Weekly Photo Challenge: Blue
Blue Cars, A Blue Bubble, Blue Ice, A Blue Damsel, and A Blue Abstract.
A little bit of everything, all of it blue.
This last one is for Alice.
Since the “official” challenge was so late in coming, and I had already posted one for the “unofficial” challenge started by Ailsa, I almost didn’t post one for this weeks challenge. But thanks go to Paula, for yet again giving me a push.
Yep, that’s a lot a blue!
Squeak, Sir Jeff the rude, these are fabulous. The tail fin is sweeeeet, love the simplicity of the bubble in the sky and the last one is dreamy. Hey, where did you take the iceberg shots? They’re wonderful! xxx Ailsa
May 15, 2012 at 9:11 pm
I’ve created a monster
Those aren’t icebergs. The first is Glen Ellis Falls, the second is just above Livermore Falls, both in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We had one hell of a cold winter the year these were taken, the year before last if I remember correctly. I don’t think too many of our waterfalls looked like this after the pathetic winter we didn’t have this year.
May 15, 2012 at 9:20 pm
Wow, they’re spectacular, the blue in the ice is really beautiful. Yes, this winter was an epic fail, much to my dismay. I love me some snow and ice!
May 15, 2012 at 10:08 pm
I hate shoveling it, in my real life as an auto mechanic I hate having it drip on me while I’m working under a car. But I love it in the mountains and in my photographs!
May 15, 2012 at 10:22 pm
Never gonna live down Sir Jeff The Rude am I?
May 15, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Nope!
I may, however, shorten it to Sir Jeff, if I may be so bold 
May 15, 2012 at 10:09 pm
You make me laugh
May 15, 2012 at 10:19 pm
Back atcha, thanks for the giggles xxx
May 15, 2012 at 10:19 pm
I loooove the car. WOW!
May 15, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Thanks Karina, it was one sweet 57 Convertible. I’m more of a 55 Chevy guy, but I’d take a 57 in a pinch
May 15, 2012 at 9:44 pm
I’d take any of them!
May 15, 2012 at 11:00 pm
You were right! A lot of blue (-: Did this challenge get a way from you? (:
My first; immediate favorite is the Bel Air. Had a ’58 in H.S.
Great images all around!
May 15, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Thanks Rick! I did kind of go overboard didn’t I?
May 16, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Blue is cool and these are cool. The tail fin on the Bel Air is simply righteous.
May 15, 2012 at 11:12 pm
Well said Brandon, that was one righteous ride!
May 16, 2012 at 8:35 pm
Wonderful
. I have never seen ice formations like these 
. Were you on some movie setting or with some exploration expedition? 
May 16, 2012 at 3:25 am
No movie set, do adventure, unless of course you call bashing the heck out of my leg after losing my footing on the ice covered path to the base of the first waterfall. Or getting cold laying on the ice for the second. Both are popular waterfalls in the White Mountains in northern New Hampshire. The winter I took these was insanely cold, for New Hampshire anyway, and most of the waterfalls in the state looked like this.
The biggest adventure of the day happened when I was concentrating on setting up this shot. One of the ice shelves you see around the open water had collapsed into the river, the fact I was standing on one for this shot isn’t what freaked me out when the nearby shelf gave way. What freaked me out was that I though my buddy Joe had gone in as a result of the collapse and I was going to have to go in after him! We both just looked at each other and decided we needed a safer place to stand
May 16, 2012 at 8:45 pm
The photos turned out gorgeous, but Jeff please don’t take such high risks…not even for the sake of art!
May 17, 2012 at 2:34 am
I keep joking with my wife, telling her the best thing that could ever happen to her is for me die while out making photographs. The value of my portfolio would go through the roof
May 17, 2012 at 5:14 am
And if you have a good insurance policy …..
May 17, 2012 at 7:46 am
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Superb set of images Jeff! Hard to choose one, but that tailfin is stunning as also the icebergs! And just read that we now have a global switch to turn off comment settings. Yay!!
May 16, 2012 at 9:10 am
Thank you very much. It was one heck of a car!
I wish they were icebergs, but alas they are both nothing more than waterfalls. Photographed during a very cold winter, but waterfalls none the less.
And Yay! is right
May 16, 2012 at 8:48 pm
that car shot is incredible. Love the colours!! Also love the bubble (love all bubbles, in fact)
May 16, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Thank you Diana, they sure don’t make them like that anymore. I don’t know who had more fun with the bubbles, me trying to photograph them or my daughter making them.
May 16, 2012 at 12:38 pm
Lovely as always!
May 16, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Why thank you!
May 16, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Lovely selection for the challenge. The last photo is my favourite.
May 16, 2012 at 2:53 pm
I am very glad you liked them! The last one almost didn’t happen. I was there for a sunset, which turned out blah! But once I noticed how the wind was blowing the reeds I knew all was not lost.
May 16, 2012 at 8:50 pm
Lol! Before I even read the caption beneath it, I laughed at the Damselfly!
Fancy you of all people publishing a photo that is not completely in focus … perhaps a bit of me is rubbing off on you??
May 16, 2012 at 5:11 pm
But the eyes are in focus! The most important part for me. Plus, a long lens and a close focus distance didn’t help. Even at f16 the DOF was way shallow.
FYI, I wish you were rubbing off on me. You are way better at the Wee Beasties than I am!
May 16, 2012 at 8:54 pm
I absolutely LOVE the car photo. Fantastic textures, colors and form. Great job! Here’s my blue: http://wp.me/p1TywS-su
~Anne
May 16, 2012 at 9:02 pm
All great photos!
May 16, 2012 at 11:06 pm
You are too kind!
May 17, 2012 at 5:19 am
Interesting collection of Blue things …. very nice.
May 17, 2012 at 1:34 pm
I am so tempted to poke that bubble. What a fun click. All are great for the blue challenge, but that bubble makes me smile.
May 17, 2012 at 9:14 pm
Thank you Kris. It was fun trying to photograph them. Probably more so for my daughter, as she was official bubble blower that day.
May 17, 2012 at 11:12 pm
Looks like your daughter did a great job.
gotta love having those technical assistants for some strategic clicks!
May 18, 2012 at 2:15 am
oops – that should have said ‘pix & kardz’ or ‘kardz by kris’. typing too fast. feel free to update
May 18, 2012 at 2:16 am
Soooo, you don’t know who you are?
What is your name today, it’s getting hard to keep up with all your alias’s isn’t it? 
May 18, 2012 at 5:14 am
LOL. The identity crisis all began with my smart phone – which is obviously not as smart as all that, since it does not allow me to sign in as pix & kardz.
At least the gravatar is consistent. In any case, it is really me
May 19, 2012 at 12:29 pm
I’ll take your word for it, but I’m watching you 8^)
May 20, 2012 at 9:14 am
LOL!
May 20, 2012 at 10:56 am
Every good photographer has an outstanding assistant behind the scenes to make them look good
May 18, 2012 at 5:10 am
So true!
May 19, 2012 at 12:31 pm
The ice was magic.
May 17, 2012 at 10:25 pm
Thank you Charlie!
May 17, 2012 at 11:12 pm
Your shots are gorgeous, so glad you shared.
May 18, 2012 at 12:28 am
Thank you Shannon, I truly appreciate comments like yours.
May 18, 2012 at 5:15 am
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Waiting for your new posts Jeff and your news
May 20, 2012 at 6:37 am
Particularly like the frozen water fall – I’ve taken similar photos because I find the ice formations so interesting.
June 17, 2012 at 9:28 am
And they are different every time you visit, another plus!
June 17, 2012 at 9:30 am