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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Carin.

Thank you for this challenge.

Yea!  A perfect post of the thread! LOL  And I love this challenge!

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That's what I call teamwork PJ!!!

@ Christo - You're welcome! :-)

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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These are very good examples,

Thank you dear friends!!

I admire your good ideas Carin :-)))

Fairport, Oregon

A really perfect start on this challenge, camera.

Perfect and wonderful, Camera!

Awesome :-) Today's Canada Day so I will try and get some shots for the challenge, should be pretty easy!!

 

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!

 

Lashia

What a great idea! Dankie, Dierbaar ... I'll get busy! :D (Seen our trees here lately? LOL!)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

ooooo, Camera! That's a gorgeous shot!  Love those pilings!

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MrsLubner
Forum Moderator
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"It please me to take amateur photographs of my garden,
and it pleases my garden to make my photographs look
professional."
                                          Robert Brault

Great job Camera. Here is my humble attempt. It's just some boats at out local beach.

Congratulations to Camera and blinkings ! Very beaautiful photos !

 

Riflessi  e riflessioni

In una vecchia cava di estrazione marmo a Arni ( cava ormai abbandonata da anni ) sulle Alpi Apuane .

In an old marble quarry in Arni (now abandoned quarry for years) in the Apuan Alps.

How very original interpreted with these beautiful pictures.
My compliments for blinkings and Mario!

Good morning , Mies ! Thank !

OHH! This really seems to be a wonderful challenge. 

Awesome shots from both Blinkings and Mario.

Good morning , Helle ! Thank .

Mario and Blinkings have shown imaginative vertical lines for the delightful challenge and thanks to those who have commented on my image.

Thanks, Camera,

your image has prompted me to participate, a good choice and a good performance. Good evening.

Camera, I only wish you posted more often in the gallery because I always enjoy your work so much. But if I have to visit the challenge to see it, the Challenge it will be!

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MrsLubner
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"It please me to take amateur photographs of my garden,
and it pleases my garden to make my photographs look
professional."
                                          Robert Brault

Camera, Andrew and Mario - All three excellent images to kick off with! Thank you for opening the challenge for us!

Please post more! :-))

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Elliott Erwitt

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Congratulations, Mario, Camera and Blinkings! Your images are really very interesting! Excellent works! :-)

 

Dang. I've got a couple to post, but now I'm having trouble again getting an image to attach! Well ... trust me ... I'm participating, I just don't know if I'll be able to show you or not!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

@Camera Awesome opening shot and a great example!

@Blinkings This is a great panorama, love the low lighting

@Mario The reflection is definetly an illusion to the eye, I thought the cliff continued! Great lines.

 

Still working on my three :-) Didn't get many shot on Canada Day but these shots are getting my ideas flowing. Good job everyone!!

Lashia

The lines in this naturally eroded sandstone at my local beach instantly made me think of this forum challenge!

Very beautiful shot , Andrew ! Happy week !

EXcellent, Andrew :-)

Thanks Mario and Helly! You too.

This is a couple of months old.. I will go out for a new one soon.  I believe the lines work.

 

A graveyard, no markers but one small eroded stone I saw.  The fence preserves the heritage and dignity of recognition that people are buried here.  Slaves and paid servants of local agricultural businesses found this a final home.

Another photo was likely posted a few months ago with different pov.

OK, Here goes my first.

Very beautiful images , Tom and Helle !

And my first :)

A yesterday-shot.

Some vertical lines found on the side of a jet engine at the Boeing plant a few miles from home.

 

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

Beautiful images , Mies and Bill !

Tom, Helle Mies & Bill - all four images are perfect! Very well seen and thank you for sharing!

I'll try and get some verticals when I go to Windhoek in the next 2 days!

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Elliott Erwitt

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@Andrew  Great natural lines, a good eye to see this

@Tom  Definetly makes you think into a different time. Great historical tribute AND vertical lines with this shot

@Helle  I can picture you standing in the road for this shot! Die hard forum challenger. Great lines!

@Mies  I love the withered condition of the fence, good eye for these natural lines

@Bill  You always have beautiful airplane shots, heres another one with good lines

STILL working on my three! I think I have today off so I will try and get my camera clickn'!

 

Lashia

Here is my post #1 for this. A vertical shot of my horizontal blinds -_-' CHEAT!! I will try and be more creative on my next two shots, but you must agree this cheat turned out pretty neat.

Thanks!

Lashia

Hi Lashia, I don't know what the word 'scheat' means :), but I like the light on this vertical moved horizontal blinds, it gives a cozy effect /feeling.
You might wonder what's behind it, huh? LOL

Good morning friends!

