Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #24 – The best from your year
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Monochrome Madness #24 – The Best from 2024
Category: Black and White
Local Scenes in Black & White
Always trying for a few interesting shots as I walk up and wait for the bus to arrive bringing Coleman back from school. On this day i decided to use the monochrome feature on my iPhone to see what I could capture in Black and White around the neighbourhood. Looking up the road I spotted a train coming down the tracks, later I took a photo of the tracks from below looking upward; trying different angles and viewpoints than my normal viewpoint.
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Near the Railroad Tracks; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2024 Monochrome Monday: 10.28
Squaring in Monochrome for C & B
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Stables Entrances; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
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Monochrome Madness #12 — Sculptures
This week PR from the blog Flights of the Soul is hosting Monochrome Madness with the theme of Sculptures. Let’s see y’all’s monochrome sculptures and don’t forget to link to Flights of the Soul’s blog.
My selections for this week’s challenge were captured on film in 1978 in Solvang, California many years ago.
To
Copenhagen
This Statue is a milestone marker indicating the distance from Solvang to Copenhagen, Denmark, a mere 11270 kilometers apart.
The Bronze Statue of Hans Christian Andersen is located in Hans Christian Andersen Park in Solvang, California. This Park is a tribute to the renowned Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen and was founded in 1970.
To The
Community Of Solvang
By
Friends Of Denmark
Sponsored By The
Solvang Chapter Of
Rebuild National Park Society
1976
Solvang is known as the “Danish Capital of America” with its strong Danish heritage and European-inspired culture. It was founded in 1911. It wasn’t incorporated as a city until May 1, 1985.
Besides the Statue of Hans Christian Andersen there is a museum dedicated to him you might be interested in visiting. The monument of Hans Christian Andersen Denmark’s renowned Fairy Tale Writer was created by Henry Luckow Nielsen of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Photo Credit: ©️1978 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm
Location: Solvang, California, USA
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Rectangular Monochrome Monday Windows
This is Great Falls Elementary School (formerly called Mebane Grammar School.) This is the school my dad attended when he was growing up in Great Falls, South Carolina.
Lens-Artists Challenge #305-Rectangles
Photo Credit:©️1963 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Location: Mebane Grammar School; aka Great Falls Elementary School; Great Falls, South Carolina, USA
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2024 Monochrome Madness #10: People
Throwback to 1974/5
Aboard the Queen Mary
I have been reminiscing about the good old days as I go thru processing my dad’s old slides into a digital format. These are from 1974 and 1975 when we toured the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California.
Here I am looking out over the ships railing into the parking lot waiting for everyone to climb aboard.
Other people are milling about conversing with one another as they wait for the tour to proceed.
Let’s take a gander over yonder at the Pacific Ocean . Isn’t it amazing how vast and beautiful the views are watching the ripples in the ocean waters.
Hey look, there’s a father and son looking out over towards Long Beach.
What do you know? Seems somebody took a photo of my mom and dad.
Are you ready? The tour is over and people are waiting for us to disembark.
Thank you for joining us on our tour of the Queen Mary.
Photo Credit:©️1974-5 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm
Location: Aboard the Queen Mary; Long Beach, California, USA
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2024 CMMC: April —Alphabet a CK or CH in a word in Monochrome
My CK and CH seen while Coleman and I walked around the neighbourhood.
wearing a Backpack
walking to the Dump Truck
in Monochrome
of the Door
on a Dump Truck
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-April Alphabet_a CK or CH in a word
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: New Hope Road; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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2024 Weekly Color Challenge- Black
Good Day everyone! Welcome to my blog. The following are my entries for this week’s Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge. The challenge is asking for photos depicting the colour BLACK.
Photography
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge-Black
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens and Altura CPL filter attachment.
Location: Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA.
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2024 CWWC: March 28 —Any Which Way
Which Ways in Monochrome
For this week I’ve dug into my archives for various selections of which way to travel.
First, let’s make a stop in Raleigh, North Carolina where I attended Ancestry Day hosted by The Friends of the Archives in conjunction with the State Archives of North Carolina, the Government and Heritage Library, and the North Carolina Genealogical Society.
and nearby trail
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
November 2015
Next, we’ll head over to Lenoir, North Carolina for a Watson/Greer/Trivette family reunion at the Yadkin Valley Community Park.
Lenoir, North Carolina, USA
June 2016
Then we’ll spend some time in Jacksonville, North Carolina where one of my sons ( my 2nd born, David) was stationed while serving in the United States Marines. While there for the weekend my eldest son, John and I visited the Lejeune Memorial Gardens.
Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA
February 2017
Finally, let’s take another drive. This time let’s drive to Columbia, South Carolina before returning home for some quiet time of rest and relaxation. In Columbia I am joined by my daughter, Trisha and her daughter, Alona. We decided to visit the Riverbanks Zoo to see the animals. We enjoyed the short train ride around a small portion of the Zoo.
Columbia, South Carolina, USA
August 2017
Cee’s Which Way Challenge – 03.28
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Radiating the Night Light
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
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MWM: Throwback Homes
on
Water Street
in
Coshocton, Ohio
[My Mom at 8 yrs old on Porch]
And
Vintage Horse 🐎 Trailer
Coshocton, Ohio
[ My Mom & Her Brother, Jerry]
Ocean Beach, California
[My Mom & Jerry]
2912 E Street
San Diego, California
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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Mid-Week Monochrome #111 – Millstone Park
Used at
Webb’s Mill,
Fort Mill,
South Carolina
to Our
Town
Fort Mill, SC
Ready
to
Slide
Coleman
Enjoying
Sliding
Down
the
Slide
Posted as part of Brashley Photography blog Mid-Week Monochrome Challenge.
#Mid-Week Monochrome #MWM
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The Beauty of Hearing a Bird Sing
Cee’s Black and White Challenge:
In my neighborhood this time of the year I don’t hear or see many birds. So when I took my grandson, Coleman for a short walk out the back door, I was delighted to hear a bird singing. Even though storms may pass our way, I am blessed and thankful for what God has given me. I am thankful for the blessing of hearing the beautiful bird’s song.
“Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?”
– Rose Kennedy
Up
High
Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.
~ Victor Hugo
Among
the
Branches
“Every bird, every tree, every flower reminds me what a blessing and privilege it is just to be alive.”
~ Marty Rubin
&
Beauty
in
Hearing
a Bird
Sing
“Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”
~ John Burroughs
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Monday Windows: Apartment Windows
on Side
of my
Apartment
(ignore the reflection)
looking 👀
into his
Bedroom
Window
This is also my entry for Cee’s Black and White Challenge. Monochrome Apartment Windows, our view from the outside.
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Black and White: Monotone
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Black and White: Oldie from the late 60’s
Picture was taken in the late 1960’s, probably somewhere between 1966 – 1968. The picture was taken in San Diego, California where we lived on South Meadowbrook. I’m not sure if this was in May or December. The bicycle was a present I received. It was my first 24” bike after my old stingray. I believe it was a Schwinn. I was excited to receive it back then. Back when times seemed simpler and a kid could just be a kid and have fun.
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Black and White: wooden walkways
A different perspective of trails at Andrew Jackson State Park. Black and white captures of wooden portions of the lake trail.
across the trail
along the path
what lurks ahead?
right,
left,
right
we
go
again
next
up
dirt
Have a blessed day! Always good to look 👀 at things differently occasionally. Brings about new perspectives and admiration for the beauty around us.
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