summer – Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey

Haiku: Radiance

two whippets running side by side on a forest trail in dappled light

this stillness
in radiant light she gallops
summer’s day

two whippets with silky coats disappearing down a forest trail

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/320 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/400 s – ISO 100.

Sunday Stills: Stillness of Summer

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Radiant

Tuesday Photo Challenge: Field

black whippet looking curious at something to his left in the distance on a woodland trail

waiting here
in this field of flowers
your smile

a black whippet and blue whippet walking towards each other on a path through a field of flowers

blue whippet walking through a clearing in the forest filled with purple and yellow wildflowers

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8, 1/800 s, ISO 100 and f/2.8, 1/640 s, ISO 100.

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Field

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018: Finding the Way

Wordless Wednesday: Staying Cool

blue whippet with a pink ball walking through a tidal pool

two whippets walking through a tidal pool

black whippet leaping from a tidal pool on to seaweed-covered rocks

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8, 1/2000 s, ISO 100 and f/2.8, 1/2000 s, ISO 160.

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge: Cooling

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge Week 2: Animal, Ocean, Vivid, Water

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday: Time to Fly

black whippet leaping through a tidal lagoon towards seaweed-covered rocks

black whippet flying through a tidal lagoon towards seaweed-covered rocks

black whippet running through a tidal lagoon towards seaweed-covered rocks

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8, 1/2000 s, ISO 100 and f/2.8, 1/2000 s, ISO 160.

Wordless Wednesday

Thursday’s Special – Paula’s Pick a Word in July Y3: Canicular, Splash, Marine, Scenic

Haiku: Splashing Water

smiling blue whippet running through a tidal lagoon

summer heat
splashing water
creates the wind

smiling blue whippet reaching the sands after running through a tidal lagoon

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/5.6, 1/1000 s, ISO 100.

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Heat

Sunday Stills Challenge: What does Summer mean to you?

Haiku: A Welcome Breeze

two whippets among heather and young pine trees on top of a hill

a welcome breeze
weaving through grass and heather
the dog’s smile

a smiling blue whippet looking to her left on a mountain trail

We wish you all a very happy Monday and a wonderful new week!

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/8, 1/200 s, ISO 160 and f/8, 1/125 s, ISO 160.

Carpe Diem #1464: Wind in the Verdure (aoarashi)

Haiku: A Place to Hear

Cairngorms National Park

two whippets on a mountain trail with young ferns and pine trees

a place to hear
below the shimmering green
a waterfall

a babbling burn deep in the glen, weaving through the trees and stones

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/8, 1/125 s, ISO 100 and f/4, 1/160 s, ISO 100.

Carpe Diem #1461: Waterfall (taki)