Last on Card – November 2023
Happy Holidays!
Let the concert begin!
The Last Photo on the card for November 2023 – Thanks for the chance to share, bushboy.
.:. © 2023 Ludwig Keck
Yellow and Blue
A month ago I was playing with some photos of pumpkin blossoms. For some strange reason in one “photoodles” I added blue to the inside of the bright yellow blossom. The result seemed strange and unsuitable to show to my friends, so I just let it sit.
Then a couple of weeks ago I pulled into a parking lot and say a bright yellow truck without any text, logo, or markings. I just had to take a photo against that bright blue sky.
A couple days ago The Cosmic Photo Challenge picked “Any two colours” as the theme for today.
How could I not trot out these photos. Without that prompt these superlative works of art might have never seen the light of day. Thank you, Dale, for imposing my art on the world!
Look how it even colors the asphalt paving.
.:. © 2023 Ludwig Keck
Artifacts – November 2023
Manhole Cover
Manhole covers for access to sewers and other underground utilities are ubiquitous. We don’t usually pay much attention to them. Yet, they are fascinating in their own right. Normally you can tell where you are, town or county, usually, by just looking at the nearest access cover.
.:. © 2023 Ludwig Keck
Art for Today
The topic of the Cosmic Photo Prompt for today is “Art for Art’s Sake“. An interesting phrase. There is much interesting history behind it, but I will ignore the deeper meanings and present my little splash of art – just for the fun of it.
Here two artists have combined their talents to bring you a moment of pleasure.
The renowned “Mother Nature” with her frivolous colors, and the very much less talented “Ludwig” – myself.
Unfortunately, around here her majesty has been rather frugal with color, she just turned most leaves brown and tossed them into the wind. So, I made use of those “sliders”. Too much so? Maybe. But when compared to the wanton abundance that Mother Nature flings about this time of year, I do think that I have been modest.
.:. © 2023 Ludwig Keck
Last on Card – October 2023
Halloween
Not surprisingly, Halloween was the topic of my last photos in October. Here is the last one.
Not taken on the last day, but the day before. Here’s a tip of the hat to bushboys world.
.:. © 2023 Ludwig Keck
Sundogs
Sundogs providing a splash of color
None of my photos seemed to fit the Cosmic Photo Challenge theme of “a splash of color” – I had decided to sit out this week again. Then last evening we set out on an errand. The sky was bright with a sundog – brighter than I had ever seen. I decided to continue a couple of miles to a parking lot with a good view of the western sky.
When we got there the sundogs had faded down to “normal”. But I took several photos anyway. So this is my contribution of a “splash of color” to the challenge.
One of the trees came in handy to hide the sun.
.:. © 2023 Ludwig Keck
Artifacts – October 2023
Hydrant
Fire hydrants are all around us. We see them, but rarely pay much attention. Here is one from Savannah, photo taken way back in 2011.
.:. © 2023 Ludwig Keck
Up, Down and Sideways
… and Last on Card – September 2023
When I participate in a challenge, most times my archive is the source of images. On occasion I will go out and take some photos on the challenge topic. When I saw that the subject of The Cosmic Photo Challenge for this week was Up, down and sideways, I realized that I already had fitting photos that I had taken just recently. This also being just after the end of the month, I am opting to mash the topics together and join the Last On The Card challenge. Maybe I should say smash together – more on that in just a bit.
Last Thursday before we set out for lunch, I decided to get a photo of the day’s pumpkin blossom as it was at the neat “star” position. I looked down to get this shot.
There is also a tangle of spiderweb nearby with our resident Joro spider. Getting the iPhone to focus on such a small subject takes a little bit of coaxing. The spider was annoyed at my getting close and ran up on her lines. So I had to shoot a little upward to get the portrait. The camera even captured me in action.
Just a few minutes later as we were on our way, another car smashed into ours. Yes, I took some sideways photos, but here is one from the next day that is better than any of the accident scene views.
And lastly, my photo “Yesterday’s, Today’s, and Tomorrow’s” which is the real last one from September 2023.
.:. © 2023 Ludwig Keck
Artifacts – September 2023
The “Artifacts Challenge” finds items, big and small, around us that make our modern life possible. Some are well known, others may be quite obscure. The challenge calls on you to find and photograph one of these items and publish it in the second half of each month. You need not identify the item – some may be quite unknown. Tag the post “Artifacts”.
You are invited to add a link to your post in the comments to the monthly post here. The Artifacts post is published at about 6:00 UTC on the 15th of each month.
.:. © 2023 Ludwig Keck
Sign of Fall
Just a small sign of the coming of Fall. The Cosmic Photo Challenge picked “As summer fades” for the topic this week. Hereabouts summer is trying to hang on tenaciously. But there are signs …
.:. © 2023 Ludwig Keck
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