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Home » PhotoChallenge

Tag: PhotoChallenge

My contributions to the Wordpress weekly Photo Challenge.

Road Widening

by Melinda J. Irvine16 November 20171 Comment

These little snaps aren't the best shots in my collection but they do capture the essence of 'road widening' in the Philippines. Since 2014 roads all over the country are being widened 2 metres on either side. And it doesn't…

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Culture, Photo Essay DailyPrompt, PhotoChallenge, Street
lady with flowers

Lady with Orange Flowers

by Melinda J. Irvine2 November 20172 November 2017

paying 10 pesos for photographs and a peek into her life Day of the Dead floral tributes hand woven (her own hands) into little bamboo baskets the hands of the poor in every bunch. © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily…

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Free Verse, Photo Essay, Poetry DailyPrompt, Flowers, PhotoChallenge, Poetry

Real Market

by Melinda J. Irvine31 October 2017

weaved by hands hanging, basket & bauble beautiful © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Fluff Weekly Photo Challenge: Rounded I'm part of Post A Day 2017 Location: Iloilo City (Philipppines)

Little Poems, Photo Essay, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, market, PhotoChallenge
The Urunga Wetlands

The Urunga Wetlands

by Melinda J. Irvine23 October 201724 October 20171 Comment

The Urunga Wetlands is a heartwarming environmental success story where a piece of natural landscape (decimated by careless production and industry) was reclaimed, remediated and released back into the wild to be shared by a local community. A mineral processing…

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Environment, Nature Conservation, noplasticbags, PhotoChallenge, Wetlands
seaweed on the sand

Beach Pedestrian

by Melinda J. Irvine12 October 201712 October 2017

washed beyond her kin brown, no longer wet seaweed beach pedestrian © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Pedestrian I'm part of Post A Day 2017 Location: Nambucca Heads (Australia)

Haiku, Little Poems, Nature, Poetry, Senryu Haiku, PhotoChallenge, Poetry
pink Rhododendrons Blackheath, NSW

Spring Rhododendrons

by Melinda J. Irvine30 September 201730 September 20172 Comments

bright pinks, red-purples pamper the twisting ivy spring rhododendrons © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Windows Daily Prompt: Pamper I'm part of Post A Day 2017 Location: Blachheath (Australia)

Haiku, Little Poems, Nature, Poetry DailyPrompt, Haiku, PhotoChallenge, Poetry, Rhododendrons

Avoca Street

by Melinda J. Irvine29 September 201729 September 2017

Randwick is awash with spring blossoms! I love the way the white blooms and their dark brown twiggy branches launch the most beatiful layers of little windows to the sky. © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Layered Daily…

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Nature, Photo Essay DailyPrompt, PhotoChallenge, Spring
group of Filipino kids sitting on a little bridge

What You Don’t See

by Melinda J. Irvine9 July 20179 July 20177 Comments

Photographing the top of sugar cane you can't see a group of kids following me along the hot road running back to a little bridge when I turn around. You don't see a man under that sun waving in delight…

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Culture, Free Verse, Poetry DailyPrompt, Free Verse, PhotoChallenge, Poetry
out of focus shot of an old lady handwashing

Where Will I Focus?

by Melinda J. Irvine19 June 201720 June 20175 Comments

the whole is greater than the sum of its parts who I am is not a broken total I am the whole © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Total Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus I'm part of Post A Day…

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Photo Essay, Poetry, Prose Poetry DailyPrompt, PhotoChallenge, Poetry, Prose Poetry
stack of think spined books

ENFP = Messy

by Melinda J. Irvine19 June 201718 June 20173 Comments

I'm an ENFP (that's Myers-Briggs talk) and basically that means I'm messy. Yep, by nature I'm one of those creative, messy people that has a desk filled with papers and other junk without a hint of filing. These days I'm…

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The Writing Life Artistic Photography, PhotoChallenge, Postaday
papaya blossom and buds

Dogwood Original Photo Challenge (Week 14)

by Melinda J. Irvine18 June 201718 June 20173 Comments

WEEK 14: Landscape (Zoomed in) Most landscapes are wide sweeping images. Try an alternative and zoom in instead. The Dogwood Photo Challenge The Dogwood Photo Challenge is a series of weekly assignments responding to a theme or technique. Participants are…

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Nature, Photo Essay Dogwood52, DogwoodWeek14, PhotoChallenge
Crowds leave the Shrine of Agtalin

How do I say friend in a single photograph?

by Melinda J. Irvine7 June 20176 November 20177 Comments

Attending mass at the Shrine of Agtalin on the first Saturday of the month is a religious tradition practiced by thousands in the Capiz and Iloilo provinces of the Philippines. The Shrine of Agtalin is located in Pilar, Capiz (Philippines).

