Triumph! (WP Developing Your Eye II)

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Day Ten: “Triumph” — Turn Up the Contrast

Triumph comes in all shapes and sizes: Your short story, accepted for publication in your favorite magazine. Your baby’s first step. Or the reward at the end of a cold winter walk: a massive elm tree standing beautifully in the light.

“Art is the triumph over chaos” John Cheever

Triumph!

I made it
Past thirty
On my way back
Crossing the track
I hit
Forty!

Winning an uphill battle
Trying to avoid the cattle
But then I heard the rattle

Side tracked
I backed
To the curve
Only to observe
A shot tire
Oh I was so
In dire!

But an idea emerged
I tracked down the heard
And back in the race in a surge

Into the goal
Victorious soul
Cows in front
My bike a chariot
Quite the stunt
Which would impress
Even Harriet!

What a triumph
Indeed!

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Red Light Two (WP Developing Your Eye II)

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Day Two: “Mystery” — Manipulate Light

* A photo can create a mood and communicate an idea that transcends its subject. At this performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival, there was a sense of anticipation, enhanced by dramatic lighting that revealed silhouettes on stage.

“Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne” Bryan Procter

Red Light 

Red, red light
Shining oh so bright
In the middle of the night
Well, alright!

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Red Light One (WP Developing Your Eye II)

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Day Two: “Mystery” — Manipulate Light

* A photo can create a mood and communicate an idea that transcends its subject. At this performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival, there was a sense of anticipation, enhanced by dramatic lighting that revealed silhouettes on stage.

“Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne” Bryan Procter

Red Light 

Something extremely mystic?
Or a red light district?
In the midst of suburbia?

“That is very unheard of”
The elderly lady scoffed

“I will surely get a hernia
Unless I leave for Serbia!”
And, she was off

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Turn on the Lights (WP Developing Your Eye II)

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Day One: “Warmth” — The Quality of Light

Photography means “drawing with light.” When you take a picture with your camera, you use and record light to create an image. When we’re out and about, we often use the sun — our most abundant light source — to capture our scenes.

“We writers are shy, nocturnal creatures. Push us into the light and the light blinds us” John Banville

Turn on the Lights

“Keep calm and eat cupcakes”
The sign said

Never mind the grapes
We could as well be wearing capes
This lighting is forgiving
To all sizes and shapes

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