Lost in Translation

NOTICE

I hurt my hand this weekend, and I will be late seeing your posts. Also, Thursday’ Special is postponed until 2 October.

Thank you for understanding.

( I wrote a note as update on my last scheduled post but nobody reads that).

BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: AFTER AND BEFORE Y1-08

Regular visitors to my blog know that once a month on a Sunday I post a combined photo challenge theme for Black&White Sunday. It is called AFTER and BEFORE and it invites you to post the same image both in black and white and in colour. The topic and subject are entirely arbitrary. The only condition is that you post an image captured in colour and that you turn it monochrome in post processing. I enjoy this little exercise which permits me to see the same scene through colour and without it, and I hope that you will enjoy doing the same.

after

before

As of recently my Black&White Sunday has become a fortnight event which means that I am challenging you in monochrome photography every other Sunday. For today’s theme you have two weeks’ deadline. Wishing you a very happy week ahead and see you on Thursday with a new special theme (in colour).

NOTE: THIS IS A SCHEDULED POST. I HURT MY HAND THIS WEEKEND AND WILL BE SLOW IN VIEWING AND REPLYING ON YOUR POSTS. THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING.

Tags: black & white photography, Black & White Sunday, macro photograhy

THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: TRACES OF THE PAST Y3-09

“Historic Scotland calls Hermitage Castle an eerie ruin, and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland calls it the most perfect example of a medieval castle in the Borders. It is both.”

I am too lazy today to write a few sentences about this beautiful castle/ruin that I visited briefly during my last holiday. Instead, I am offering a link to an article that might satisfy your curiosity.

Traces of the Past is a recurrent photo challenge that happens every month (one month in colour as part of Thursday’s Special and the following month in black and white as part of Black & White Sunday). You are free to choose whatever traces of the past you can find. It does not have to be a distant one, or rich in history; it can be something personal, or it can even have a human form. Just make sure to post for it before next Thursday and to link to this blog. Happy Thursday!

Please have a look at all the marvelous entries:

https://tishfarrell.com/2017/09/21/views-from-the-morville-lych-gate

https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/21/date-me/

https://restlessjo.me/2017/09/21/past-meets-present-in-hartlepool/

https://bushboy.blog/2017/09/21/traces-of-the-past-the-bank/

https://photopoeme.wordpress.com/2017/09/21/drummond-pleasure-ground-stirling/

https://suejudd.com/2017/09/21/thursdays-special-traces-of-the-past-y3-09/

https://woollymuses.wordpress.com/2017/09/22/thursdays-special-traces-of-the-past-2/

https://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/2017/09/22/thursdays-special-traces-of-the-past/

Tags: Hermitage Castle, photo challenge, Scotland, Thursday's Special, traces of the past

THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: JULY & AUGUST RECAP

As of recently my Black&White Sunday has become a fortnight event which means that I am challenging you in monochrome photography every other Sunday. For today’s theme you have two weeks’ deadline. Wishing you a very happy week ahead and see you on Thursday with a new special theme (in colour).

“Historic Scotland calls Hermitage Castle an eerie ruin, and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland calls it the most perfect example of a medieval castle in the Borders. It is both.”

I am too lazy today to write a few sentences about this beautiful castle/ruin that I visited briefly during my last holiday. Instead, I am offering a link to an article that might satisfy your curiosity.

Wishing you all a happy and healthy Thursday!

Let’s see others’ imitations:

https://roamingurbangypsy.com/2017/09/15/lost-in-translation-thursdays-special-imitation/

NOTE: In addition to all the issues with WordPress, I would like to add that I am really tired of bloggers that just link to challenges without dropping a word. I have been silent for too long, but that is rude, and I am really fed up.

Recently, Black and White Sunday has turned into a fortnight event which means that there will be no more than two of such events per month. Today’s theme for this photo challenge in black and white is “ceiling”. The deadline for your entries is 23 September.

The bellow photo shows ceiling of Jeronimo’s monastery in Lisbon.

Please have a look at the entries to the challenge:

It is time for another PICK A WORD theme. Here are the words to choose from:

vantage

bifurcated

intruding

jagged

quayside

©Paula Borkovic

I hope you’ve enjoyed my selection of words and images. As usual for this theme, you can do one word, or more or all five. It’s up to you.

To join the Thursday’s Special photo challenge you are supposed to:

Make a photo post on today’s theme, before next Thursday.

Link to this challenge post, and tag your post #thursdaysspecial

Leave a comment under this post.

Here come the links to participants’ entries:

https://woollymuses.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/thursdays-special-september-words/

Here is what I posted over the last two months:

If you have missed great summer posts from my followers, please click on the following:

For those who wonder, Black and White Sunday is now a fortnight event, the next one coming on 10 September.

©Paula Borkovic

I hope you will still going to participate enthusiastically despite of these changes :).

Please have a look at the entries to this post: