Sally D’s Mobile Photography Challenge: Black and White (Photomontage)

17 October 2016

Lens:

Nature and Human Nature Photomontage; Copyright © 2016 Sally W. Donatello All Rights Reserved

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Pens:

Our engagement with nature is rarely subtle. It sways with the energy of a tropical tree awaiting a storm. With every step we are partners in uncertainty, even as our behavior signals grave concerns. The world is changing quicker than imaginable.

Still, there are moments where I can actually feel so at one with Mother Nature that all else dissolves. The truce between us is real, and I work hard to being there without altering her. I honor her gifts and the privilege to witness her omnipotence and omnipresence.

In the Lens section is yet another photomontage that shows that intersection between nature and human nature. The supports for the bridge that moves through the image on the right is mirrored on the left. That structure crosses through part of the White Clay Creek Preserve and a part of UD campus. Here “we” have cut through quietude and silence to bring students a way to traverse one point to another.

The composite creates shadows of the foliage beaming–shadows that mirror the human condition’s role in climate change. It’s the story of humankind: a story that is never black and white.

Tip of the Week:

Portuguese self-taught photographer Pedro Quintela is an educator and storyteller. Most of his work centers around cityscapes, nature and travel. Quintela work can be found on 500px (click here) and you can also read his article, “6 Ways to Stay Motivated and Inspired with Your Photography” (click here).

Photograph by Pedro Quintela, 2015

View other entires for this week’s challenge:

https://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/sally-ds-mobile-photography-challenge-black-and-white-waspish/

https://wisnuwidiarta.com/2016/10/17/

https://nowathome.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/sally-ds-mobile-photography-challenge-black-and-white/

https://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/mobile-photography-bw-and-more/

https://amaltaas.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/sally-ds-mobile-photography-challenge-black-and-white-5/

https://angelinem.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/sally-ds-mobile-photography-challenge-black-and-white-seascape/

https://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/moon-moments-for-smart-phone-photo-black-and-white-challenge/

https://ohmsweetohm.me/2016/10/18/

https://zimmerbitch.wordpress.com/2016/10/20/how-do-you-find-where-you-belong/

https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/23577460/posts/1194236806/

Note:

As always I welcome comments about this post or any part of my blog. My photographs for the mobile photography challenge are taken with an iPhone 6.

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If you’d like to join this Mobile Photography Challenge, please click here for details and history of the challenge. If you have any questions, please contact me. Below is a reminder of the monthly schedule with themes for upcoming challenges:

1st Monday: Nature.

2nd Monday: Macro.

3rd Monday: Black and White.

4th Monday Challenger’s Choice (Pick One: Abstraction, Animals, Architecture, Food Photography, Night Photography, Objects, Panorama, Portraiture, Photomontage, Still Life, Street Photography, and Travel).

5th Monday: Editing and Processing with Various Apps Using Themes from the Fourth Week.