For this week’s photo challenge, explore what it means to find your place in the world. Where’s your safe space? Where do you go when you need to feel inspired or cheered up? Do you prefer to feel cozy and comforted in a smaller town or do you thrive on the buzz of a big city? If landscapes aren’t your thing, you can even explore portraits by playing with scale or fashion.
rue anemone (thalictrum thalictroides) is a herbaceous perennial native to woodland in eastern North America.
Spring Azure Butterfly, Sourland Mountain Range
Lichen, Sourland Mountain Range
An early spring flower - Bloodroot or Sanguinaria canadensis - with showy, large blooms and interesting foliage. Usually found growing on slopes in rich forests, sometimes along Sourlands roadsides near forest. Pollinated by native bees and flies, seeds dispersed by forest ants.
Hanging out with Prasanna in the Sourlands
Frrom one of my man Shinrinyiku
This Ent has fallen
Fall!
Looking straight up
Walk this way
Shinrinyiku
On Saturday -- before the storm broke -- we engaged in a bit of family fun. Bhavna had registered for use to take part in a geocaching hike in the Sourlands Mountain Reserve.
Leaf House
Ent reaching for a boulder to throw.
The Sourland Mountain range has many large rocks and boulders.
Professional photographer, Frank Veronsky having some fun in the Sourland Mountains
To celebrate the end of the year, share the most meaningful photo you’ve taken in 2017.
Every year at Jim Goldsteain invites his readers to his blog project.
... to list the years best photos from my readers and social media followers. I've run this blog project every year since 2007 and each year I've been blown away by the quality of images and the number of participants. This year I will be collecting participants details via this form. If you're a new participant you can see past years results.
Here are my favourite images from 2017. I wanted to narrow these down to 10 but ... I just couldn't. All of these images have special significance for me. They are not technically great images but they are the ones with the most emotional impact.
Bhavna pondering the meaning of Entranced By the Northern Impaled Necrowizards Blasphemous Incantation Admist the Agonizing Abomination of the Lusting Necrocorpse. Hopewell, New Jersey — Nikon D5100 + Nikon 35 mm f/1.8 — (35 mm, f/4.0, ISO6400)Mo performing with Outsourced at the Green Knolle. Bridgewater, New Jersey. — Nikon D5100 + Nikon 35 mm f/1.8 — (35 mm, f/2.0, ISO2200)PJ's Pancake House. Kingston, New Jersey. — Nikon D5100 + Nikon 35 mm f/1.8 — (35 mm, f/4.0, ISO6400)Latin Lessons. Princeton, New Jersey — Nikon D5100 + Nikon 35 mm f/1.8 — (35 mm, f/2.8, ISO6400)Brick Farm Market, Hopewell Township, New Jersey — Apple iPhone 7 + Apple iPhone 7 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8 — (3.99 mm, f/1.8, ISO200)October Morning on Blue Spring Road. Montgomery Township, New Jersey. — Apple iPhone 7 + Apple iPhone 7 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8 — (3.99 mm, f/1.8, ISO20)Bhavna and our niece Raina. Morristown, New Jersey. — Nikon D5100 + Nikon 35 mm f/1.8 — (35 mm, f/4.0, ISO2800)Helping the Bucks clouse out one chapter of their lives. Yes, that's a picnic table. Skillman, New Jersey — Nikon D5100 + Nikon 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 — (24 mm, f/25, ISO100)DSLR selfie with Bhavna and Frank. at Montgomery Fun Fest in the Princeton Airport, Skillman, Montgomery Township, New Jersey — Nikon D5100 + Nikon 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 — (18 mm, f/4.0, ISO100)Last night before the Montgomery Township Independence Day Fireworks at the Montgomery High School, Montgomery Township, New Jersey — Nikon D5100 + Nikon 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 — (18 mm, f/4.0, ISO900)Before the Lamberville and New Hope fireworks. Looking down from Goat Hill.. New Hope, Pennsylvania and Lamberville, New Jersey — Apple iPhone 7 + Apple iPhone 7 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8 — (3.99 mm, f/1.8, ISO20)Civial War Trust Memorial Day Re-enactment at Princeton Battlefield Park, Princeton, New Jersey — Nikon D5100 + Nikon 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 — (22 mm, f/4.0, ISO100)In the spring, I was in the Latimore Valley Fairgrounds, Pennsylvania, with some friends for the Jalopy Showdown. We watched as these cars (and motorbikes) raced aroud the restored fairgrounds and race track dating back to the 1920's. — Nikon D5100 + Nikon 18-200 mm f/3.5-5.6 — (46 mm, f/4.5, ISO160)Bhavna posing for me at the Roaring Rock . I used the Brenziner technique to create this image. Sourland Mountains, Hillsborough, New Jersey — Nikon D5100 + Nikon 85 mm f/1.8 — (85 mm, f/1.8, ISO100)
Bhavna made this snowperson. This snowperson is six inches tall, has no arms and legs but enjoys the outdoors. Look at that smile. Kiran wants to name this snowperson Plumbo. ???
Montgomery Township, New Jersey, United States of America
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