This week, let’s play with light! Show us what refraction means to you.
Kevin Conboy is an Automattician based in Denver, Colorado. Creative by nature, Kevin is a designer, a composer, an artist, and a musician. Check out his photography at A Missing Frame. Listen to his musical compositions on Rdio or Spotify.
A couple of years ago, I was lucky enough to travel to Reykjavik, Iceland, for a work trip that happened to take place on my birthday. My lovely coworkers assigned me the task of selecting a restaurant for dinner to celebrate. Not speaking Icelandic made this tough, but the place we ended up going to was simply amazing. I can still remember the food I had that night, including a dessert made of ice cream on which molten lava chocolate was poured, creating what we described as “interactive dessert.” Along with the food came a stunning atmosphere, complete with large geometrically-extruded lamps refracting warm cozy light over the dark wood that comprised the rest of the restaurant. Truly a birthday to remember.

Photo by Kevin Conboy. All rights reserved.
For this photo challenge, show us what “refraction” means to you. It could be an image taken in a reflective surface, it could be light bent from behind an object, or it could mean remedial math homework: the choice is completely up to you. I’m looking forward to seeing how you interpret “refraction.”
Nice theme:)
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Perfectionist as I am I couldn’t decide on one image. I got the same dilemma every Friday lol. Help me out will you? Which one do you prefer and why?
http://sarazancotti.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
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Love the one to the left!!
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Yes, a great challenge for this week
Here is my entry for REFRACTION theme:
“YOU SEE ME, BUT NEVER THROUGH ME”
http://hadorable.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/refraction/
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This was lovely.
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this is something new… hmm, let’s see…
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here is my post: http://byswav.com/2014/10/17/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/ cheers from co.wicklow
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Here’s my play with light
http://cardinalguzman.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/milk-splash-model/
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and here is mine http://bopaula.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/refraction/
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Not sure about this one, but I give it a go: http://wp.me/p3gqMf-df
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It’s all just interpretation 🙂 Great entry
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… took an extreme, extreme close-up photo of the human eye — i was surprised that it broke the light in many different refractions…here it is at:
http://marichulambino.com/2014/10/18/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
hope you eye it! happy weekend!
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my second post for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Refraction… refracting by handmade lamp — rice grains, fresh leaves, grey and white pebbles arranged in a bell jar with candlelight, to symbolize a good harvest amid a gathering of friends for thanksgiving at:
http://chattel.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
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I think this is really good. It’s not an in-your-face interpretation and that’s the appeal 🙂
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Here’s my photo for this challenge: http://solaner.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
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Wow, those lamps are quite something…
Fun challenge!
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Another watery dream scene http://ambitiousdrifter.com/2014/10/17/the-weekly-challenge-refraction/
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And somebody bending stone to bend light http://ambitiousdrifter.com/2014/10/17/the-weekly-challenge2-a-physical-refraction/
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Wow, that must have been some Birthday :-), love the picture of the lights, makes a great theme :-).
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Hi everyone, this is my entry into this week`s challenge.
http://helpworldwide.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
I`m so glad to have found this blog, I think I`m going to enjoy these challenges :-).
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Here’s my contribution:
http://jgtravels.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
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I’ve always been a fan of B&W shots and this is stunning.
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Now that’s a very cool challenge! Thanks!
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And here is my try at it: http://empireoflights.com/2014/10/17/mirror-mirror/
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Magnificent.
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Shadow of a goat:
http://insellos.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
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great theme 🙂 here’s my Halloween-related entry for refraction 🙂
http://theeclecticeccentricshopaholic.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/refraction/
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Very cool theme, thank you for that.
Follow me to Frankfurt, Germany, for my refraction moment:
http://mattvonp.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
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Any excuse for a rainbow: https://castelsarrasin.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
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Here is my photo https://lordofsick.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/refraction-st-johns-cathedral/
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Kevin… Did you have a chance to capture some northern lights while being in Iceland ? Could you recommend the spots, because we are thinking about the trip to Iceland or Scotland next month… I will appreciate any advice, Cheers
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I didn’t, despite being there on one of the best nights to see them in quite a long time from Reykjavik. The problem was that we were there in March, and the weather at that time of year there is very unpredictable. I wandered around the areas close to the water for a good couple hours in the middle of the night, but the clouds in constant motion kept me from seeing anything.
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Hi .. again 😉
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PLEASE visit…
http://follygirlsphotoworld.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
🙂
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http://goo.gl/G2JJ5w
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I love the shapes as well as the light in your photo. Light’s one of my favorite things to attempt to photograph. Here’s my entry.
http://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/weekly-photo-challege-refraction/
janet
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Here is my entry for this week. ENJOY!
http://ceenphotography.com/2014/10/17/wp-weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
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Thanks for another great challenge! Here’s mine http://steve-says.net/2014/10/17/somebody-somewhere-sent-me-a-rainbow/
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fun one! http://words4jp.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
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Tricky theme guys! 😉
Our contribution: Refraction by dewdrops…
http://dewetswild.com/2014/10/17/refraction/
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Yours is quite likely my fave of all the entries 🙂
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Thank you so much for the very kind pat-on-the-back Sheela!
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My entry this week: http://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
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This challenge sent me hunting for a definition of refraction. I’m still not sure I got it. So I’m trying to refract not just light but also water in my interpretation:
http://maraeastern.com/2014/10/17/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
Thank you for this educative challenge!
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A really tough one Kevin, not sure if I got it right!
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Agree. Very tough this week, but also great! No such thing as right, it’s just your interpretation 🙂
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Great subject! Thanks Kevin!
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Mine never shows in the feed even though I’ve included a ping-back 😦 Fabulous theme – very challenging and thought provoking! Thanks! http://anoceanaway.net/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
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Hi there — your site is on WordPress.org and so we’re not really able to troubleshoot this. One thing you’ll want to double check is whether pingbacks are enabled on your blog. Here’s more information on that.
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Lovely theme https://winedrinkingmummy.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/weekly-photo-challenge-refraction/
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hi, have just posted 3 new photos on this theme; rainbow, clouds reflected in sand and light rays at sunset, but no clue how to pingback *sigh*
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To create a pingback, add a link to this challenge anywhere in the post you write for this challenge.
Here’s a document that shows how to create a link, step-by-step:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/
In the URL field, here’s what you put:
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/refraction
For a real-life example, check out @Bumblepuppies’ submission here:
http://bumblepuppies.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/doormats-insult-my-intelligence/
In the opening line of his post, he linked the word “container” to this challenge.
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thanks, I did put a link in my post, but Ill try again, thanks
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thanks so much Krista 🙂
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Didn’t work with me neither …. But it did with the few previous photo challenges. Think you have a problem at your side… Krista
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Huzzah! I see your pingback on the list now, @donegallizdoyle.
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@Heman — remove the “s” from the “https://” at the beginning of your link to the photo challenge. That should do the trick.
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