[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever]
Patti sez: “What images can you find that feature a subject that begins with the letter A?”
Aardvark? (Of which I have no pictures.) Azimuth? Difficult to represent. Architecture (have lots), animals (lots), Arapahoe National Forest, autumn (tons and tons of autumn, inundated and overloaded this time of year, no autumn now, please), Aachen (cathedral and town), Amsterdam (I have a lot of those)???
Aardvark first came to mind as the first word in the dictionary beginning with ‘a’ (acronyms and place names like Aachen aside). Azimuth came to mind as one of the last. Not having a printed dictionary, I’ve found in hard to verify the last word, though I did find azoic (having no living beings) comes after azimuth.
Google was not helpful, but I did find that the FIRST word in the ‘a’ section (asides aside) is… wait for it… ‘a’! As an indefinite article might be most common: “—used as a function word before singular nouns when the referent is unspecified: a man overboard, and before number collectives and some numbers: a dozen” —Mirriam-Webster.
Thus, I start (and finish?) with ‘a’ rock:
…at the Cliffs of Mohrer, Ireland. “And handsome is as handsome did it, too!” –Billy Budd, Herman Melville.
The defense rests. Should the muses strike me again, if they even have the first time, “Ah’ll be back”. (Ahr-nold Schwarzenegger, countless movies.)
Stay safe, be well. Be kind to one another. (Keep your sense of humor, sometimes it’s all we have left!) 🙂 😉 🙂
Very witty this week John! Interestingly that looks like a face on the cliff – which I did NOT see when we visited. Obviously you are more observant than I !!
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😀 I’ll have another look. Me neither!
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Ahhh. A profile with a pointy cap? 👏
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Very clever, John. I love your sense of humor. You’re right. We need it right now!! Take care and stay well.
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Thank you Patti!!
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Thanks for the laughs!
😄😄😄
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👍😂
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Great post John! You always twist the challenge in a unique way. And, I saw the face in the rock immediately! If he gets too tired of the pandemic, it looks like he can blow his stack through what looks like chimneys at the top.
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😂 Thank you Anne. 😎
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I see the face in rock, how cool, John! Very clever and humorous take on. 🙂
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Ha! Even ‘I’ didn’t see the face until someone mentioned it. Lucky mistake. 🤪
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I think you picked A Great Rock! A ROCK among rocks!
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Ha ha! Thank you Anne!
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An Awesome rock, John. 🙂
janet
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Thank you Janet. Rocks r Us. 🙂
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😉
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Love the “ah’ll be back” and your take on A was great John
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Thank you kindly!
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😊
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Great idea. I like the view of the rock.
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Thank you! It is surprisingly popular. I’m glad people are enjoying it.
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A wonderful take on the prompt John and I love the image of the rock – it’s great to see it in such fine weather! 🌞
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Not even Photoshopped!
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A funny take on the challenge, John. That’s a great rock pillar in your post. I didn’t see that particular formation on my recent trip there.
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and what A rock it is!
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Your rock is awesome, astounding, alarmingly high, amazing, and appropriate. Beware of the “B” prompt! Bathrooms, bandanas, bombastic bad guys. My mind is running amuck, and that’s not something I encourage. See you next week for sure. If you have any favorite quotes, Writer’s Quotes Wednesdays is my new challenge. I’d love to have you participate. https://tchistorygal.net/writers-quotes-wednesday-writers-challenge/
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Thank you for the ‘A’djectives! I’ll have a look at the quotes challenge. I love quotes, but thank goodness for Google.
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Yes, Google, Goodreads, and many others
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Beautiful photo and clever interpretation!!
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Thank you Nora.
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I’ll definitely visit this blog again, thank you 🙂
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Beautiful snap and thoughts
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Thank you!
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Love your choice for the letter A!
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🙂 Thank you!
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Ha, “A”more – of this, John – Love it. We are All Addicted!
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😂😂😂
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A rock! It’s a looker 🙂 🙂 Thanks for the smiles, John.
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Thank YOU!
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Great capture of A rock, John! I thought of an Aardvark too, but the only picture I had was of one lazy specimen, inelegantly sprawled on its back showing his bits.
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Because of the aardvark, I think the lonely aardwolf is ignored and doesn’t get any love. Such is life and justice in the world.
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Well played. The last entry for A in my old paperback dictionary is “azure.” 🙂
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Ha! Thank you.
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You’re welcome!
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Humor will save us! Love your amazing rock!!!
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