This week, make two opposing elements come together (or clash in dissonance) in one photo.
There are so many ways to infuse photos with drama, from choosing an unusual angle to focusing on a strong, vibrant palette. One idea I often explore is contrast. No, not so much in the technical sense of shadows and highlights (important as they certainly are), but more fundamentally: I love the power of a single frame to bring together conflicting elements. Sometimes the result is harmonious, a peaceful coexistence of unnatural allies. Sometimes the tension remains unresolved.
Sometimes it’s a bit of both, like in this recent shot I took at a castle in the Bourgogne countryside, in east-central France.

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These walls were originally built in the 16th century — but were covered in fresh, shimmering ivy. Together, the two elements made the entire structure all the more interesting (and, let’s admit it, more photogenic): heavy and light, hard and soft, smooth and textured, inanimate and organic.
In your photo this week, show how opposites can tell a story about people, places, or objects. The tension can reside in what you choose to show — old vs. new, big vs. small, dark vs. light — or in how you frame and design your shot. I look forward to seeing your entries!
it’s time for tai chi of photography this Friday! good luck #WPC folks..Cheers from Ireland
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https://byswav.com/2016/07/01/weekly-photo-challenge-opposites/
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Thanks, Ben. for this challenging topic: https://solaner.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/wpc-opposites/
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Me and my wife:
https://insellos.wordpress.com/2016/07/02/weekly-photo-challenge-opposites/
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Tom! You’ve hit the nail on the head! 😉
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Same but different:
https://mostlymonochrome.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/opposites-attract/
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On the opposite side of where I stand: http://wp.me/p3gqMf-r1
Looks like there is a forest on the opposite side of the waterline as well 🙂
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Opposites are conceptual; concrete things are rarely true opposites. The juxtaposition or contrast between real things is a place for exploration and awe….and not a place for fear and disrespect. https://scillagrace.com/2016/07/01/weekly-photo-challenge-opposites/
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This is mine
https://bambangpriantono.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/weekly-photo-challenge-opposite-berlawanan/
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Opposites in advertising – when something does not look so “MEGA” after all….
https://mattvonp.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/weekly-photo-challenge-opposites/
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It’s cool how the bush grows up the wall.
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Have an independent weekend! 😉
https://graphicrealestate.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/opposites/
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Opposites attract? No… they repel! 😀
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My pingback didn’t work, here is my link:
http://wp.me/p2hIFV-1R6
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Interesting!
I came up with this one:
https://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/weekly-photo-challenge-opposites/
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That is a really interesting contrast of shades. My father is a photographer and he would definitely admire this one. This captures not only a diversity of contrasting lights, but colors as well. Good job.
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Thank you so much!
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Opposites attract the strangest things. A parrot, not a human, playing basketball. Sharks looking at humans. Vegetables & salmon. Two blue fishes swimming in opposite directions:true pisces.
https://cindimatography.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/weekly-photo-challenge-opposites/
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Happy weekend everyone
https://msdiplomacy.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/opposites/
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Such an interesting topic. https://castelsarrasin.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/opposites-weekly-photo-challenge/
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Foto de un rincón muy agradable y austero.
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Woops, wrong link!
Here’s the right one from me:
https://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/weekly-photo-challenge-opposites-2/
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Interesting challenge finally I figured it out
https://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/wpc-opposites-make-life-interesting/
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awesome insight. here is my link https://heyitssunnyout.wordpress.com/
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Great prompt. Opposites can be represented in so many ways.
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Interesting !!
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In Response to the Challenge
Life and death
Two have got a a way Contradictory meaning. Two represents the opposite of each. A person is living his/her life happily not even worrying what is going to happen to him in the next hour. Totally unaware about him. He might be laying as a dead useless man in the grave, which represents a motionlesss man lying there not even able to help himself
WHILE at the same time the man standing next to him ( whose shadow is being casted) represents the opposite of the other man. That man represents LIFE. He is in full form there standing nexf to the man who is even unaware about its surrounding.
That’s my meaning to opposite
Ps: I am really new blogger and not pretty sure what i m even blogging :p
Apologize for mistakes
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Welcome to the blogging community!
Just to clarify, the goal of the challenge is to encourage people to post a photo (and their thoughts on it, if they wish) in a new post on their own blogs, which they can then share here with a link.
Looking forward to your future participation!
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Nice shot Ben. (I trust they’re keeping up with the damage that ivy is doing to the walls. 🙂 ) How long did you spend in that area?
Here’s mine simple contrasts as opposites at the food court in the central market in Sapa, Vietnam.
http://www.pirancafe.com/2016/07/01/food-court-sapa-central-market/
Great weekend to you all! 🙂
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Thanks, Bob. We were in the area for a weekend away from Paris — it was lovely!
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Another fun challenge. Have a great weekend all!
https://moondustwriter.com/2016/07/01/opposites-aviation-photography-haiku/
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The difference between water and ice – http://wp.me/p3CFsE-2XL
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Nice challenge Ben! Here we go again https://pilvipouta.wordpress.com/2016/07/02/opposites-the-daily-post/
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What makes Chandigarh so beautiful? Check this out to know more about ‘THE CITY BEAUTIFUL’ and one of the cleanest city in the world.👇
http://www.chandigarhbling.wordpress.com
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Great work, the vivid comparisons explained come out very clearly
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