This is a  sheepskin that hung to dry in the sun.
So it's not my hair, maybe I'd like to......? :)

Mies, two excellent verticals. They are great both of them.

 

TOM, a beautiful moody shot with nice verticals :-)

 

Bill! It is so well seen and such a nice shot too.

 

Lashia, I so like this shot with your blinds. Such a nice simplicity.

 

@Bill   Nice out-of-the-box thinking for these lines

@Helle    Merci!

Lashio - An image that draws strength from its simplicity

Mies    - Beautiful idea and image

Happy day to all !

 

La mia seconda immagine in un posto a me caro : il fosso a Bozzano.

My second image in a place dear to me: the plunge in Bozzano

 

I think I recognize this image, Mario.
It's with a great mood on it, fabulous!

To all a great day,
I'm impressed by all your idea's and shots.

Love this challange (again :))

1000 Thanks, dear Mies. I used the same subject from another angle in another forum themed "circles". Now come from that place, today only macros.

Hugs , good day !

Great shot, Mario, I love the low crop so the subject is more the water and not the building :-)

Grazie , Lashia , noto con piacere che hai osservato attentamente la foto !

Thank you, Lash, I am pleased that you have observed carefully the photos!
 

@ Lashia - I love your creativity! Well done!

@ Mies - I had a good giggle about the sheep wool! Excellent shot.

@ Mario - wonderful image with the vertical lines in both the subject and reflection. Great!

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Elliott Erwitt

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Wow! Some great captures have entered already! No imagination (or time) on my side yet, but I hope for some other nice pictures from your side!

These are all awesome.  I must dig through my shots to see if anything fits this challenge.  This is great.

 

(edited)  Do these have to be new shots made especially for the challenge or just shots never posted before?

Under Sunset Beach, NC pier.

Great shot! I always LOVE black and white... sets a mood like a colour photo cant.

And as for the photo stock... you CAN use from your archive, but we prefer you take new pictures for the challenge. The point is to try new things thats why its a "challenge" haha but this is an amazing archive shot and a great addition to this months forum.

Beautiful work, looking forward to seeing two more, Willie (Im still looking for 2 more, too!)

 

Lashia

Wow!

I need to wake up and start looking around more - this is all stunning! Well done everyone - very insprational.

Clive

My image isn't attaching either.  I'll try again later.  Wonderful images everyone!

A beautiful image for this challenge, Willie!
Wishing you all a good start of the week :)

Great challenge! This is my contribution with a picture of "Ponte del Mare" in Pescara (Italy)...

Thanks to Lashia for suggesting me to partecipate with this picture!

Such great lines, and a beautiful view / sky too, behind!

I just posted this tonight, but it is very vertical, so here it is again.

It's the Spire of Dublin. :)

 

Hi Lucinda!

An impressive image of the lines on the road to the needle, which is blown up.

Great find and shot WOW !

The Giant's Causeway is a very vertical sort of place too.

Thanks Jacomina! :)

I think I know why my pic didn't attach before.  I had an apostrophe in its name.  Once I changed it to Giant Causeway it did alright. 

So happy you succeeded, Lucinda.

This again is a very impressing one, with wonderful texures in it too :)!

Thanks again, :)

Some more exceptional images!

skiwillgee - I agree with Lashia - exceptional shot!

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Oh Lucinda - I only saw your images now!

Fantastic! I love those vertical rock face! Incredible!

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Elliott Erwitt

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@Clive    Im waiiitttiinngg haha you always have such amazing shots!
@Marco    There is a huge smile on my face! Great shot, I was right, a beautiful addition to the challenge, and I hope you keep Vertical Lines in mind when you're out with your camera again for another 2 shots!
@Lucinda   Great shot, not only of the rock but to get a 2 in 1 with this candid portrait. Also love the way the lines in the ground lead your eye to this GIANT tower. Great lines :-)

 

Great shots, with my PS out of order these last two posts are hard to push out! Awesome posts so far, and a great choice for this months challenge (it IS challenging!)   :-)

 

Lashia

Trying again ...

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Oooohh! It worked ... let's try another one!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Great shots Tara! I love the one of the doors.  When my older son was about 3 he would have closed all the doors, continuously.  It drove my mom nuts! 

Vedo ottime immagini recenti ! Complimneti ai vari autori !

Vedo con piacere un intervento dall'Italia.

 

I see excellent recent images! Congratulations to the various authors!

I welcome intervention from Italy.

 

Ora la mia terza , tra le varie possibilità , ho preferito uno scatto insolito tra le canne di Bambù , Trovate di fianco alla Certosa di Farneta ( panoramica postata a dicembre )

Now my third, among other possibilities, I chose an unusual shot among the reeds of bamboo, situated next to Charterhouse Farneta (overview posted in December)

I really like that bamboo curtain shot followed by marigiannichini's bamboo curtain still growing. 

Thank, skiwillgee !!

Surprising great ones, Tara and Mario.

A joy to see them.

@Willie    I AGREE!

@Tara    I love the first shot, same idea as my (ONLY) upload haha Im workin' on it!

@Mario   A great third upload, I love the darkness of the underbrush with the light just snaking through some of the trees

 

Great shots everyone. I have today off (so far) and my husband is at work, so maybe I will fit in some editing time amongst cleaning the house!!

Lashia

Wonderful shot Mario!  Beautiful patterns of green behind the lines of bamboo.

Thanks to Lashia and to dear friend Lucinda and good evening to both of them!

Grazie a Lashia a alla cara amica Lucinda e buona serata a ambedue !

 

One of the Oldest Hotel in Montreal

Another View

Another View same Hotel in Montreal

And Congratulations to all the other poster :)

MU

Beautiful photos , Magik !

Ha, Magik, right into the sky with your vertical's. Great POV!!!

I shot this new one for the challenge today.  A view of the transformer yard beside a power plant close to my house.

I chose B/W again because the color shot lacked appeal to me.  This way you can imagine in your own colors.

Superb image, skiwillgee!

This is a Zinnia, but it still needs to be a real flower. :)

x skiwillgee

Ottima scelta del B&W per dare maggior risalto alla scena ! Splendida Photo !

Excellent choice of B & W to emphasize the scene! Wonderful Photo!

Mario

@Real    Beautiful shots, I love the second one for its symmetry. Great POV

@Willie   Agree with Mario, the B&W is always a hit with me, beautiful shot.

@Mies   Beautiful clearity and sharpness in the shot, really enhances the colours

 

Lashia

Magik, I love your two shots! That is one amazing fire escape.  Wonderful!

skiwillgee, Excellent shot! I like that some of the thingamajigs  are white and others black.  Great choice of B&W!

Jacomina, I think you talked nicely to your flower (or maybe you barked an order) to get it to stand at attention.  ;)  I love it!  Beautiful image! 

This photo is taken on the facade of the monastery of Uclés (Cuenca, Spain) I think it is a good example of picture vertical lines.

Great shot , Mies !Splendi deatails and colors !

Makron, Lots of vertical lines there alright.  And some curious details too.  Great shot!

Beautiful idea and great shot , makron !

YES!! Some amazing details between the lines, Macron.
Love your lines (and shoes) :D

@Angel   Glad to see you decided to upload here! An awesome shot, with interesting subject (Shoes? haha)

 

Here is my second upload!!! It's taken me forever, I am such a procrastinator. Awesome uploads from everyone so far :-)

Lashia

Lashia  When I saw this I thought of the song "We are climbing Jacob's ladder".  It looks like it's going right up to heaven.  Excellent POV and shot!  

Well, is this an intresting shot, Lashia. Great POV, the verticals are going very high :)

Concordo pienamente con quanto detto da Lucinda e Mies ! Ottima prova !!!

I fully agree with what was said by Lucinda and Mies! Very good test!

Excellent images by all!

Thank you!!! xx

 

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Elliott Erwitt

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Beautiful shot, Carin!  Wonderful POV, details, and shadows.

 Here's my third one.  Taken today at the car wash.  

Those beautiful shots from both, Carin and Lucinda!
I love the depth created within.

BTW, : Lucinda, never have seen clouds in a carwash, but you captured it :)

This is my second photo. I think it has many vertical lines.This is the port of Hendaye (France)

@Carin   I like the colour contrast of this shot, very warm!

@Lucinda    I agree, beautiful car wash clouds :-)

@Angel    Ya, muchas líneas verticales, y HERMOSA reflejo en el agua verde.

Stunning, Makron, with also this lines in the water!

Congratulations to all for the beautiful images included! :-)

I looked in my "photographic archive" some images that matches for this challenge... I hope I succeeded in my intention!

The Elephant Fountain is a monument built between 1735 and 1737 by the architect Giovanni Battista Vaccarini. It is located in the center of the Piazza del Duomo in Catania. Its main element is a statue of black basalt depicting an elephant, commonly called "u Liotru" and considered the emblem of Catania.
On the back is an Egyptian obelisk of granite, 3.66 meters high.

 

 

 

Amazing, Maria C.!

Thanks for the information too! :)

Beautiful Makron! I love the reflections.

Wonderful Maria!  I've never seen an obelisk on an elephant's back.

This tree stands in the open space of the housing structure where is my son's house in Santa Tecla!

Thanks for the lovely comments, Mies and Lucinda!

I wish you all a wonderful weekend! :-)

 

 

 

Beautiful image, Maria!  Lovely light and clouds.  What a narrow trunk to be so tall!

@Maria    This reminds me of a black elephant tea pot my sister got me. Beautiful shot, great TAAAALLLL lines :-P

@MC     Love how the picture is saturated in red, makes me think its hot there! Beautiful shot and thanks for spreading the warmth :-)

 

STILL searching for my 3rd shot, good thing we're only half way done the month.

 

Lashia

My 3 for this challenge:

Number :

A brick wall at work.

Number .

Lines on a cement floor.

Number 3.

Vertical lines of part of a structure of a cooling tower at work.

Outstanding work by everyone.

Did not recieve any notifications though to say that anything has been posted on the forum. Gld i could upload thrre capture for this challenge and to see every ones uploads.

God Bless.

Thanks for nice comments, Lashia!
I also hope to find something for my third upload next week!

Have a great week! :-)

Fantastic images, kgb224! :-)

A very beautiful tree, Maria, as also the photo-shot is, with sky and seroundings!

Very nice shots you've made, Christo!!! Great POV, all three.

b.t.w. I have a pair of vertical photo's taken, but unfortunately, I think I've already posted three. "(
;D

 We should say to Carin to insert more images, instead of three!  :-)

 

 

Excellent shots kgb224!  I love the shadows on the last one.

Lucinda, Christo, Makron, Maria - all stunning images!

Thank you so much for sharing!

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Elliott Erwitt

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Maria - I will check with PJ about the number of images!!!

Maybe its time for change! :))

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Stopped getting bots on this thread again.  Dang. 

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Attached Link: royal gorge bridge.video

ROYAL GORGE BRIDGE, CAYON CITY, COLORADO

I love bridges!  Great capture and addition to the challenge!  Thanks for the link.  "Explore your VERTICAL limits" :)

Stunning capture Gonzo.

God Bless.

If I may add this image...it was taken back in May at Tenerife (Canary Islands) on a beautiful morning (as usual !). These are the chimneys (for AC I guess, 'cause they never heat the rooms there...) of a Sheraton hotel. Some postwork in Photoshop (hue and light). Have a good week.

Love your upload gaius.

Perfect for this challenge.

God Bless.

Thank you very much , I'm very pleased if you like it.

@Kgb   High contrast colours in your first shot, great DOF in the 2nd, and I like the lighting and shadows in your third shot, beautiful
@Gonzo   GREAT lines in this bridge shot, so many awesome examples
@Gaius   Glad to see you posted this one! Love the pastels, great colours and lines

 

eep! only 5 days left and I still have my third left! It'll hit me :-) Hopefully I'll get some photo editing in tonight

 

Lashia

@ gaius I agree with kgb224 and Lashia. Perfect and great lines!  Congrats on LWIG! 

@Lashia and myrrhluz : thank you so much...I was on the terrace of my (cheaper !) hotel at Costa Adeje, looking at these chimneys and thinking "there is a photo ! there is a photo..." When I got back home, I was not very pleased with the photos....but after almost two months (as usual !), I said to myself "this one is not too bad".

LOL Gaius : "not too bad"!
Perfect verticals, my friend, also on those 'windows' in it.

Gonzojr, I very much like all those verticals, captured on that stunning bridge-picture.

@dochtersions : thanks Mies, I appreciate. I agree with you gonzojr's photo is excellent.

As a newbie I didn't know how this challenge worked ! I had a look at all the photos posted and I have to say I'm impressed...the challenge is very high level . Congratulations everybody.

Wel gaius welcome to this challenge and feel welcome to upload on every months challenge.

God Bless.

@kgb224 : thanks much...thanks to you and to the other participants I really feel welcome.

I found another "vertical lines" photo taken back in 2006 in England. This photo, let's call it "Pencils", was taken in the playground of a primary school, where ? I can't remember, maybe not too far from Nottingham.

Excellent capture gaius. love the pencils. I imagine this is a fence.

God Bless.

As soldiers in the ranks, these pencils.
A fantastic contribution to this item, JC !

