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The winner for the August 2011 Theme PICTURE is "Playing with the Sun" by HighlandLady".
Thank you all for entering and voting.
HighlandLady, please consider a theme for the September 2011 contest, and when you have decided, post it in this thread and I will add it to the current Theme Thread.
Discussions should be here, in this thread.
Some past themes (and thanks for bjh for looking up the original list) which may help you decide:
August 2011 - Play of Light
July 2011 - Vacation
June 2011 - Patterns in nature: water
May 2011 - Light and Shadows
Apr 2011 - Reflections
Mar 2011 - New Beginnings
Feb 2011 - Days Gone By
Jan 2011 - Desolate
Dec 2010 - Holiday Joy
Nov. 2010 - Wind
Oct. 2010 - Blur
Sep. 2010 - Night
Aug. 2010 - Favorite Song (This is a correction)
July 2010 - Contrast
June 2010 - Younger ones
May 2010 - Flowers
April 2010 - Showers
March 2010 - Green
Feb 2010 - Heart of the matter
Jan. 2010 - Nature during winter
Dec 2009 - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Nov 2009 - Family
Oct 2009 - Spooky
Sept 2009 - Serene place
August 2009 - Machines
July 2009 - Go green
June 2009 - Misplaced
May 2009 - Pets
April 2009 - Roads
Mar 2009 - Rocks and water
Feb 2009 - Love
Jan 2009 - Partially obscured
With the season soon to be changing and all the myriad of colours...not to mention the temperature turning brisk in the eve...how about Fire?
This could mean the fire-like colours the leaves turn, a campfire, a fireplace...or (and most unfortunate) the wildfires still burning. Fire in the sky with a glorious Autumnal sunset/sunrise.
One can be quite creative with campfires....I shot this a few years back:
It could have anything to do with the element of fire...colour, industrial, name, etc.
Will that suit? If no, let me know and I'll think of something else.
With the season soon to be changing and all the myriad of colours...not to mention the temperature turning brisk in the eve...how about Fire?
This could mean the fire-like colours the leaves turn, a campfire, a fireplace...or (and most unfortunate) the wildfires still burning. Fire in the sky with a glorious Autumnal sunset/sunrise.
One can be quite creative with campfires....I shot this a few years back:
It could have anything to do with the element of fire...colour, industrial, name, etc.
Will that suit? If no, let me know and I'll think of something else.
Spectacular photo! I think your idea is an excellent one, HL!
have tons of old fire photo's! but unless this relentless rain and humidity lets up.....I don't know....kick's mother nature for all this water devastation! KICK KICK KICK will give it my best shot~!
have tons of old fire photo's! but unless this relentless rain and humidity lets up.....I don't know....kick's mother nature for all this water devastation! KICK KICK KICK will give it my best shot~!
I've got a few old fire photos, too. Will just have to come up with something new!
Fireplace? Or candle flame? Fiery sunset? That is why I left open to interpretation, lasses.
Seriously though...Bonnie, my heart goes out to all that have been affected by the rains and flooding. And I know that it may be too warm for a fire in the fireplace, but on those damp and chilly days, it just sounds good.
I've had questions asked regarding the colours in that fire image...the coloured flames are very easy to obtain:
If you've a leaky garden hose that you are going to throw away, or even if you have a new hose, cut it to foot long increments. Get some copper pipe cut the same length that will fit inside the garden hose segment. Toss it into the campfire. Depending on the hose...all manner of colours will appear. When the ashes cool, just grab the copper piping and find more hose. And it is not toxic.
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Will just have to come up with something new! 
