This week James of Jazzibee wants us to look up and down; but in order to do that, I have to look back! Yes, look back in my archives. I chose to look back at 2019. This is what I found.

I try to pay attention to my surroundings when I’m out on a photo outing, but I tend to miss tiny details. So I try to look down for flowers, butterflies and other insects. Looking down I found:

A butterfly and a big black bee. I haven’t seen one since.

From a bridge I saw two people rowing in the river and one person finished for the day.

From a parking lot in Old Folsom, I was looking down on the ice rink. And from a window in the same lot I could look down on the street.

Here are three more: a lotus leaf in a pond, a rusty pail, and a daffodil.

I tend to pay more attention to the scenery that surrounds me, and I look up.

Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Giant Sequoias.

Apple Hill in the Fall.

Culinary Institute of America Napa Valley. Lobby and one of the buildings.

I’ll close with images of a ceiling of a covered bridge, a bird on a branch, and a staircase.

Thank you, James, for urging all of us to be aware of our surroundings when we are on a photo outing. I enjoyed my trip back into 2019.

And I thank you for all your wonderful responses to last week’s challenge. I certainly saw varied frame filling. It was a lot of fun. When you respond to James’s challenge, be sure to link back to his post and put Lens-Artists in the Reader. Next week Patti will be challenging us, so be sure to look for her blog post.

54 thoughts on “Lens Artists Challenge #276: Looking Up; Looking Down”

  6. Marvellous selection, Anne! It is indeed clear that you like to focus in on details, as well as taking the wider view. I’ve heard it said that photography helps you to see better. I think you’ve proved that point here.

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  10. What a fun approach Anne, very clever to peruse just one year! You surely had many perfect images to choose from! I think my favorites are the fall images of the pinecone and leaves but it’s a hard choice!

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