My Best Photo of the Week (MBPOTW) Challenge – week 7
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LAST WEEK’S ENTRIES: My Best Photo of the Week (MBPOTW) Challenge – WEEK 6 (25 Sep – 02 Oct)
Pictures are cropped, please visit the original post (links below) to view the full pictures with the photographer’s original thoughts on them :)
Clockwise from top left:
Top Left: Charlotte 16, http://looneyatoms.com
Top Right: More than a decade, completelydisappear.wordpress.com
Bottom Right: Busy paws, 1stworlddog.wordpress.com
Bottom Left: Headlong into you, www.weliveinaflat.com
The thing about photography is that it is such a good way to start to get to know something about a person. They say a picture speaks a thousand words, but a lot of times, there is also a lot of hidden meaning behind the picture that you wouldn’t know about. Not until you speak with the person who took the picture.
But since we are all so dispersed across the globe, blogging takes the place of one-to-one conversation. I’m very happy that we have representation from London, Thailand, Australia and Singapore today. :D
Barbara and Completely Disappear took very different pictures while focusing on just one particular subject for the image. And while Barbara took portrait of her daughter and Completely Disappear a photo of an orchid, both are symbolic of the close relationships they have with their families. And that’s what made these pictures beautiful to me, beyond the fact that they are nicely taken.
And then we have two shots of dogs, Donna and Bodhi. Bodhi’s human and I were experimenting with different apps for the shots we took. I love this picture of Bodhi, the warm, vibrant hue, unique angle and just the ruff joy of digging in the mud :D It is a happy picture, golden happy.
Please do visit and read more about each picture by clicking on the links above. The photographers have provided a little description of the pictures and why it is special for them :)
Donna has thunder phobia and one of the tools that we thought we would try with her was the ThunderShirt to manage her thunder phobia. I wrote to ThunderShirt, who so kindly arranged with their local distributor Hound Habitat to send me a sample of the shirt for trial.
Back to the storm brewing over our island over the last few weeks…
I try to post once a day but yesterday’s interview at a doggie day care and meetup with puppies totally wiped me up. Playing catch up here since I am a little late :P
When Mr P and I met Donna for the first time, she looked like any other mongrel in the shelter. They were mostly brown, black or black and tan like Donna.
The look of a local mongrel. Donna is small for one.
She shook paws and took treats.
When we came out, Mr P’s comment was something to the effect of, “She’s not a looker, but guess she’s smart and trainable.”
Dull colours in the living room on a cloudy afternoon turned high key black and white image.
An image, no matter how well composed with expressive subjects can fall just that little bit short due to the dull light of that cloudy day, especially when taken indoors. But with the use of a few mobile photo apps, a little bit of time, the mood of this photo has lifted from drab and dull to spare but eye-catching.
Here’s how I did it on my iPhone for the colour to black and white conversion of the recent A third black, two thirds white post.
The collar and leash
I heel and walk by your side
Leader, keep me safe.
My Best Photo of the Week (MBPOTW) Challenge – week 6
Sit, Wait, Run, Fetch, Tug
Is tough choice to fetch or tug
Donna wants do BOTH!
I made the mistake of holding my phone vertically while shooting this video —
You can see her visibly panting (tired and needing to drink) at the end of the video and getting enough of play.
