You Capture: Lines

I had great intentions for this week’s You Capture challenge of lines but being on my second week of solo parenting and dealing with ridiculous wind, rain and now snow, well, I didn’t quite get to shoot what I really wanted to this time. That said, I started out trying to capture some lines on our Christmas decorations.

This first shot speaks to something I’m working on regarding my photography as of late. I used to shun noise in photos. I don’t particularly like it in people photos still (or, maybe, yet) but in some of my more recent shots, like this one of snowflakes, I find that it lends a little something to the shot. As such, this particular shot of a Cheryl&Co box I got the other day sitting beneath our tree makes me happy. Noise and all. I love how the lines fade away into my tree. Plus, woo! Bokeh!

(Speaking of Cheryl&Co, I have a brownie giveaway going on. Go see!)

While I was snapping that picture and a few other Christmas decoration oriented ones, it was doing this outside making the lines of my deck more visible!

I also want you to know that I shot the above picture in my bare feet because I love snow that much. And because I’m a little insane. And because I was trying to make lunch at the same time and couldn’t be bothered to find my boots. See? Still finding lines in this shot!

Then I got lunch on the table, located my boots and my jacket and ran out the back door. I love our fence row. It’s old, falling apart and oh-so-perfect to photograph in any season. The softly falling snow was just perfect for today’s capture of the top of our fence row making a nice straight line.

As I was about to go inside, I noticed the birds were sitting on the power lines above my head. I wish I would have had my long-long lens but it was sitting inside on my bed waiting to capture my boyfriend and other birds outside my window. So I just shot with what I had going and gave it a black and white treatment and voila, birds in/on a line.

There are some more great photos of lines on today’s You Capture post. Go take a look! Next week’s challenge is holiday decor… but I already snapped our fire tree so I don’t know what I’ll come up with next week. Guess we’ll wait and see!