Hi everyone,
Well when I saw what the theme was for week 8 I thought 'oh no this is chaos' as I had to really put my thinking cap on and had a difficult time trying to come up with something as I didn't feel very inspired.
Then finally I came up with 2 images for this week, one a photo of Blackpool Illuminations traffic and the second a bit of a play with a photo I took of fibre optic lights (the idea originally came from 'The Butterfly Effect Theory' but slowly evolved into what I have posted which I think is quite a chaotic abstract ..... my creative imagination can get a bit out of control at times :bonk
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So after a lot of thought I found a photo I took last year at the Blackpool Illuminations (which can be chaos in itself with all the people milling about in the streets, bedazzled by the lights, and not forgetting the chaotic traffic one has to contend with). Fortunately we had parked up early before the lights switch on. I was amazed at how soon the traffic started to build up, so we decided to walk for a while to see if it would calm down ..... fat chance
. When we returned to the car, the traffic was worse, but as it was cold and we were tired from the walk we decided to join the chaos. It took us nearly 3 hours to get from one collection point to the other, but it was well worth it. The traffic was at a snails pace so I managed to take some photos as we were driving. Not the best images as I couldn't set up the tripod in the car and at times had to stick my hand out of the car window to get some shots
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I know this is not in keeping with taking a photo in the week, but wanted to use this one, which is not the best and having to contend with all the lights and movement of driving, not to mention I couldn't adjust any lighting etc.
Traffic chaos at Blackpool Illuminations:
Not the best image, considering, but I am sort of happy with how it came out. I've posted another one to my flickr page (although I have added a bit of creative splash to it which can be seen here:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5051/5465986454_2ba1314ced_z.jpg
Then .... with such a theme I couldn't resist doing an abstract so here is
Abstract Chaos:
Thanks to all for the feedback and comments on the previous weeks which are all helping my learning experience.
Once again any c&c will be most welcome (I am already prepared for mixed opinions for this week .... but hey that is all part of the fun
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Thanks for looking
Cheers
Dawn