Golden hour, St Albans, May 2020
And a mid-afternoon sunburst:
All of these images were taken with a vintage lens, the Helios 44-2, which is known for its flare and its amazing, swirly bokeh. Well worth grabbing one for yourself and trying out something a bit different.
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Welcome to One Word Sunday, and over to all of you to join the challenge with your own flare or flair post.
To join the challenge, please use pingback by putting a link in your post to the URL of this post, allowing others to have the opportunity to visit and join the challenge. Then come back here and leave us a comment.
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Thanks to everyone who brought us a dream last week. Special thanks go to Janet for such a beautiful dream; Elke for some cuddly images plus great words; and Ken for a beautiful panorama shot that is now in my dreams.
If you didn’t have chance to check them out, the links are below.
- Aletta at Now at Home
- Alice at the 59 Club
- Another day in paradise
- Carol at Light Words
- David Meredith’s Photo Blog
- Eklastic at Pictures Imperfect
- Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery
- Jackie at JunkBoat Travels
- Janet at This, That and the Other Thing
- Jesh Studio
- Jez Braithwaite
- Ken at Pictures without Film
- Klara at Sliku Svoju Lyubim II
- Le Drake Noir
- Little Pieces of Me
- Maria at Kamerapromenader
- Nicole at Une photo, un poème
- Nuthouse Central
- Purple Pumpernickel
- Sandy at Out of My Write Mind
- Sue at Words Visual
- Tom at Beyond the Sphere
- Transition of Thoughts
- Woolly Muses
Next week’s theme will be patchwork.
Other forthcoming themes are listed here, and to see previous weeks of this challenge, click here
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 31 May 2020
Posted as part of One Word Sunday
Travel with Intent 
Love flare shots, Debbie 👏 Great images & challenge this week; here’s mine: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2020/06/04/flare-one-word-sunday/
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hi debbie, again wonderful and interesting pictures that we are presenting here, i really like them. here is my contribution to the weekly challenge,
many greetings robert
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Awesome photos Debbie. Wished I would live close – I could learn so much from you photography wise! Here’s my take on flare. Thanks for hosting! https://wp.me/p9EWyp-20S
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Beautiful images, Debbie. I love the amazing effects with your vintage lens. Here’s my nostalgic flare travel photo: https://anotherday2paradise.wordpress.com/2020/05/31/one-word-sunday-flare-at-sunset/
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Beautiful photos Debbie!
https://nowathome.wordpress.com/2020/05/31/flare/
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Fabulous choice for the challenge.
https://junkboattravels.blogspot.com/2020/05/flare.html
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Looks like fun! I’ll be joining this week sometime, for sure.
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Loved the presentation
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I pray everyone’s Sunday is going well and you are safe and healthy.
https://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2020/05/31/flare-with-flair/
janet
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Nice photos again, Debbie.
This week I’ve looked to the Angels: https://wp.me/pVkLb-4XD
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The golden hour shots are lovely!
Such a perfect time of day to shoot.
https://littlepiecesofme1.wordpress.com/2020/05/31/ows-flare/
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And here’s mine, Debbie : https://suejudd.com/2020/05/31/one-word-sunday-flare/
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You ARE having fun with that lens, Debbie!! And whoopee, I took a flare image earlier this week, shall post soon
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I await eagerly 🙂
And yes the lens has been great fun – it has its own character
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😊😊
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Having been shooting sunlight through trees and getting flare on my recent walks I ended up going a completely different direction when I was picking a shot for the prompt:
https://davidmsphotoblog.com/2020/05/31/flare/
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Great captures!
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I thought of flare (flames) and flair but not of that kind of flare.
https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/31/flaring-with-flair/
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A great flare choice, Elke
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oh wow bubbles of light
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Yes, something I’d normally avoid, but it fits well with this lens, and our weird times
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https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2020/05/31/flare/
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Helios 44-2 – great little lens, must dig mine out again! Thank you for the mention, and I hope the dreams are all nice.
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I’ve only got into photography in the digital days, so I’m really enjoying this wonderful little lens
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It used to be my only lens, strapped to the front of an old Zenit 12xp camera
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I went with flair: https://outofmywritemind.com/2020/05/31/a-bit-of-flair/
But sure like your flare!
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I loved yours – a great approach to take, Sandy
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That’s my dad when a young man.
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Wonderful. I thought he might be a relative. I bet your mum had a bit of competition! 🙂
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Simply stunning and it makes the photos feel like summer.
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Yes, our spring is behaving like summer. Such wonderful light and nature is flourishing
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Beautiful images, Debbie. I was going to go in the same direction but thought that might be a popular choice so of course I had to be contrary. Three hours and it will be live and I’ll be sleeping soundly. Thanks for the special mention above. It’s much appreciated.
janet
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I enjoyed your combination of the two words, and with such a beautiful and gentle image. Sweet dreams, Janet
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Thanks, Debbie. Nice to wake to those words. 🙂
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