angle-wpc-edges/
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Perfect theme for me this week. I’ve practically been living on the edge this whole summer! 😀
https://cardinalguzman.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/edgy-summer/
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For Friday’s entry we walk the narrow alleys of Madison, Indiana – http://wp.me/p3CFsE-36c
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It was not easy this time but here we go again! https://pilvipouta.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/edge-the-daily-post/
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https://nadiamerrillphotography.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/weekly-photo-challenge-edge/
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https://laraelkhoury.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/weekly-photo-challenge-edge/
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Beautiful blue water … great perspective.
Isadora
http://isadoraartandphotography.com/2016/09/09/waters-edge/
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cool topic, thanks!
Here’s my edge. And guess what…it is architecture 😉
https://msdiplomacy.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/edge/
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Have a great weekend!
https://graphicrealestate.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/edge/
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Thanks for another great challenge. Here is my response: https://naomibaltuck.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/all-things-are-connected/
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Nice challenge Ben. Here’s my choice of picture:
https://antimuseum.com/2016/09/09/mount-rainier-edge-photo-challenge/
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A nice contrast in your photo, Ben. It brings focus to the picture.
Here’s my edge: https://figmentsofadutchess.com/2016/09/09/photo-challenge-edge/
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https://zhouxingyu.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/weekly-photo-challenge-edge/
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Well defined edges: https://belohorizontedailyphoto.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/7400/
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this is such a great example of ‘anchoring’ a shot. I will definitely use it.
http://lessywannagohome.blogspot.hr/2016/09/fishing.html
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Here’s mine for the week.
It probably could have been edgier, but you can’t win them all.
https://stupidityhole.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/vegetation-on-a-cliff/
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https://juliepowell2014.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/weekly-photo-challenge-edge/
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What a gorgeous shot of a gorgeous place!
janet
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