Friday, September 27, 2013

Focus on Life: My Best Shot!

...or, are you kidding?


So, this week's photo prompt from Sally Russick of The Studio Sublime is "Your Best Shot." No pressure, right? 

Thinking about this, I got past the idea of choosing the best photo I have ever taken. Who can do that! I decided to take my camera with me as I did some errands, and choose the best shot I took while out. 

Driving down country roads, I found it hard to find a good place to pull over and explore. I mean, I even saw some peacocks sitting on someone's porch railing. But you can't just pull out your camera and start shooting someone's peacock. So to speak. 

But I did stumble on a park that is relatively new, and thought I would explore. Um, Can you say boring park? Parking lot for the picnic shelter area, parking lot for the Pop Warner football field, mowed grassy areas, and a small playground area. And NO people. 

I walked around the perimeter, and got some shots of berries and foliage. But nothing I could call my best shot. 

Until I decided to try taking some pictures of the deserted playground. 

MY BEST SHOT!



What's your best shot? Mine got a little help from PicMonkey. 

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17 comments:

  1. Oh, how I can envision those swings being filled with laughing and giggling kids! Great shot!

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  2. Fabulous shot of all those swings in a row! I love your editing--the colors are wonderful!!!!!

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  3. The colors are beautiful! You are right, tho - it's a boring playground with no kiddies on the swings. Hope they are not all at home playing video games!

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  4. Wow. I love this shot, the colors, the stillness of the swings, just love it!

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  5. I love your shot of the swings in that playground. Beautiful composition.

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  6. Love it! Great composition, great colours...you never know, huh??

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  7. What a great picture. Love the lines and angles of the swing set against the foliage in the background.

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  8. Okay, now this is a really cool shot! A "best" if you ask me!

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  9. Oh wow - that's really really pretty. Like the angle, the colors... just perfect!

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  10. I always play on swings when I find a deserte set! Love the colour scheme... is it natural?

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    1. The colors have been intensified somewhat. I played with this in PicMonkey, and then my husband pointed out that the "boost" I gave it created washed out areas. I went back and used the more "manual" settings, and it came out intense, but more natural.

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  11. Oh yeah, the colour is is superb! like a warm eerie or something a bit retro. Great exploring!

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  12. Your shot totally caught my eye in the thumbnail version. I adore the colors in this shot, but find that there's something almost a little sad about a deserted set of swings. So, to me, this photo has a lot of emotion to it as well. Wonderful job finding something spectacular in an otherwise boring location.

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    1. Interesting that you picked up on that. I found the playground especially depressing and sad. The photos ended up more neutral. At least that is how I experienced it!

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  13. Great photo! I love how you've intensified the colours.

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