The shortest distance between two points may be a straight line – or a line segment if you’re a mathematician – but curves are often more interesting. We did a recent travel theme on Leading Lines, and I’ve been staring at the leading lines of Interstate Highways for the last three weeks on my road trip across America, so here are a few curves to shake things up.
Croton Dam in New York state was an unexpected surprise which I happened upon last June. I had only seen it from the base of the structure, but when I paid a second visit to it just before leaving New York, I walked along the bridge at the top of the dam. The reservoir was smooth as glass and filled to the brim with water, which was tipping over the spillway and tumbling down the stone tiers in a blaze of white.
During a visit to Washington DC I visited the US Botanic Gardens. Tucked away in the corner of the conservatory lay a little terrarium, bursting with greenery and reflecting the towering conservatory windows.
Driving through the Badlands, surrounded by huge outcrops of shaggy, ragged, tattered rocks, I spied a solitary hill along the highway, flaunting its perfect curves.
Are you ready to show off your curves? If you would like to join in this week’s travel theme, create your own post titled Travel Theme: Curves and put a link to this page in your post so others can find it. Check back in next Friday for a new weekly travel theme.
Throw me a curve ball!
xxx Ailsa
Where's my backpack? 
Love the terrarium! And thanks for a great theme to get me started. Here’s my curvy Portugal: http://wp.me/pWYDB-Dz
Brilliant, Julie, each one got curvier and more wonderful as I scrolled down – and then those sausages made me squeal with laughter.
Thanks, Ailsa. I’m looking forward to finding different textures for this week’s great theme. Keep ’em coming!
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Here is my entry for this week!! I hope everyone ENJOYS!
http://ceeslifephotographyblog.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/wheres-my-backpacks-travel-theme-curves/
Wow, Cee, so many wonderful curves I can’t choose a favourite. And every single one of them taken in Oregon, spectacular!
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Here is my entry for this week: Around the Bend. http://wp.me/p1tzBV-1Ei
Aha, I’m very glad you saved these shots for the Curves challenge, Anne. Lovely. You know how much I love a good train ride! 😉
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Lovely, strawberryindigo, a wonderful sweeping curve at The Grotto and I love the curvy brickwork too! xxx Ailsa
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Here are my curves Ailsa. Enjoy 😉 http://travellersoul76.com/2012/09/04/travel-theme-curves/
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Wonderful examples! Here’s my contribution from the US Open:
http://50yearproject.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/travel-theme-curves/
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I’m late, I’m late…
Carly Simon will do a song about me. Pro-cras-tin-a-tion…
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Ailsa your photo of the Croton Dam is just so beautful. Here is my interpretative photo on curves. http://lynneayersbeyondthebrush.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/travel-theme-curves/
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Nice curves Ailsa, I have some too: http://rainbowbakery.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/travel-theme-curves/
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Fabulous images Ailsa. Here’s my offering:
Better late than never 🙂 Here’s my entry, the curves in Hagia Sophia http://autumninbruges.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/hagia-sophia-aka-holy-wisdom/
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After much wear and tear on my brain, and creating this post at least 15 times, Word Press finally let me post it. So. Photos. Here. http://wp.me/p2qhWU-gF
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m joining with fireworks photos – http://mywordwall.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/travel-theme-fireworks-curves/
dunno how i missed this one and here’s my submission [almost a week late]
beautiful theme and unbeatable pics, Alisa. For fear of running late to submit my pics for this week’s travel theme, I became a little selfish and posted my pic first and am back to comment on yours. forgive me 🙂
Every time I know there’s a new travel theme, i wonder if I can contribute and so far it’s been amazing to discover what makes me *click* are fitting enough.
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good topic!
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Travel Theme: Curves I’ve always loved archways. http://designhouse9.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/an-arch-and-a-courtyard/
Wonderful photos, Ailsa! I love all three of them. Just found your site the other day and am happy to be following you. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your posts.
Hurray, Kate, so glad you found the travel themes and joined in. Welcome aboard the adventure 🙂
Thanks Kate, so glad you found my site and stopped by to comment. Looking forward to sharing future travel tales! 🙂
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Ohhhhh, my poor soul is yelling at me…. Silly silly me to have missed this……. 😦
I just LOVE these kind of images that you have in your themes!
Gonna go and open my Lightroom library now…. 😉
THANK you Ailsa!
Ahh, so glad you found the weekly travel themes, LightHouseBlues – don’t you worry, there are plenty more themes to come! xxx Ailsa
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