Culture, Places DailyPrompt, Friendship, PhotoChallenge, Shrine of Agtalin
thick clouds of the islands of gigantes, Estancia Philippines.

Storm

by Melinda J. Irvine25 May 201728 May 20178 Comments

storm's precipice monsoon strikes the mountain evanescent © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine This poem was published in 50 Haikus (Volume 1, Issue 11) a literary journal featuring only Haiku poetry in open form. Daily Post: Precipice Weekly Photo Challenge:Evanescent I'm part…

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Haiku, Photo Essay, Poetry DailyPrompt, Low Tide, PhotoChallenge, Postaday, Storms

Wretched Heritage

by Melinda J. Irvine20 May 201720 May 20175 Comments

i am living a tradition my eyes pieces of tin, metal scraps for hands feet (torn nails) just look at my toes! but don't get too close you don't want to see all i've got © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Weekly…

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Free Verse, Photo Essay, Poetry Free Verse, PhotoChallenge, Poetry, Postaday, Poverty

Early

by Melinda J. Irvine19 May 20178 Comments

light passing torn clouds palm leaf rags tattered hut poverty a man into rice fields out the window of the bus © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Photo Challenge: Reflecting

Free Verse, Poetry Free Verse, PhotoChallenge, Poetry, Postaday

A Beginning

by Melinda J. Irvine27 February 201714 September 20197 Comments

each thing has a core a tiny centre somewhere to begin and bind © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: A Good Match

Little Poems, Nature, Photo Essay, Poetry Green, Leaves, PhotoChallenge, Poetry

Hands

by Melinda J. Irvine26 February 2017

shadowing me, hands speaking me, take a green line standing me, black sun © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Shadow

Little Poems, Nature, Photo Essay PhotoChallenge, Poetry, Shadow

Solitude

by Melinda J. Irvine11 February 201711 February 20172 Comments

© 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Solitude

Nature, Photo Essay Leaves, PhotoChallenge, Postaday

Repurposed, Reused, Recycled

by Melinda J. Irvine4 February 201725 October 20185 Comments

One thing that delights me about the Philippines is it's dedication to repurposing, recycling and reusing everything. Filipinos are the most industrious people I have yet met when it comes to knocking something useful together at a pinch and for…

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Culture, Photo Essay PhotoChallenge, Postaday

In the Garden

by Melinda J. Irvine28 January 201714 September 20191 Comment

Gently leaf sway soft to the morning in your Grace © 2017 Melinda Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Graceful

Haiku, Little Poems, Poetry Haiku, PhotoChallenge, Poetry

Ambience

by Melinda J. Irvine20 January 20174 Comments

Tuesday was my last afternoon in Australia for possibly a year or more and the sun's golden ambience lit every tiny detail. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Ambience

Nature, Photo Essay Beaches, PhotoChallenge, Postaday, Sunset

Nambucca Valley

by Melinda J. Irvine10 January 2017

© 2017 Melinda Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Names

Photo Essay Fireplace, PhotoChallenge

She Will Remain

by Melinda J. Irvine6 January 201715 February 2017

She lies behind you another century, back turned she will remain. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Resilient

Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu bush cemetary, PhotoChallenge, Poetry, Senryu

The Path of 2016

by Melinda J. Irvine31 December 20166 January 2017

In many ways this little beetle represents my path during 2016. I felt trapped and surrounded by adversity, not just falling but ready to jump. I found it really, really difficult to see the beauty around me. I'm glad I made…

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Nature, Photo Essay PhotoChallenge, Rainforest

Anticipation

by Melinda J. Irvine22 December 20166 January 2017

© 2016 Melinda Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Anticipation

Photo Essay Beaches, PhotoChallenge

New Horizon

by Melinda J. Irvine11 December 201615 February 20171 Comment

"I will come back here, new horizons, wildflowers and rest call me." As I promise to my cousin I do wonder though ... ... will I come back here? © 2016 Melinda Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: New Horizon

Free Verse, Nature, Poetry PhotoChallenge, Poetry

Things That Relax

by Melinda J. Irvine7 December 201615 February 20172 Comments

Bare feet wanderings. Wet earth. Leafy ground garden. Last rain's gentle drops. © Melinda Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Relax

