Week Five - Repetition

 

This weeks 52 Week Photo Challenge theme was Repetition. Having had a busy week I hadn't had time to really think about what to photograph and it wasn't until Sunday morning that I realised I hadn't taken a photo for the theme. So I had a quick look around the dining room and came across these straws. We were having a rare bit of sunshine so I tied the straws together and laid them on a white ceramic wall tile by the back door with the sunshine shining through them. I really liked the abstracty feel of this shot and the lightness of it. Editing wise I used some actions that I've recently gotten and been practicing with, in this case I used MCP Actions, CoffeShop Blog and Paint the Moon actions, oh and of course picmonkey, all of these were free and apart from picmonkey used in PSE10. I've really enjoyed using the actions and I'm slowly learning more about editing with these and want to try out some of my own actions. Need a quiet day for that though with no distractions of little feet. lol 

And here is another shot I got later in the day... once that sunshine had gone. Here in the UK we are having one of the wettest summers on record. It's been ridiculous really and we are all thoroughly fed up with the rain now, we need some sunshine, some warmth! It's the school summer holidays and the boys should be out in the garden from early to late but alas our garden is a mud bath and so they can't make the most of it. Even a rare day out for us and we had non-stop rain, which didn't stop us or spoil our day out but it made it hard to make the most of where we went (which was Tropical Wings Zoo). So Mother Nature please can you get your act in gear and give us a proper summer, pretty please. With all this rain it's crazy to think that only a few months ago hose-pipe bans were in place, maybe we should blame the water companies. ;) Well here's hoping for some sunshine.