Weekly Photo Challenge : Curve

This week’s WordPress Photo Challenge is to:

Get inspired by the curves around you. From curves in architecture to bends in nature to man-made undulations, you have lots to work with!

One of the things that changed for me, once I started to become more passionate about photography, was that I looked at the world a little differently.  I noticed things that I hadn’t seen as important or “attractive” in the past.  For example, one of the things I remember to do now, is to always look up when I am capturing a shot, because there is beauty everywhere.  In fact, I took a photo this afternoon that shows the value of doing so — a beautiful gum tree with amazing variations in the colour and pattern of its trunk and bark.

When looking through my photos just now, I soon discovered that curves occur so much in life, both manmade and naturally occurring.   Here are just a few of the many that I identified.

The ever changing curves of the sea always attract my eyes.

Man-made curves – a result of the restoration of City hall.

The elegant curves of the swan pair, beautifully reflected in the water.

Various curves of a lighthouse

The foam curves change as the tide comes in and the wind blows along the beach

Multiple curves of the iconic Sydney Opera House

As the tide goes out, the curves in the foreground recede

The magnificent curves of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

This road to wherever curves in and out of the Australian bush

The curves of the structures complement those of the shorelines of Sydney Harbour.

Brilliant orange poppy.

The continual ebb and flow of an incoming tide result in delicate curves

Enjoy!  Here are other bloggers’ examples of curves.