Just one to go, my friend :D

Aaaaargh ! I can't find a third one !!!

My third and last image... always from Santa Tecla, where I'm doing full-time grandmother! A hug to you all and congratulations again for the beautiful pictures posted!  :-)

 

 

 

 

 

Quote - Maria - I will check with PJ about the number of images!!!

Maybe its time for change! :))

 

 

It would be great to change it and be able to put more images!
Let's hope so!

A hug! :-)

 

 

Outstanding shot and verticals, dear Maria C.

 

Quote - Aaaaargh ! I can't find a third one !!!

Still 5 days to go JC , just take a new shot.
A few blades of grass can make the difference maybe? <:)

I do not know for what mysterious reason I have not received the messages of the new entries. 

 

Congratualtions to all !!! Very beautiful images !!!

 

 

Interessante l'eventuale aumento del numero delle foto!

Interestingly the increase in the number of photos!

Mario

 

Love the pencils Gaius! Very vertical and very colorful! 

Great entry, Maria!  Beautiful and three strong vertical lines for your third image!

...and one is three ! This one is called..."Bamboos" (my imagination is boundless !!!). It was taken in 2009 in "La bambouseraie" near Anduze in the Gard region, south of France.

JC, I'm totally exciting about those 'bamboos-shot', its wonderful.
Maybe you can post this also in your gallery?

Vey beaautiful image , gaius

@ dochtersions : thanks Mies, I'm glad you like it...you should spend some time in France and visit this bambouseraie which is magnificent and very popular (it's crowded in the summertime !).

@ mariogiannecchini : thanks much. To be true, I'm impressed by the quality of your photos...and there are bamboos too where you live !

Thank you, Gaius, those bamboo 'are close to a beautiful place, the Charterhouse of rants about ten miles from my house There conosiamo directly, but this can be remedied. They were beautiful amche preedenti other, but are not able to complete the review for a block on internet forums. Best regards.

Mario

Stunning capture Gaius.

You found a third for this challenge.

God Bless.

Love the bamboo shot, gaius!  Love the vertical lines within the vertical lines of the bamboo.

Hello all:)

Photos I did Medium Format Bronica S2A SLR with Nikkor-P 75mm/2.8.
(unfortunately I do not have another lens). Negative Rollei Universal 200.Scan on Epson 4490 and small postprocessing in PS.
In the pictures the railway bridge in my town Cosel / Kozle in southwestern Poland.Special thanks to Lashia for showing me this challenge.
I dedicate these photographs Lashia:) *

secon image:)

and last:)

Stunning captures Moonriser. Love the depth in all 3 captures and they are perfect for this challenge. God Bless.

Excellent shots, Moonriser!  I love bridges.  How interesting to see the gap between the two tracks and the uneven planks.  Great POVs!

Excellent photos , Moonriser and very good scan ! Good day !

@ kgb224 and myrrhluz : thanks so much. I decided to post this "bamboos" photo because of the green vertical lines within the vertical lines of the bamboos.

@ Mooriser : congratulations, these shot are great (but beware of the trains !).

Hi moonriser, I agree with the others, great depth and POV on all three of them.

Thank you for your comments!:)

This is my return from digital photography to the negative:)Now I am looking for a good light meter.

The railway line currently supports 2-3 trains a day.
Rather, it is difficult to hit on a moving train.

Great challenge subject, and some great images so far.

First for me, a fairly common subject for my city of Cairns, Australia. But always worthy of another shot...or two...hundred. ;-)

Leonie.

Stunning capture Leonie.

God Bless.

Thank you, :-)

For my next entry... ah, turning around and looking back inland, this is one of our foreshore sculptures. I'm sure it has a name, but I couldn't find it. A tube made of copper tubes, very well matched with the palm trees around it.

My last for this chalenge was an experiment in light.

The subject is a knitted shawl with coloured metalic threads woven into black mohair. I let my camera focus fall just a little as I opened then closed the shutter. I think this is what cosmic rain might look like. :-)

Leonie.

Fantastic captures, Leonie!

I like also the shadow-lines in the water, as that special tree; and I just love your 'cosmic rain' :)

Greetings,
Mies.

BTW, is there another challange for this month (Sept.)?  
No hurry for me, but maybe I missed this information.

Leonie all of your captures is wonderful and very fitting for this challenge.

God Bless.

Wonderful additions Leonie!  I love the 'cosmic rain'!

Great three shots! I love all your different views on this theme :)

 

 

Lashia

Thanks folk. I like the challenge. And everyone sees something different, so diverse. :-)