Gardening Gone Wild June Entry

Another round of tough themes in the Gardening Gone Wild photo contest. This month's theme is MOTION. It was tough to decide on which picture to choose but I kept coming back to this one. This was taken at one of the gorges on the Cornell University campus. My children loved when we would go there.

Gardening Gone Wild April contest.... LIGHT

This months theme on the Gardening Gone Wild photo contest is LIGHT. The photos that I took in the last few weeks didn't really show light as I wanted them to. I then went through my pics of the past and came up with 2 that I thought showed light in different ways. The first is of Jones Beach, one of my favorite places in the world. Lucky for me, it's only 5 minutes away! The beach is beautiful during any season, day, time and any weather condition.

My second photo is of our campfire during a camping trip at Robert Treman State Park. With my eyes, I can't tell if it's blurry or not!

I will go with my first photo.

FIRST HONORABLE MENTION!!!!

I'm so thrilled. I won First Honorable Mention in the Gardening Gone Wild photo contest!!! The theme... What's your Genius Loci? (special place), was a really tough theme so I was very surprised at the outcome.

FIRST HONORABLE MENTION

Mamazuke

Lynn : “ but one place kept coming to my mind as my ‘special place’. It is Sunset Park in Cayuga Heights. This park is owned by the Town of Cayuga Heights. It is a small overlook that was made in the middle of a neighborhood so that everyone can share in the beauty of the landscape that overlooks Cayuga Lake. It is most beautiful at sunset. PJ and I sit on the brick wall watching the sunset while we talk about our dreams for the future. It’s a very calming place to just reflect on life. It will always be my ‘Genius Loci’!”

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It’s moments like this when we almost don’t need a camera. I am sure Lynn that you could close your eyes and see this in your head. Do you ever do that? Sometimes think ‘that’s just too special , too personal to photograph?

It’s a beautiful shot and one I can feel is full of romance and hope.

Specially enjoyed this.

Gardening Gone Wild 'GENIUS LOCI' contest

February's theme for the Gardening Gone Wild Photo contest http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=15788 is What is your 'GENIUS LOCI'?

I was a bit confused by that term but this, written by the judge, Andrea Jones, explains it better.

What is YOUR special place? Please try and capture it with your camera and show me…

It can be the view of your garden out of your bedroom window – or of your favorite garden visited while on vacation. Anywhere that you feel especially drawn to. Just try and capture the ‘spirit’ of the place. It does not have to be and early morning shot – it could be an urban garden heaving with visitors. But just one shot that you feel captures the‘GENIUS LOCI’ – the ‘special atmosphere of a place’.

Your favourite space may be an urban garden buzzing with people – then try and capture need that buzz. It might be a garden at night so thenphotograph it in the moonlight. If it’s a quiet peaceful private space then I want to hear the silence.

It’s your personal interpretation of one of your favourite oudoor spaces. Your special place photographed in such as way to show what you love most about it.

This was quite a tough theme. I thought of so many places that I just love, Jones beach, Mimm's Garden on the Cornell campus, Planting Fields Arboretum... but one place kept coming to my mind as my 'special place'. It is Sunset Park in Cayuga Heights. This park is owned by the Town of Cayuga Heights. It is a small overlook that was made in the middle of a neighborhood so that everyone can share in the beauty of the landscape that overlooks Cayuga Lake. It is most beautiful at sunset. PJ and I sit on the brick wall watching the sunset while we talk about our dreams for the future. It's a very calming place to just reflect on life. It will always be my 'Genius Loci'!

Macro in a Mason Jar

Today is a day off from work. I had gotten an email from a blog that I frequent with his pictures that he was considering entering into the Gardening Gone Wild Photo Contest.
http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=15262#more-15262
The theme for January is "Macro in a Mason Jar". I had tried this over the summer when they first had that theme and it was actually a lot of fun. I had to give it a whirl again.
Being that it's freezing here, there are no flowers in the garden. I decided to use a cyclamen that PJ grew in the greenhouse for me. I'm sure he wouldn't be happy to know that I cut off a few of the flowers for the sake of a photo contest!
I took some pictures inside and then bundled up to take some outside... in the snow! I even put snow into the jars in some of the pictures but it's hard to tell.
I'm leaning towards entering the photo labeled "A". Thoughts?


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