Goodbye, straight lines. Hello, curves.
By My default mode when I take pictures is to look for sharp angles and clean, straight lines. Give me an unmistakable vanishing point and chances are I won’t resist snapping a photo. Occasionally, though, even I have to acknowledge that round shapes and curving lines are fun. They can be playful, intricate, and supple in ways that hard-edged surfaces rarely match.
On a recent afternoon, as I was walking across Vancouver’s Cambie Bridge, I experienced one of those moments in which the joys of the rounded took me by surprise. The Seawall path below snaked (or is it undulated?) westward in smooth, rhythmic curves, and my rectilinear tendencies instantly faded away.
This week, share your take on “rounded.” it’s a broad theme, so I look forward to your personal interpretations, whether you choose to focus on a curving street, limbs caught mid-way through a dance, a bowl of fruit (think of all the round shapes!), or any other object, landscape, or texture that fits within your definition of the theme. As always, less-literal takes are equally welcome.
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This should be fun. I’d like to be walking there, too.
janet
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That picture looks so peaceful and relaxing. Wouldn’t mind being walking there right now.
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Great shots! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Impressive!
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Curves are sexy!! Curves are cool! 😉
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Happy Wednesday everyone! Here is my entry: http://stenoodie.com/2017/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-rounded/
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On the road in North Sulawesi:
https://insellos.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/weekly-photo-challenge-rounded/
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A peaceful and gentle road to walk on, it must have been lovely to be there, Ben. Did you sit down in those chairs?
Here’s my take on this week’s theme: https://figmentsofadutchess.com/2017/10/25/photo-challenge-rounded/
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I haven’t tried those chairs yet — but they do look fun! I loved your grass blades, too.
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💙🌊
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So nice
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Wonderful walk
Here’s my curves https://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/wpc-rounded-3ways/
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Here is my entry: https://rygalo.com/2017/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-rounded/
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Picture 😍💯❤
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I liked and loved the focus for the curves subject… Beautiful!
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What an amazing photo! Perfect in every way.
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Here’s my weekly submission: https://cindimatography.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-rounded/
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Fun challenge. Here is my go this week: http://wp.me/p3gqMf-FT
Have a nice week!
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I love the gentle curve of your photo. Here’s mine: https://castelsarrasin.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/rounded-weekly-photo-challenge/
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I love the look of both photos 💜
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caught the last day of the annual Hot Air Balloon Festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico:
https://anthropologist.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/rounded-the-daily-post-photo-challenge-25-october-2017/
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A great photograph! Here is my take on the challenge..
https://inotherwordsandpictures.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/weekly-photo-challengerounded/
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There’s not a straight line to be seen in the bays and hills of St. John in the USVI, Ben: http://bit.ly/USVI-SJ
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Hi if you have time check out my page 🙂 thanksss 🙂 self starter here 🙂 https://letstalkprecious.com/2017/10/25/travel-is-a-therapy-to-ones-soul/
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This is so beautiful👍👍
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Here’s mine for the week
https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/rounded/
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My link below takes you to a rounded headdress:
https://mostlymonochrome.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/smile-2/
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🙂 Great image! Wouldn’t mind a bit of a holiday now. – Here’s my version of rounded http://wp.me/p5WtEB-4LL . Have a very HAPPY day, everybody! 🙂
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Good morning all!
Here’s my inclusion for this week.
Have a good one.
https://stupidityhole.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/humpback-tail/
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Thanks for the challenge Ben! It took me down memory lane again.
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Very stunning!
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It’s a Round, Round World! (Stan Freeberg, anyone?) Nature is essentially curvy. https://scillagrace.com/2017/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-rounded/
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