Weekly Photo Challenge - Windows

**ses5909** · Oct 20, 2007, 08:38

I really loved our door thread and I'm equally intrigued by different windows. Let us take a peek through yours!

**junjun** · Oct 20, 2007, 09:04

It's a couple of years old, it was winter and I just had gotten a new camera.

**Datura** · Oct 20, 2007, 09:09

That is beautiful junjun

**Datura** · Oct 23, 2007, 10:38

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**Datura** · Oct 25, 2007, 09:09

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**Crazybanana** · Oct 25, 2007, 18:37

Datura your garden looks fantastic. what flowers are those pink up at left?

you should have seen my two pink Common Lilac in my garden at summer when they are full of flowers, man they are beautiful and smells so good. and they are ca 6 m high.

**Datura** · Oct 25, 2007, 19:33

Originally Posted by Crazybanana

Datura your garden looks fantastic. what flowers are those pink up at left?

you should have seen my two pink Common Lilac in my garden at summer when they are full of flowers, man they are beautiful and smells so good. and they are ca 6 m high.

Thanks Crazy, you would love this garden, soon you will have yours set up as well

, but you have to get through the snow first. The Lilac is one of those things I miss a lot.

Here is a picture of the same spot of garden, the window from above is on the right. You see the little pink flowers there, they are Mexican Corral Vine. When you let them grow wild, they can take over a whole tree, even a garden. Their roots are like huge spiders with long legs, crawling underground, the sections of those *legs* have large tubers for storing nutrients. Once you have them, you can never get rid of them. I like them a lot, but many people can not handle the wildness.

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**Crazybanana** · Oct 26, 2007, 02:38

I think they look great, not too visible but still so present. and they fits so nice into your other trees and flowers

**akritic** · Oct 27, 2007, 06:11

Wow lovely pics Datura

**Datura** · Oct 27, 2007, 06:26

Originally Posted by armchaircritic

Wow lovely pics Datura

Thank you Andy

I had hoped that more people would show their views. But so it is. Here is another window. This one is where I sit on my computer, right in front of it. This is also where the squirrels chase each other up and down the trunks. I have never been able to catch them with the camera. The bark of these trees is rough, so the woodpeckers are frequent guests as well. It is nice to sit within nature like that.

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**ses5909** · Oct 27, 2007, 11:40

I'll have some soon. I took one today and I have to go through some of my previous photos. It usually takes me forever once i start looking through them!

**Datura** · Oct 27, 2007, 16:26

Originally Posted by ses5909

I'll have some soon. I took one today and I have to go through some of my previous photos. It usually takes me forever once i start looking through them!

I know what you mean, you get sidetracked by memories

**WarpNacelle** · Oct 28, 2007, 10:25

Originally Posted by Datura

I had hoped that more people would show their views.
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The views from my apartment are ...less then inspiring - unless you like a parking lot or other apartments.

I'm going to downtown Seattle today, so I will stay on the lookout down there!

**Datura** · Oct 28, 2007, 10:30

Originally Posted by WarpNacelle

The views from my apartment are ...less then inspiring - unless you like a parking lot or other apartments.

I'm going to downtown Seattle today, so I will stay on the lookout down there!

Great

But you know, I think if you take the right angle, the right time of day etc., there could be something interesting. Close cropping and reflections maybe, cranks, peeling paint. All of those can be interesting in a photo. It is amazing sometimes how the camera glamorizes.

**akritic** · Oct 28, 2007, 10:48

That is the purpose of some photography indeed, to make something out of the ordinary

**Datura** · Oct 28, 2007, 10:51

Originally Posted by armchaircritic

That is the purpose of some photography indeed, to make something out of the ordinary

Yes, it is a selection process for sure. Sometimes a little shadow or strange angle alone gives an interesting graphic.

**akritic** · Oct 28, 2007, 11:25

My Entries:

It's getting dark quickly;

Just this minute took this one, and added it here as it was going to get to dark to shoot;

**Datura** · Oct 28, 2007, 11:42

Great Andy, the scrolls are so graphic.

**akritic** · Oct 28, 2007, 11:53

Yes they are on every window in this apartment. They add a little character to the place.

**Datura** · Oct 28, 2007, 12:08

I love detail like that. It is hard to find in new places, the older ones have that charm. I do like the starkness of modern design as well, but it is very different how you look at those buildings. More as a whole. Photographs of both can be great