December Challenge

[Alan Beastall 302]

I had in my mind to have a Christmas theme for this months challenge and how best to show this festive season in your selected images. Bah Humbug some may say but not this year. My theme for December is Converging Lines. There are plenty of fine examples of Converging Lines on the internet, some are man made others are in the natural environment. They do not have to be straight lines, you can have curves, spirals etc or even the shape of the landscape.

Normal rules - each contender can provide up to 3 images, all to be from Alamy; BUT; as I am away at the end of December, the closing date for entries will be Midnight on Tuesday 25th and all votes in by the 30th. Example of my take on this theme are shown below. Lets see some excellent images, but remember to have a great Christmas.

 

Alan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 1, 2018 by Alan Beastall

[BobD 568]

Always have difficulty choosing 3 to enter but here's mine to get the ball rolling.

 

[Niels Quist 661]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 1, 2018 by Niels Quist

[Jill Morgan 957]

Woman spinning rainbow hula hoop at World Pride in Toronto 2014

 

 

Toronto Reference Library

 

 

 

Allan Lambert Galleria in Brookfield Place Toronto

 

 

Jill

[Michael Ventura 5,183]

Congrats Alan and fun subject for a challenge!

 

Here are my three:

 

1) The National Building Museum, Washington DC

 

 

2) A snowy walkway in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

 

 

3) Lonely Wheelchair

 

 

[Steve Hyde 162]

Great subject, here’s my three....

 

Selfridges, Birmingham

 

 

Burnham Lighthouse, Somerset

 

 

Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Martin P Wilson 1,140]

Here is #1, Telephonepole in Swainby

[aphperspective 316]

Great subject matter. My 3

Plastic strips pre warming earth for Sweetcorn crop

 

 

 

 

 

Line of Shopping Trolleys

 

 

 

 

 

Footbridge across to Mizen Head

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[John Mitchell 4,344]

I like this one. Here are three from me.

 

Cedar trees reaching for the sky

 

 

 

Look before you leap! pedestrian crossing

 

 

 

Converging light and shadow

 

[Marianne 771]

So many ships to choose from but here's one of my favorites with converging lines:

Alamy helped me get a press pass to OpSail 2012 so I took this from another tall ship during the Parade of Sail. It's gotten me into galleries and was my first print sold online. 

 

[Regis 118]

Great challenge, can't wait to see what eeveryone is going to post.

 

#1:

 

 

 

#2:

 

 

 

 

#3:

 

[gvallee 2,906]

Artistic road lines

 

Sand Patterns

 

Algebuckina Bridge, Australia

[Abiyoyo 1,109]

My three ones

 

CDG Paris

 

 

 

 

Santiago de Compostela

 

 

 

 

Paris

 

[wiskerke 3,030]

KevinS yesterday mentioned he was a descendant of William Thomson; Lord Kelvin, named after the river Kelvin like this Glasgow  museum:

The Kelvingrove. GT7CF2

 

Fallingwater - F9FJ0N
 

Chicago O'Hare - FP46J3

 

wim

(why are these images scaling differently?)

[Allan Bell 2,152]

Some great images already. Put mine to shame.

 

 

The Ancient High House Greengate Street Stafford Staffordshire from St Marys Passage

(NOTE: Needs reworking. Will get to it soon I hope.)

 

 

 

Covered walkway in front of small shopping parade Cambridge city

 

 

 

Train to Ely Fen Road crossing Milton Cambridge

 

Allan

 

 

 

 

[Allan Bell 2,152]

2 hours ago, wiskerke said:

KevinS yesterday mentioned he was a descendant of William Thomson; Lord Kelvin, named after the river Kelvin like this Glasgow  museum:

The Kelvingrove. GT7CF2

 

Fallingwater - F9FJ0N
 

Chicago O'Hare - FP46J3

 

wim

(why are these images scaling differently?)

 

Perhaps you omitted to click for second time with the middle image?

 

Allan

 

 

[aphperspective 316]

4 minutes ago, Allan Bell said:

Some great images already. Put mine to shame.

 

 

The Ancient High House Greengate Street Stafford Staffordshire from St Marys Passage

(NOTE: Needs reworking. Will get to it soon I hope.)

 

 

 

Covered walkway in front of small shopping parade Cambridge city

 

 

 

Train to Ely Fen Road crossing Milton Cambridge

 

Allan

 

 

 

 

Were you not carted of by the Railway Police after blocking their track Alan.

Andy

[Allan Bell 2,152]

1 minute ago, aphperspective said:

Were you not carted of by the Railway Police after blocking their track Alan.

Andy

 

Yes! Only one night in jail and severe ticking orff by the judge.

 

Allan

 

 

[aphperspective 316]

Jolly well done bread and water just to get a decent image (it is very good) that's the spirit.

Andy

[Sally 1,531]

An interesting challenge, thanks. And congratulations on your stand out win.

 

Ploughed furrows

 

Waverley Station

 

And, finally, the space I never tire of: the  Grand Gallery at the National Museum of Scotland.

 

[Olivier Parent 684]

Here are my 3 entries:

 

Rangiroa (French Polynesia)

 

 

Le Louvre (Paris)

[Inchiquin 852]

Angel Passage, London:

 

 

 

Footbridge, Feltham:

 

 

 

The Shard, London:

 

 

Alan

[Matt Ashmore 1,114]

wow, some amazing images already!

 

Anyway... 

 

Haeundae, Busan at night.

 

Paddington Railway Station, London

 

 

Earl's Court Tube Station, London

 

[Alan Beastall 302]

Some great images being posted, keep them coming. At the end of December I shall have to decide the images that you will vote for. Where do you obtain the voting table?

 

Alan

[Colin Woods 708]

You create it yourself - you start a new topic and choose 'start a poll' or whatever the actual words are. You will then be prompted to ask a question (you put 'the winner for this month is') and then you will be asked to put in responses (you put in 1. the details of finalist photo 1, in 2. the details of finalist photo 2...). At this point its a good idea to save the post to make sure all the details are saved. Then  you can edit your post to put the photos in.