Stepping out of My Steel Box

If you are familiar with my work then you know I tend toward natural images found in the Western USA. Today I am stepping out of my comfort zone. You might think I took this photo in a major city, but in fact, it was taken at a rural interstate rest area in Wyoming. It is what my eye saw when I looked at that reflective steel face shining like a beacon in the sun. Let me know what you think.

Steel Box
A wedge shaped building with a face of reflective steel shines in a blue cloud filled sky.
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A Summer Breeze of Turquoise

This week I am featuring the tropical color of turquoise. It inspires me and lets my imagination wander to a Pacific island. Can you see yourself sitting in a rattan chair sipping a mai tai and watching the waves of the ocean spill across the white sand beach. Ah yes, there it is. A summer breeze smelling of coconuts and salty sea. Enjoy the view!

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Summer Neck Rag
by Textile Monster
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Coastal Dream
by Kenna Foster
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Racquet-tailed Rollar Bird
by LD Photography
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SOLD!
by Lucciao

Water Trio
by Alison DuBois
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Space Needle Perspective

There are many ways to look at something. Our perspectives are as unique as we are. This is true with philosophy and politics, as well as a tangible object like the Seattle Space Needle. I had so much fun exploring all the different approaches to this subject, opening my mind to let creativity spark and new ideas form. Tell me your perspective.

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Friday Favorites - Reflections

THE MUSE'S MIRROR

EARLY one day, the Muse, when eagerly bent on adornment,
Follow'd a swift-running streamlet, the quietest nook by it seeking.
Quickly and noisily flowing, the changeful surface distorted
Ever her moving form; the goddess departed in anger.
Yet the stream call'd mockingly after her, saying: "What, truly!
Wilt thou not view, then, the truth, in my mirror so clearly depicted?"
But she already was far away, on the brink of the ocean,
In her figure rejoicing, and duly arranging her garland.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1799

Gilpin Falls Covered Bridge
by
Forgotten Beauty

Reflections of the Ponte Vecchio
by
LD Photography

Mountain Lake Reflections
by
Creations Anew

Building Reflecting Buildings
by
Scooyou Photography

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