2023 ipernity photo gallery

Sunday challenge 26 - Your view of 2023 - What does 2023 mean for you? 2023 is an open book for me. The opportunity to try to make a difference, strive for better quality in everything I do, be more mindful, see new places. I will be taking a new photo, each day in 2023, continuing my 10th year doing this. Sometimes there will be a given subject to look for, but even then, the result is always a surprise. You never know what you are going to get, and that is the joy of photography, plus you can see so much more detail in this digital era. So, fun times ahead. Happy New Year!

Next Sunday Challenge - post January 8 - Still life www.ipernity.com/group/daysincolour365/discuss/198136 An easy one, please see link for challenge description and examples 2023 Sunday Challenge featured photos www.ipernity.com/group/daysincolour365/discuss/198144

Sunday challenge - Still life

The darker wood items are (modern) spurtles. I rather like the one shaped like a cricket bat :-) The spurtle is a wooden Scottish kitchen tool, dating from the 15th century, that is used to stir porridge, soups, stews, and broths. Wikipedia

HFF 13 January 2023 Yes, that really is its name :-) Tin Can Bay, Queensland, Australia. The only drongo found in Australia. The Spangled Drongo has glossy black plumage, with iridescent blue-green spots (spangles), a long forked tail and blood red eyes. Sexes are similar, but the female is slightly smaller. Occasional white spotting can be seen on the upper wings of both sexes. Young birds are more sooty black without the spangles and the eye is brown. The Spangled Drongo is noisy and conspicuous, usually active, and frequently aggressive to other species. Spangled Drongos are found throughout northern and eastern Australia. Also found in New Guinea and eastern Indonesia. Closely related species occur through south-east Asia to India, China, and the Philippines and on some south-west Pacific islands. birdsinbackyards.net

Amazing primary colour images from last challenge! www.ipernity.com/group/daysincolour365/doc Now on to Yin Yang... With thanks to Annamaria for this suggestion: Yin Yang as opposites....... ( for example, black/white; hot/cold; or others related to chinese philiosophy.....) The idea is of balance, with opposing elements, things, or colours. See link for challenge description and examples... www.ipernity.com/group/daysincolour365/discuss/198164

Theme - symbol for 2022 New South Wales, Australia

Sunday Challenge - Yin Yang/opposites This image Yin... orange flower representing earth Yang... azure sky representing heaven Original photos taken 10 & 12 January 2023, in PiP Yin is a symbol of earth... represented by the tiger, the colour orange, and a broken line. Yang is conceived of as heaven ... represented by the dragon, the colour azure, and an unbroken line. www.britannica.com/topic/yinyang Azure is the color between cyan and blue on the spectrum of visible light. It is often described as the color of the sky on a clear day... The complementary color of azure is orange. Wikipedia

From the fascination of Yin Yang, to it's good to be square This week's Sunday Challenge is Square Format. Please see link for more information www.ipernity.com/group/daysincolour365/discuss/198178 Have a great week!

Our flowering red gum has many flowers now, attracting bees and native birds. New South Wales, Australia. It is Eucalyptus Summer Red, a (grafted) hybrid between Eucalyptus ficifolia and ptychocarpa, about 2.5 metres high, at the moment. Can grow to a height of 5m and a crown width of 3m.

Thanks folks for your interesting squares. Now over to Luc, who is hosting February challenges, starting with Juxtaposition. Please see the link for more information and examples... www.ipernity.com/group/daysincolour365/discuss/198194 See you on Sunday :-)

New and old. Tacking Point Lighthouse, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. Such a brilliant day. Tacking Point was named by Matthew Flinders in 1802, on HMS Investigator. The lighthouse was built in 1879. Sunday Challenge 31 - Juxtaposition - two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Lighthouse Beach surf club, New South Wales, Australia

Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse stands on a dramatic headland east of Seal Rocks village. Completed in 1875, it is the first lighthouse designed by colonial architect James Barnet and one of only two towers in Australia with an external stairway. It was originally built to guide ships along the rocky coastline, after a number of incidents, including the shipwrecking of the SS Catterthun and the Rainbow. Despite the coast being illuminated by the lighthouse, 20 wrecks have occurred since the lighthouse was built. Below the lighthouse are the Lighthouse Keepers’ quarters and outbuildings that have been refurbished to offer holiday accommodation for visitors. On the grassy slopes next to the lookout point and cliff edge, you’ll see three memorials dedicated to people associated with the lighthouse. Sugarloaf Point is a top spot for watching whales as they migrate on their journey along the coast. You might also be lucky enough to see dolphins, down on lighthouse beach. nationalparks.nsw.gov.au

We visited this interesting lighthouse on our way home after a weekend staying with friends on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia (July 2022) Norah Head Lighthouse was purposely built from 1901 to 1903 to protect ships travelling between Sydney and Newcastle with vital cargo and passengers. Perched on the headland, the lighthouse takes in magnificent ocean vistas and is the Central Coast's most spectacular icon. A walking track skirts around the lighthouse side and leads to stairs that climb down to the rock platform below and to Lighthouse Beach. Whale watching is a popular pastime from this location from May to November each year. Norah Head Lighthouse celebrated its Centenary in November 2003. Apart from the electrification of the light, few changes have been made to the lighthouse since it was established. Buildings on the headland comprise the Lighthouse, Flag Locker, Head Keepers Quarters and the first and second assistant lightkeepers' quarters and stables. Scavenger Hunt 08/Far Horizons

Sunday Challenge 32 - Colour on colour in art or photography

Our Jack Highland Terrier, Bella, taken 14th February 2023. Every day is Valentine’s Day if you share your life with a dog.

leading to the Pacific Ocean, at Diamond Beach, New South Wales, Australia HFF 24 February 2023