Haiku, Little Poems, Nature, Poetry Haiku, PhotoChallenge, Poetry

It’s not this time of year without …

by Melinda J. Irvine2 December 20163 December 20163 Comments

Driving along with my mother in tow this morning, I was looking for photographs for this week's photo challenge when I suddenly realised ... It’s Not This Time of Year Without… a sign on the main road advertising prawns. A big U-turn later,…

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Art, Photo Essay Christmas, PhotoChallenge, Street Art

The Magic of Ebor Daisies

by Melinda J. Irvine30 November 201627 February 20182 Comments

Tired driving hands turn the wheel exploring white roadside flowers. Calm is their magic and, soothed by their spring arrival, those same hands return. © 2016 Melinda Irvine  

Free Verse, Nature, Poetry Free Verse, PhotoChallenge, Poetry

It’s gone: Tiny and Sandra B. parted

by Melinda J. Irvine18 November 201618 November 20165 Comments

Fans were left outraged late Friday afternoon, as Sandra B. escaped her sometime boyfriend and anti-sawmilling activist Tiny Timberlake, with little more than her poise. © 2016 Melinda Irvine

Photo Essay, Poetry, Prose Poetry barbie, PhotoChallenge, tiny

Chaos

by Melinda J. Irvine18 November 201615 February 2017

Chaos hides out in tight coloured places.  Outside, ordered car parked rows. © Melinda Irvine

Little Poems, Photo Essay, Poetry chaos, PhotoChallenge, Poetry

Transmogrify

by Melinda J. Irvine18 November 201615 February 20173 Comments

TRANSMOGRIFY: transform in a surprising or magical way ... Oxford Dictionary of English © Melinda Irvine

Nature, Photo Essay Beaches, PhotoChallenge, Shadows, transmogrify

Lady Goes Out For Water

by Melinda J. Irvine26 October 20162 December 2016

lady out for water stepping to the usual place but the only water she will carry are the tears that stain her face © 2016 Melinda Irvine A different take on the wordpress weekly photo challenge: H20

Art, Photo Essay, Poetry, Verse Murals, PhotoChallenge, Poetry

Shine

by Melinda J. Irvine24 October 201615 February 20175 Comments

the #shine on the floor pulls me away from the down and up into light ... © 2016 Melinda Irvine © 2016 melinda irvine

Little Poems, Photo Essay, Poetry PhotoChallenge, Poetry, shine

Nostalgia

by Melinda J. Irvine19 October 201615 February 20173 Comments

nostalgia sits inside two pot plants and home mother's gardened hands © 2016 Melinda Irvine

Family, Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu nostalgia, PhotoChallenge, Poetry, Senryu
theme: quest for the wordpress weekly photo challenge

Quest

by Melinda J. Irvine18 October 201617 April 20174 Comments

© 2016 Melinda Irvine Wandering the busy roadside, I'd escaped the monsoon rains and found a little piece of solitude for the first time in days and days and days. A few uninteruppted moments where I could take some photos for…

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Nature Afternoons, PhotoChallenge, Quest

Edge

by Melinda J. Irvine17 October 201615 February 2017

here i am inside the edges. strangely finding symmetry once more. © 2016 Melinda Irvine

Art, Little Poems, Poetry edge, PhotoChallenge, Poetry

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Mirror

by Melinda J. Irvine23 September 201629 October 20173 Comments

Muddy in a city puddle I saw myself © 2016 Melinda Irvine Photos taken in Iloilo City for the Weekly Photo Challenge (Mirror).

Little Poems, Photo Essay, Poetry, Senryu mirrors, PhotoChallenge, Poetry, Senryu

Frame of a Little Boy

by Melinda J. Irvine1 September 201615 February 20172 Comments

delighted little boy frames happiness wanting to sleep in those gloves © 2016 Melinda Irvine

Finding Jerry, Little Poems, Photo Essay, Poetry Finding Jerry, frame, PhotoChallenge, Poetry
To engage fully in the work of art, all you really need are the skills you already have. ERIC BOOTH.

About Mel.

Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, designer, and musician living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a professional writer is used to support Jerry’s recovery — plus help other marginalised kids see their own potential

neXtDRAFT zine # 68.

neXtDRAFT 68. February 2020

Community Giving.

When I'm not writing, designing or playing music, I'm actively building an online learning centre for the kids of Botongon (Philippines). If you'd like to help out, please make a donation via PAYPAL. You'll get a proper tax receipt and regular project updates. More info.
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