Guest photo challenge host Lignum Draco inspires us to respond to the theme, “vivid.”
I’m a street photographer based in Sydney, Australia. In my spare time I like to wander around and photograph people. Mostly up close, capturing that fleeting instance of people’s lives that they may not even be aware of. A moment that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. It’s the minutiae of such moments that takes my attention. Candid photography is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.
Now in its seventh year, the VIVID festival of Sydney, Australia, runs from May 22nd, to June 8th, 2015. VIVID Sydney is the largest event of its kind combining music, light, and ideas.
This year, over 60 light art installations, projections, illuminations, and 3D artworks — many of which are interactive — transform Sydney into a kaleidoscope of color and light art for 18 nights. Last year, the festival attracted an estimated 1.43 million visitors. The majority of displays occur from The Rocks to the Sydney Opera House, but the event has now expanded into Darling Harbour, the University of Sydney, and some of the suburbs.
Notwithstanding the variety of displays, the centerpiece of the festival remains the Lighting of the Sails, a technicolor light show projected onto the western sails of the Sydney Opera House, for six hours each night. This year, multi-disciplinary design collective Universal Everything has been given the task of lighting the night.
The theme for this week’s photo challenge is “Vivid.” Perhaps it’s your favorite flower in full bloom, a beautiful sunset or the color of your ice cream. Vivid is limited only by your imagination. Have fun with the challenge!
The perfect season for vivid! Although it is looking rather grey in London at the moment…
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My link to vivid is rather abstract, it’s about ageing, or rather, not ageing, I hope it makes sense… http://ismithwords.com/2015/06/05/the-hemingway-day-revert/
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A wonderful topic: https://solaner.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/weekly-photo-challenge-vivid/
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A strange but vivid bird:
https://insellos.wordpress.com/2015/06/06/weekly-photo-challenge-vivid/
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will be back vividly in a bit with a view to a vivid display of hues at marichulambino.com
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Livid red blooms on living vivid steel and sky at:
http://marichulambino.com/2015/06/06/weekly-photo-challenge-vivid/
A vivid weekend everyone!
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my second post for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Vivid —
Dusk to dreamy land on Griffith Park at:
https://chattel.wordpress.com/2015/06/06/weekly-photo-challenge-vivid/
Happy weekend everyone!
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Another set of vivid wings to mimic the opera house sails. http://scillagrace.com/2015/06/05/weekly-photo-challenge-vivid-wings/
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My entry :
https://kamerague.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/vivid/
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Ah Lignum Draco, you sly dragon – one of my favorite words and so many interpretations…well done!
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Thank you. 🙂
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Cool challenge Lignum. I’ll try to find something suitable later this evening.
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Thanks, CG.
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Wild and fun photo.
Here is my entry for this week. ENJOY!
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/06/05/the-daily-post-weekly-photo-challenge-vivid/
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Hooray for vivid! 😀
http://veronicaroth.com/the-garden-just-before-the-shadows-of-the-evening/
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Nice to read you at the weekly photo challenge. Greetings.
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love vivid 🙂
https://msdiplomacy.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/vivid-city-vibrance/
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Wonderful shot of the Opera House. Here’s mine for this week …
http://khanasweb.com/2015/06/05/weekly-photo-challenge-vivid/
… Hope you like it 🙂
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Thanks I get to post more photos of Carnival https://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/wpc-vivid/
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Vivid photo challenge from Down Under!
Here is my entry with Kerala Dancers.
https://sabaslog.wordpress.com/2015/06/06/vivid-kathakkali-dancers-wpc-vivid/
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Have a vivid weekend!
https://graphicrealestate.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/photo-challenge-vivid/
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Great challenge! Mine is from a senior shoot with an overcast sky that brought out the colors: https://nadiamerrillphotography.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/weekly-photo-challenge-vivid/
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Beautiful picture!
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Thank you.
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What a wonderful surprise to have Draco give us this week’s theme 🙂 I love his blog!
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🙂
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After a day of 31C and glorious sunshine in Brussel a storm from hell dropped in for afternoon tea
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/vivid/
and great to see the opera house again, happy memories!!!
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link should have been http://belgianstreets.com/2015/06/05/vivid/
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vividly yours- happy weekend! https://sassyethnicbohemian.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/weekly-photo-challenge-vivid/
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I hope that Draco will like my entry https://bopaula.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/reason-for-rainbows-or-rainbow-flowers/
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The Cape Glossy Starling, as brightly coloured as they come…
http://dewetswild.com/2015/06/05/vivid/
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Today’s entry will probably be a common one – a bright flower – so here goes: http://wp.me/p3CFsE-1zA
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It is not easy to interpret this week theme into the picture. Here is mine contribution, hopefully it is not be too far off..
http://aanprihandaya.com/2015/06/06/vivid/
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Great theme Lignum Draco! I hope you don’t mind, but I went for short and (IMO) sweet …
http://2812photography.com/2015/06/05/stricken-impression/
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Sunny afternoons in Paris can be surprisingly vivid! 😉
https://lespetitspasdejuls.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/weekly-photo-challenge-vivid/
Enjoy the Day!
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Vivid, indeed: http://empireoflights.com/2015/06/05/vivid-introducing-the-froggery/
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This is my week’s entry https://theraotown.wordpress.com/2015/06/06/vivid/
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Great challenge! I shot this at a fashion exhibition displaying the works of Jean Paul Gaultier. The lighting created varied looks – as well as his creations – lots of vivid moments. Here is my version of “Vivid”: https://thephotoseye.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/weekly-photo-challenge-vivid/
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