FEATURED BLOGGERS
Last week for PPAC #40, I had a marvelous response from all of you. I want to say thank you to each of you for joining along in our challenge. Here are the featured bloggers for this week. Their posts really grabbed my attention. They are all worthy of a second or third look.
ITโS EASY TO PLAY ALONG WITH #PPAC
- There is no weekly theme even though my post has a theme with murals, statues, fountains, scrap art, graffiti, store windows, seasonal displays, car or art shows, artistic construction, or even artistic neighborhood decor. Photograph the public art that is available to you.
- Art should be freely visible from a public street, freeway, or walkway or inside a publicly accessed building like a library. If you pay, it’s not public.
- Photographers should have free access of use for their photos – no copyrights by the artists.
- The challenge starts every Friday at 9:00 a.m. Phoenix Time and it ends on Thursday at noon.
- Write a post on your blog, publish it, and include a link back to my weekly post not my page preferably in a comment. Sometimes pingbacks are missed. See how to create pingbacks here.
- Take time to visit other PPAC participants throughout the week. I recommend visiting at least two or three other participants in the community and leaving them a comment.
- Have fun! Art is to be enjoyed!
For More Ideas about PPAC…
These early-bird participants might give you some great ideas about something you’ve never thought about as public art or how to photograph it.
- AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES
- LIN’S DOODLES
- MY CAMERA AND I
- NOW AT HOME
- PHOTOGRAPHIAS
- PICTURES IMPERFECT
- WIDE EYED WANDERINGS
- WOOLLY MUSES
My Choices for PPAC #42: Perspectives on Sedona Statues
Today my inspiration came from one of Aletta’s posts, The Cosmic Photo Challenge: From an Interesting Perspective. Her perspectives made the photos more interesting. As I browsed through my photos it seems that several of my Sedona shots were taken from more than one perspective. Leeanne Cole and Cee Neuner have both taught me that is always a good idea to take more than one photo. PPAC makes such a good place to practice your photography skills because your subjects stand still, and are not picky from what perspective you photograph them.
Sadly these statues are on loan to Tlaquepaque Shopping Mall until someone buys them. When we went a few months ago, they were gone.
Albert Einstein
“It is entirely possible that behind the perception of our senses, worlds are hidden of which we are unaware.”
-Albert Einstein
an added perspective. Einstein’s living look-alike.
Mark Twain
“Distance lends enchantment to the view.”
-Mark Twain
Did these great men know I would be looking for quotes from them on the topic of perspective this week? It seems they did. LOL
These next statues look about the same in black and white or in color. The backgrounds are what change the look of the photo.
Cropping also changes the perspective slightly in that you can focus your view on your subjects better. I like that by changing my position as I took the pictures, you can see the expressions on both faces better. I was limited by the wall in getting other perspectives.
I like the second perspective again because you see the expressions on the faces better.
I got carried away with perspectives in the next set of photos.
Other Challenges that Inspired PPAC this week.
- The Cosmic Photo Challenge (through Aletta Nowathome)
- Cee’s Black and White Challenge is on Perspectives.
- CMMC
- FOTD
Now it’s your turn.
What’s your PPAC theme this week? Are you into statues or sculptures (and what’s the difference anyway?) Did you find some cool murals? Did you go on a trip or a walk around your hometown and grab a bunch of different kinds of public art? I can’t wait to see it. I’m going to start doing on PPAC what I do on my WQW, and that is to include all your early bird links so that you can inspire people.
Marsha Ingrao - Always Write 
61 responses to “PPAC #42: Looking at Sedona Sculptures from Different Perspectives”
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Thank you for your offering of different perspectives – tickling the imagination right here!
Love the Image Compares – they are such fun! Mark Twain never looked better!
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He looks like he never aged a bit!
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just like Rip van Winkle!
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Or Dorian Gray.
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Oh my goodness, yes! I just experienced a shudder down my spine!
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He was enough to make a person shudder.
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Enjoyed the different perspectives and oh my goodness – Vince does look like Einstein – such cool slides there
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Thanks, Yvette. It was fun putting them together. ๐
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Your photos are much fun. Never too many angles, I say.
