This week our host is Patti from P.A. Moed and she is asking us to show beautiful images from unexpected places. An interesting one, whoops, do I say that every week?
I decided for this week to go back to the beginning of when I started taking photos with a DSLR camera, and that year was 2012. I had been taking photos for many years, but this was after a break and the start with a proper digital camera.
I have gone through my galleries for that year and found lots of photos that were a total surprise for the beautiful things I found. Some of them were photography trips to look at something specific. While others were things I found along the roads I travel, and one was even taken from the back of a motorbike.
I did include one that was taken with film back in about 1997. This was unexpected because I had no idea what I had until the photo was developed. Can you guess which photo it is?
There are sunsets and sunrises, old houses and disused bridges. So many things. I think that is one of the things I love about photography is finding beauty in unexpected places, or when you are expecting to see much at all. I love that feeling you get when you are taking photos and you know you have something special. It is a gut feeling and I get giddy like a school girl. lol
Great challenge Patti, thank you so much for being out host this week.
Don’t forget to click the link at the beginning of the post to see what Patti has said and shown. Remember if you do the challenge put a link back to her.
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Lovely choices from your travels, and I love the light in them. My favourite is the one with the windmill. The light and the colours are uplifting. Fog and snow? Love them!
That windmill image was taken when I was on the back of a motorbike going past it, It was a great shot, one of my favourites from back then. Thank you so much Ann-Christine.
Great photos!
Thank you.
My pleasure.
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Beautiful and creative as always, Leanne. I loved your post.
Thank you so much Sofia.
Beautiful
Thank you IJ>
What a collection, Leanne. I never get tired of your photos.
That’s really nice of you to say Teresa, thank you.
What a beautiful collection, Leanne. I love your atmospheric shots. The one of the abandoned building really captured my imagination, as well as the totems on the beach. Lovely! Thanks for joining us this week!
Thank you Patti. It was a good challenge and thank you for being our host.
These are lovely Leanne
Thank you Brian.
Always love your photos!!
Thank you Nora.
Wonderful choices Leanne, as always. If I were guessing I’d say the foggy bridge was the one you had to wait to see developed. My favorite this week is the snow-covered fir trees.
Thank you Tina, oh yes the snow, one of the few times I have seen in Australia. The film image is the blue one of the pier taken very early in the morning.
That giddy feeling is the best, Leanne!
It really is Lois. Thank you.
This is a wonderful gallery, Leanne. The photos show we can find beauty in so many unexpected places.
Thank you Egidio. We certainly can.
Beautiful photos, Leanne, snow isn’t something I see in your photos often! There must be a high mountain range somewhere. 😊
Thank you John, we do have mountains, but that aren’t really high, maybe 7000 feet is the highest. It does snow on a mountain about a 2 hour drive away. Though none of us can drive in snow really. lol
I see, I assumed there were no mountains, wrong! We had to learn how to drive on snow in Michigan. It’s been years now but I could still do it.
We have a few, but they are not as high as what you have. I found a link for you to give you an idea.
https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/australia-topographic-map.htm
They are very worn down and I think only some get snow.
Wow, 7300 feet is high enough to get snow easily. Thank you for the link, Leanne! Such an amazing continent! 😍😍
Yeah, and they do get snow, but not heaps, we have a fairly short winter really. You’re welcome, I like talking about my country and I like hearing about yours.
I’d love to visit Australia!
YOu should John, I know it is a long way.
A very long way! And about 24 hours ahead of our west coast. The jet lag would be terrible! 😂
I think from LA to Melbourne is 14 hours, so not too bad. It takes us 24 hours to get to London. Yeah, the jetlag can be bad.
Wow! 14 hours isn’t bad? The flight from Las Vegas to Detroit to be with my family is 3.5 hours and that’s plenty! I’m not sure that I could handle that, Leanne.
I know what you mean John, when I went to the USA I spent a lot of time walking around the plane. Coming back I spent the money to get a seat where the emergency doors were so I would have extra room and I had melatonin with me so I could sleep. YOu do what you have to John.
That’s a great way to handle the time difference. 🤙🏻😊. I get stiff legs when laying back in the old Lazyboy leather couch at home but a 15-mile bike ride is great! 👍
I get a bit the same, I have been doing a lot of walking and gardening and that helps.
Great images Leanne. They gave me a great start to my morning. I’m thinking the totem poles were your film image. Am I right?
Thank you Anne, that is good to hear. I love the totem poles, but no, it is the very blue one of the pier taken very early in the morning.
Cool photo ^^,
Thank you Yolanda.
Lovely as ever. Is the lighthouse the film one? Or possibly the flyover?
Thank you Margaret, the very blue one with the pier is the film one.
Aaah!
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