Weekly Photo Challenge – THANKFUL

In Sweden we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving. But I think that everyone should do it anyway, it’s a beautiful feast.

I am thankful for so endlessly many things. My two sons, my wonderful friends, my dogs, that it is so beautiful where I live, etc. etc..

But the basis for all this is still our Mother Earth.
The air we breathe, the sun that shines on us and brings life, water that makes that every living creature can exist.

Most of this can be seen in this humble little beautiful flower.
The blue behind her is heaven.
The film I used is Kodak Ektachrome 100VS.
The image is completely unedited, only cropped to the correct size, and a little dust removal.

We should be thankful every day!

Enjoy, and be thankful for your life.

Holga 120
Kodak Portra 400
Developed in C41 at home

Tags: analog photography, art, film photography, flowers, Hasselblad 503CX, Kodak, Medium Format photography, nature, photography, postaday, weekly photo challenge

16 thoughts on “Weekly Photo Challenge – THANKFUL”

28mmf2 on November 24, 2012 at 16:50 said:

Very close to perfection there!

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- LightHouseBlues on November 24, 2012 at 23:07 said:
  
  Thank you! 🙂
  
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mjculverphotography on November 24, 2012 at 19:30 said:

You’re so right Marie, we should be thankful for every day. Great shot. Love the tender stamens in the flower.

Joey

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- LightHouseBlues on November 24, 2012 at 23:08 said:
  
  Thank you very much Joey. 🙂
  Isn’t it lovely… So sheer, yet so strong, I just love that!
  
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grumpytykepix on November 24, 2012 at 20:19 said:

Lovely words, lovely picture.

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- LightHouseBlues on November 24, 2012 at 23:09 said:
  
  Thank you very much for your kind words.
  So glad you like it. 🙂
  
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sued51 on November 24, 2012 at 22:43 said:

YES!!!

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- LightHouseBlues on November 24, 2012 at 23:10 said:
  
  THANK you!! 🙂
  
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rossanaf on November 25, 2012 at 00:02 said:

In Portugal we don’t celebrate ir either but I completely agree with you. We should thank all we have.
Beautiful flower and photo.

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- LightHouseBlues on November 25, 2012 at 23:23 said:
  
  Thank you very much! 🙂
  
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jsodphotography on November 25, 2012 at 06:56 said:

Thanksgiving is easily my favorite American holiday. It has all the joy of christmas minus the stress and hassle of buying gifts for everyone (though that stress begins the very next day for many people). This image is a wonderful way to say thanks to mother earth and all she provides us. The blue and green tones of Kodak Ektachrome 100VS capture is quite nice.

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- LightHouseBlues on November 25, 2012 at 23:29 said:
  
  Thank you very much Jeff!
  Well, if I could choose, I would rather have Thanksgiving instead of Christmas. It is just like you say, far to much stress and crazyness… But it will hopefully be a life after Chrismas this year also… 😉
  About the Ektachrome; most often I want slightly more muted colors than this, and for macro florals I rather choose Astia. But just for this I think it worked quite well.
  
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Naresh Ramadurai on November 26, 2012 at 07:23 said:

brilliant photograph 🙂 love the colors!

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- LightHouseBlues on November 26, 2012 at 09:08 said:
  
  Thank you! 🙂
  
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Anna Marie on November 27, 2012 at 03:11 said:

Beautiful photo – the white of the flower against the vibrant blue sky is lovely.

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- LightHouseBlues on November 27, 2012 at 09:07 said:
  
  Thank you very much! 🙂
  
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