Saturday, February 8, 2014

A Personal Photo Challenge - Street Scenes




I am SO proud of myself....I am working on this post January 16th!!!  Hahaaaa.....( A LOT of good it did me!!Hahaaa...I  STILL forgot to SIGN UP for the challenge...and yes, this time I'm using the excuse of "the dog ate my homework", literally!  We got a new pup, Olivia, and she is a challenge to keep up with!  This morning I am sitting at my computer, holding Libby, when I look up at the calendar and see...February 8th......8th....something happening on the 8th.....OMG.....Happened Again!  Even the scheduler can't save me!  SORRY Donna!)  
I took the above shot on a very rainy morning on my way to work.  The light was about to change to green...I remembered the challenge, grabbed my IPhone and started clicking.  Not bad for a cell phone photo!  The colors are mainly, just how you see them...I hardly did any editing.  Just brightened the shot a bit.  Hopefully, I see another "scene" sometime before the challenge...otherwise, this will be all I enter.
Have a super weekend and hop on over to see other entries for Street Scenes Challenge at, A Personal Photo Challenge! 

17 comments:

Sandi McBride said...

this makes me so happy we live in a very large county of rural rustic towns!!! Good shot
hugs
Sandi

Sally said...

That's a GREAT shot, Donna. I'm glad you 'splained you were stopped. :)

Love ya! Have a great weekend. Stay warm.

Ann said...

cell phones come in handy. Even though it's dark out, this is a nice colorful picture

Out on the prairie said...

You go in early, nice shot Donna

Jeanne said...

Cool shot. Definately depicts "The Commute" Ug.
The puppy!!! is adorable!!!!

Anvilcloud said...

Darkness shots are cool.

Roses, Lace and Brocante said...

Amazing shot Donna.
Wow it's dark when you're on your way to work! Is it like that coming home too? You will be looking forward to more daylight in Spring!

Donna said...

Hahaha!!! Yeah, yeah. Blame it on the little pup! Late last night, I saw that you had posted but hadn't linked up. So I was going to take care of it this morning for you. But you beat me to it and remembered! No worries, sweetie, I'm just tickled that you are participating.

I don't know what it is about nighttime shots, but I always think they are prettier with rain. I guess it is because of all the wonderful reflections. You have a lot of beautiful color going on here - vivid red, teal, blue, yellow. And the photo tells the story of a frustrating traffic jam. I can almost here you behind the steering wheel saying, "dagnabit folks, hurry it up already!" LOL!

I swear, those little iPhones sure do deliver the goods, don't they? Now that I have one (finally), I'm a believer!

Sally said...

LOL! I was wondering why it was coming back on the reader. I'm a slouch about joining the photography challenges lately.

Judith @ Lavender Cottage said...

Great capture Donna, particularly for a phone camera. I had to scroll back and see the new baby and Libby is such a sweetie.

Annie said...

A great shot for the challenge this month Donna.
Thanks for visiting my post also.

I also had a quick look at some of your other posts, and enjoyed the one you put in for the shadows challenge, well done!

Chris Loehmer Kincaid said...

What a great picture. When I first glanced at it, with so many red lights, I thought it was an accident. So glad that it was not. Great job being ready to shoot a picture.

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

What a fabulous photo! The lights are doing amazing things and you did great getting photos. I usually don't think of it until it's too late. Great job on the challenge my friend! Have a good week! Hugs!

Ileana said...

Nice photo!All over reflections.I like the reflection in the water on the street! And I like the colors!
Have a good week!

Jenny said...

Two things occur to me: I love street scene photos and you go to work much too early! Baahaaha xoxo

A Colorful World said...

It's a great shot! I too am having trouble keeping up with the memes I want to do. I was away too long! Plus, still really tired. I just can't keep up! :-)

Harriet said...

This photo is so real life. Boy, it brought back memories of those cold mornings driving to work before sunrise. Love how you caught the Red, Yellow and Green (on road). Good composition.