Coolest Shadow Shot EVER!

We went to the Israel Museum a couple of weeks ago, and saw a really cool exhibit full of optical illusions. There was a particularly cool part that involved shadow play, and I couldn't resist taking a photo to share with you all!

It was so cool!
For more nifty, shadowy photography, go and check out Shadow Shot Sunday 2, right now! Have a wonderful day, everyone!

Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #89

Here we are, back again for your favorite little meme!

I'm going to tell you a secret - I'm not really here! Shhhh. I'm on vacation, but I got this ready a few weeks ago, so that you'd all be able to post your lovely windows and doors. I hope that it works, and I apologize if I don't comment on your posts straight away - I do appreciate your coming by to post them, I just may not have email access this very second... but I do promise to come by and see what you've posted as soon as I can!

Anyway, here's what I'm sharing with you this week - I looked through my photos from the last few months, and I realized that I never posted this one. It's a photo of the Knesset at night, all dressed up for Independence Day, back in May:

Do feel free to click on the photo, if you'd like a closer view!

Now it's your turn! To participate in Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! just post your photo of a window, door, or anything architectural, link to it here, and sign up in the widget, below. Then go and visit the other players!

Have a wonderful, whimsical week, everyone - see you soon!

Shadow Shot Sunday and Ruby Tuesday Combo!

I made a big pan of grilled vegetables this weekend. Not only was it delicious, it was beautiful, if I do say so myself! And so I couldn't resist taking a photo...

Lucky me, there's some lovely light playing over these veggies, so I'm taking the opportunity to post to Shadow Shot Sunday II, in addition to Ruby Tuesday II. Go check them both out, they're a lot of fun! Have a great week, everyone!

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 - hosted by me!

How exciting! Shadow Shot Sunday has always been one of my favorite memes - I feel like I really have a better eye for finding interesting things now that I've trained my brain to spot interesting shadows :) Thanks so much to Tracy for starting it, all those years ago!

Anyway, it is my absolute honor to host this week - and here's what I posted:

Nice, right? I was excited to find it!

I'm just going to take this fast opportunity to invite you all to participate in my own weekly meme, Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! It opens each week on Mondays, but you can come and sign up anytime during the week. We'd love to have you aboard, and it's a lot of fun to admire interesting architecture from all over the world!

Meanwhile, if you'd like to see more interesting shadows, go check out Shadow Shot Sunday 2, right now! You'll be glad that you did. Happy Sunday, everyone! Have a great week!

Shadow Shot - better late than never?

I can't believe I never posted this! Almost two months ago, we witnessed an interesting astronomical event: Venus passed between Earth and the sun, creating a (relatively small) shadow on the sun! We were lucky enough to see the end of it, and even managed to get a photo:

See that spot toward the top? That's the shadow of Venus! Cool, right? Even all these months later :)

For more interesting shadowy photography, check out Shadow Shot Sunday, here! Have a great week, everyone!

Shadow Shot!

I've been posting lots of windows and doors lately, as you surely know, for our sweet little meme, Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors. I captured this window a while ago, but I decided that the shadows here were actually much more impressive than the window itself, and so I've saved them for Shadow Shot Sunday. Please forgive any confusion in the overlapping of these two memes :)

For more fantastic shadows, go to Shadow Shot Sunday 2, right now! You'll be glad that you did. Have a great Sunday, everyone!

Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #28

Welcome back to your favorite little meme!

Here's the next in my Yemin Moshe photowalk series. If you don't know what I'm talking about, feel free to check out last week's post. At any rate, I do have some other tiny windows to post, but I've decided to go with this nice set that I found:

Here are my new friends: the Papa door, Mama window, and teeny tiny Baby window. Awww.

Now it's your turn! To participate in Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors, just post a photo of a window, door or anything architectural, link here, and then sign up in the widget below any time this week. What fun! It never ceases to amaze me just how different and similar we are, all over the world.

Have a great week, everyone!

A ridiculous shadow shot

Well, my blogging has taken over the household. It's gotten so that when my eleven year old daughter spotted herself in shadow form, rather than think happy Peter Pan thoughts, she called me immediately: Eema! I found you a shadow shot for Sunday! And so, with no further ado:

Of course once I had it, I naturally couldn't resist posting :)

For more shadowy photography, check out Shadow Shot Sunday 2 right now! You'll be glad that you did. Happy Sunday, everyone!

Shadow Shot - a crooked shadow

Going up to bed one night, I came across this view. Granted, it's pretty similar to this one, but I think that the different perspective is significant. What do you think?

For more interesting shadows, go check out Shadow Shot Sunday 2, right now! You'll be glad that you made the trip. Happy Sunday, everyone!

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 - hosted by me!

How exciting!

This past week we celebrated Israel's 64th Birthday, and like most of our neighbors, we hung up flags. In the morning sun, they created some very festive shadows! Here's what I posted:

And here are some others that I took at the same time - when you look at them quickly, they look kind of like an animation :)

What do you think? Did I choose well?


Come see more lovely shadows from all over the world, at Shadow Shot Sunday 2! You'll be glad that you did! Have a wonderful Sunday, everyone!

Shadow Shot - on Yom HaAtsmaut!!

We celebrated Yom HaAtsmaut last week, Israel's Independence day! Happy 64th to our little country. Here you can see how our local cars and homes have been decorated with Israeli flags:

On Yom HaAtsmaut, as you may remember, we enjoy hiking around somewhere we haven't been before. Here's the interesting split tree that we found at the end of our hike this year, after climbing a particularly steep hill. Nice shadows, don't you think?

