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My string of rather uninspired You Capture entries continues.

This week’s theme was “looking in.” I’m sure some folks managed to get really creative with that one. I was not one of them. I do like my capture though…

The girls were looking in the door at me after our walk. I think that’s their “oh no she has the flipping camera again” faces…

This is where I usually link to Beth’s site. But when I tried to visit this morning, I got an attack page warning from Google. I’d rather play it safe than sorry, so I won’t be linking up this week. Hopefully the issue gets resolved. This photo challenge stuff is fun. Mostly. It’s more fun when the old brain can actually think of some way to interpret the theme.

This week’s You Capture theme is “still life.”

My first thought? A sleeping dog is a pretty still example of life. Unless it’s dreaming. But I sort of figured Beth had something else in mind.

According to Wikipedia…

Still life photography is the depiction of inanimate subject matter, most typically a small grouping of objects. Still life photography, more so than other types of photography, such as landscape or portraiture, gives the photographer more leeway in the arrangement of design elements within a composition.

Still life photography is a demanding art, one in which the photographers are expected to be able to form their work with a refined sense of lighting, coupled with compositional skills. The still life photographer makes pictures rather than takes them. Knowing where to look for propping and surfaces also is a required skill.

Not having the time or inclination for anything demanding, I took advantage of some luck. Actually, it was more than luck. It’s seeing the world through a photographer’s eye. Someone else might have just seen tired knick-knacks on a dusty kitchen windowsill (at the West Virginia place).

I saw a still life.

Enjoy!

Don’t forget to visit Beth’s You Capture page to see how other folks interpreted this week’s assignment.

Another week has gone by and I didn’t get out on any good photo expeditions. Sigh…

The theme for this week’s You Capture is COLORFUL.

I could have just walked around my house and taken pictures of stuff. Like the big bag of plain, dark-chocolate M&Ms. Before I ate them. Or crayons. If I had some crayons.

But I didn’t. That would just be boring.

One day soon I’ll be able to share pics of my colorful new office. But that’s another blog post…

I did capture a couple of cool images worthy of sharing in this week’s challenge. Both actually feature store windows here in town. I added some texture to both images because I just felt like being different.

That first image captures a large painting in one of several of Warrenton’s cool art galleries. Some people may have tried to capture the shot without the reflections. But I like the reflections. I think they frame the image nicely. Especially the tree in the upper left-hand corner.

The love shot, which is certainly colorful, is from the window of the ceramics store.

Our love affair with this town continues…

To see what other folks captured this week, pop on over to Beth’s blog to peruse the work of the many good photographers who participated.