Here is the last part of my stony Forma Viva series and a cheerful word poem:
https://manjameximexcessive6.wordpress.com/2022/04/02/day-two-ppac-forma-viva-3/
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That’s a great point about public art keeping still for you while you look for different perspectives! I had to smile at your last caption, the dentist’s perspective ๐
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Old dental assistant perspective coming out.
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https://nowathome.wordpress.com/2022/04/02/ppac-42/
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Super cute!
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Yes they are!
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I am glad that my blog inspired you to your lovely post!
The different angles of the photos make this so interesting! My PPAC post was inspired by Cee’s post https://ceenphotography.com/2022/03/29/ppac-41-statues-women/ ๐
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I can see that Cee’s post could have easily inspired your post. It reminded of both Teresa’s and my posts of a little pixie tree in a Melbourne park.
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Oh yes! I’ve got a few more photos to share
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I’ll look forward to seeing them!
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The statues were brilliant and lovely photographed as well. You made me laugh with your dentist perspective one ๐
Here is mine:
https://photographias.wordpress.com/2022/04/02/ppac-glasgow-14/
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Glad you enjoyed it. Sadly she is edentulous so there wasn’t much he could do for her.
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You truly blow me away how you have created such a rich playground in community to play in and and the work it takes and love of your craft to put all of this together. I love your quotes and captions and it does appear the greats did give you a lot of insights on perspective.. Now you see them and now you don’t. ha.. lucky you got did before they were gone in a flash. The resemblance of Vince and Einstein was remarkable actually.. true brilliance! ๐๐คทโโ๏ธ๐!
Awesome post! ๐
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Thank you so much, Cindy. High praise from the poet! I love it.
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I love all your perspective shots, Marsha! I’ve gotten comfortable getting unusual angles whenever I can. Love the Einstein and Vince combo shots, hilarious! You’ve given me some inspiration for photographing things on our upcoming trip to Leavenworth!
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You are going to get some great photos! Canโt wait to see them!
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Love the perspectives this week, especially the dentist one ๐๐๐
Here is mine: https://mywanderings.travel.blog/2022/03/31/poet-house/
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Adorable post, Teresa,
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Thanks Marsha โค๏ธ
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Some lovely photos and perspectives, I particularly liked the dentist’s view.
https://linsdoodles.wordpress.com/2022/04/01/ppac42/
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Isn’t that funny? And they look at that view so many times a day it is normal. I used to be a dental assistant. I had a different perspective, more downward at the dentist’s hands, but lots of open mouths. ๐
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It is nice that einstein sits on a bench and you can join him like Vince did.
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It was a great piece. Someone bought it and it is gone now. ๐ฆ
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Love the photos , especially the ones with Einstein and your hubby sharing the same mustache ! ๐
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LOL, I think Einstein had his first. ๐
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Yes indeed I think you are right ๐๐
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Of course , I am Always Write! ๐คฃ
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I love those pics with Albert. And you found a perfect doppelganger! ๐
And thanks for the mention of my last lions. I still have quite a few on file but I’ll give them a break for a while.
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More lions??? Wow! They are a lot of fun. Some people collect elephants, dolls, dishes, and you collect pictures of lions. What fun! Yes, Vince has been a bell ringer for Einstein since I met him almost 30 years ago. He loves it and has Einstein shirts, phone case, whenever he sees something Einstein, he buys it. ๐
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I love that whimsical head planter at the end! I’d love to have that in my garden.
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Someone probably does, Janis. It’s not there anymore. ๐ฆ I loved it, too!
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You need to change your name to Pictures Perfect, Elke. ๐
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This is a very cool post. I’m so glad my perspective challenge inspired to play around a bit ๐ ๐
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It definitely did. The photos fit the bill, and then when I realized what your B & W challenge was, it was the perfect match. Do you love the pics of Vincie?
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Yes I did ๐ ๐
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Great pics Marsha!
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Thanks, Sadje. ๐
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Youโre welcome
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