And then on the way home, we found the winner for most decorated car. This must surely be the Prime Minister's vehicle :)

Come see more lovely shadowy photography, here! Have a wonderful week, everyone!

Shadow Shot - on the bridge

Well, as I mentioned, I've spent the last couple of weeks traveling back and forth to Herzliya. It's always nice to see other areas of our little country! To get from my course to the train station, I need to cross two bridges. The first isn't terribly exciting, but I was lucky enough to find the railing on the second one making lovely shadows in the late afternoon sun! Check it out:

For other interesting shadows from all over the world, go check out Shadow Shot Sunday 2, right now! You'll be glad that you made the trip. Happy Sunday, everyone!

A fast shadow for Sunday

Here you go!

The sun is back, and these lovely shadows greeted me this morning from my balcony. Ahh.

For more shadowy photography, check out Shadow Shot Sunday 2, right now! You'll be glad you made the trip. Happy Sunday, everyone!

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 - Lucky me!

I got to host!

Here's the photo that I posted, 

and here's the top of the stairway. These ones are less cool photos, but the shadows are a bit better :)

Anyway, to see more cool, shadowy photography from all over the world, go check out Shadow Shot Sunday 2, right now! Have a great week, all!

Shadow Shot Sunday - with a celebrity!

We were lucky enough to hear Shuli Natan tonight, in a local concert. She's pretty famous in Israeli circles, primarily for singing the song Yerushalayim shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold). I found this video of her singing it back in 1967 - it gets cut off a couple of minutes in, but you certainly get the idea.

Anyway, about halfway through the concert, I noticed that there were some wacky shadows going on behind her, and decided to try and capture them for you:

She looks awfully young for someone born in 1947, don't you think? And wowee, what a beautiful voice!

 

Way to go, Shuli!

And thanks so much to my dear daughter who was sitting behind me and helped me get these shots :)

For more shadowy photography, go right now to Shadow Shot Sunday 2. You'll be glad that you did! Happy Sunday, everyone!

Some shadowy macros

Well, I had time to take a short walk around on an overcast day last week, and spontaneously started snapping close-up shots of some everyday things. Can you see them for what they are?

 (The side of a trash can)

(Something growing on the side of a tree)

(The plastered exterior of a building)

(Some Jerusalem stone on a low wall nearby)

Well, I liked these, and thought they'd be good for both Shadow Shot Sunday and for Macro Monday. Please do go check out both of those weekly memes, you'll be so glad you did!

Oh, and it looks like we're moving Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! to Mondays, so I look forward to seeing you back here for that!  
Have a great week, everyone!

Shadows!

A couple of weeks ago, while looking for a photogenic window or door on a nearby kibbutz, I came across this very pretty yard. Isn't it lovely? So colorful and friendly... But only a few days later, while looking through my captures, did I notice the interesting shadows going on here:

Just right for Shadow Shot Sunday - what luck! Go there right now, to check out lots of shadowy photography from all over the globe! Happy Sunday! Oh - and Happy New Year!

My Christmas Cactus Blooms On Time!

I have this lovely Christmas Cactus on my desk at work, which until now has bloomed in February. This year, to my surprise, it actually started blooming in time for Christmas! The plant itself is kind of plain looking, but its once-a-year flowers are breathtaking and unique - they remind me of birds in flight. Here you can see the different stages in the blossoms - first come little buds, and then they get bigger, and then the petals kind of peel themselves back, revealing the stamen inside. It really is wonderful and exciting to witness, year after year, whether or not you happen to celebrate Christmas :)

Feel free to click on any of these, if you'd like a closer look! 
As an added bonus, there are some nice shadows happening here, in addition to the pretty flowers themselves. I'm going to post this to Shadow Shot Sunday 2, the new incarnation of my favorite meme. Join us, won't you?
And it's a perfect entry for Ruby Tuesday, too, hosted by Mary at Work of the Poet. Come check it out, to see more reddish photography from all over the world!
Merry Christmas to all of you who are celebrating today! Here's wishing all of us a wonderful Shadow Shot Sunday, and a wonderful year full of peace, happiness, and beautiful flowers!

Some shadows in my shot

Well, they made a new traffic circle near my house, and I love it! I'm a big fan of traffic circles anyway, but this one replaced what had been a particularly dangerous intersection. Now it's safer and I'm happy! And I was even happier when they got ready to plant some greenery in the middle. Look at how cool this is:

Nice, right? I just love the geometry that's going on here. Feel free to click on the photo to enlarge it, and see how many shadows you can find :)

Naturally I'm posting this to Shadow Shot Sunday, beautifully hosted weekly at Hey Harriet. Have a great week, everyone! And don't forget to come back here on Wednesday to participate in the first-ever edition of Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! See you then!

Shadow Shot Sunday - I missed you!

Oh, I really missed Shadow Shot Sunday! For those who don't remember, it's that cool as anything weekly meme, hosted beautifully at Hey Harriet. I haven't had time to post recently, and now it's been cloudy, but a few weeks ago, the theme at 52 frames (remember that?) was shadows, and I posted this:

Pretty cool, right? I figured I may as well share :)


Go check out Shadow Shot Sunday right now to go see lots of shadowy photography from all over the world! You'll be glad you did! Happy Sunday everyone, and have a great week!