Bright and colourful photos can be show stoppers, but sometimes the palest of photographs can capture the imagination. Right now it is cherry blossom season in Seattle and the city is awash with pale pink blooms.
So I had a look through some of my files for other light, pastel-tinged photographs and here’s what I came up with.
Sea and sky glimmer delicate blue on the shores of Hawaii:
Dawn burns the palest of pinks through the windows of Amtrak’s Empire Builder cross-country train:
Dublin’s Four Courts buildings reflect faintly yellow in the River Liffey:
Fluffy stalks of sugarcane drift before hazy Guatemalan mountains:
Are you feeling faint yet? If you would like to join in this week’s travel theme (everyone’s welcome!) here’s what to do:
- Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Pale
- Include a link to this page in your post so others can find it too
- Get your post in by next Thursday, as the new travel theme comes out on Friday
- Don’t forget to subscribe to keep up to date on the latest weekly travel themes. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS.
I’m looking forward to your hushed tones and softest hues!
xxx Ailsa
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NIce to see some subtle colour after the brighness of the ‘other’ challenge!
I thought it was time to change things up a bit 🙂
Lovely! Gonna make this my inaugural participation theme, I think! Looking forward to following along and will add mine soon 🙂
Excellent, welcome to the travel theme party 🙂
I also love the pale blossoms we see in the Pacific Northwest this time of year! I’m looking at whole lot of them out my window right now.
They’re stunning, aren’t they, Margaret? 🙂
now I’m pulling all my washed ones…..
Looking forward to your post, Mrs C 🙂
Here you go….. a wonderful antidote to my previous. Thank you.
http://mrscarmichael.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/travel-theme-pale/
These are gorgeous, Kapiti Island looks heavenly! 🙂
come with me next time. it’s a bird sanctuary that one has to book to go out to and climb. I used to have a holiday home that looked out onto it – magical.
Oh it sounds wonderful, you’re on, Mrs C, if I’m out your way we’re making a trip! 🙂
Well I’m not that way either – so a bit of notice would be great 😀
Haha, done! 🙂
My hometown…good for the web-footed ones. I have so many flower and fauna photos, but Costa Rica is not so subtle. Bright, bright, and more bright. I’ll look around. Love these shots.
On my Way…
Ooh, Costa Rica, how lovely! Looking forward to your post 🙂
I’m checking. It’s the dry season here. All is dead except for the cactus. Looking…hoping.
On my Way…
I love cherry blossoms! Great shots. The cherries look great on your header!
Ours today is colorful and pale at the same time 🙂 The yellow of the walls is old faded tattoo drawings!
http://brokenlightcollective.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/colorful-tattoo-parlor/
I love the faded look of that top photo 🙂
I love the gorgeous morning light and the blossoms as well. Great pictures. 🙂
Thanks minqan, hope you join in this week’s challenge.
I really enjoyed your lovely collection of pictures! This makes me want to take even more pictures of our magnolia that is blooming right now…
Blessings ~ Wendy
Get snapping, Wendy, and join in this week’s challenge 🙂
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What a coincidence, I’ve just changed the skin of my blog into this kind of pale colors…
So finding a suitable entry shouldn’t be that hard for me either, I guess. See what I can come up with after this weekend…
Be sure to enjoy yours Ailsa!
Have a great weekend yourself, Dauw 🙂
Thanks Ailsa,
As spring finally tries to start here too, I made a second aquarel to end with this week.
Here you are,
http://dauwgrafics.blogspot.be/2013/04/totus-floreo.html
hope you ‘ll like it.
those first two photos are soothing and stunning. your theme compliments the one for wordpress!
Oh I just had a look at the wp theme, how funny, every so often we seem to synch up somehow 🙂
These photos are relaxing and so gorgeous, Ailsa. Great inspiration.
Thanks Jennifer, I’m looking forward to seeing your post! 🙂
No promises, but I will have a look thru!
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I prefer pale to strident, Ailsa, and you really can’t go past cherry blossom. It’s not out here yet, but trying hard.
They’re bursting out everywhere here, Jo, it’s like walking through streets of fluffy pink marshmallow! I love it. 🙂
Ohh, I can’t wait!
Pale http://wtofly.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/159/
That tiny Eiffel Tower is very cute! Where was the photo of the building taken? xxx
It was taken in Cairo, Egypt, in the Citadel Salah El Din site. The tiny Eiffel Tower keyring is a gift brought by a friend from her travel to Paris 🙂
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How lovely, Rosemarie, the San Juans are spectacular, aren’t they? xxx
Yes, I wish I could relocate there.
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The blossoms are so beautiful!
Springtime just makes me happy 🙂
Me too – especially after a long and cold winter.
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My favorite photo is stalks of sugarcane – I just love it! Here is my entry for this weeks travel theme: http://aniaarcher.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/travel-theme-pale/
Oh what gorgeous shots, Ania, those grasses against that blue wall are fantastic. xxx
thanks so much
Nice work! I love pale but also thrive and dream in color! Love your Hawaiian picture- so subtle!
Thanks Kathryn – I thought it would be a nice contrast to the vivid shots of the Holi festival 🙂
It was indeed !! Thank YOU!
Wow! Awesome photos Ailsa! 🙂
Thanks – most of the credit should go to Mother Nature 😉
Thought I would join in the fun as I was just in Hawaii-
http://vastlycurious.com/?attachment_id=1637
Oh how gorgeous, Kathryn, everything looks better in Hawaii! 🙂
Love the pinky shots and the sugarcane.
Oh Alisha, the early sun is my absolute favorite!
I was so excited to get that shot, D. I’m not the best at getting up for the dawn, but I was on an overnight train so got to see the sun rise as we sped along the tracks! 🙂
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Beautiful hues. I’m hearing strains of Procul Harum’s ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ as I study your shots. The cherry blossoms are spectacular and I didn’t realize Seattle was known for them.
They’re everywhere in Seattle right now, the whole city looks like a fluffy pink tutu, I’m in heaven, Patricia. 🙂
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The Cherry Blossoms are beautiful! It must be wonderful to stand beneath them. Here is mine. http://pamtanzey.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/wheres-my-backpack-travel-theme-pale/
Oh my goodness, Pam, Ibn is such a beauty. Give him a hug from me – and watch your fingers! Yes, those cherry blossoms are such a joy, they’re bursting out everywhere right now 🙂
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Love the gorgeous cherry blossoms. Here is my entry:
http://shaanthz.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/travel-theme-pale/
Oh wow, the colour of those Astilbe at the bottom is marvellous, they almost glow. Really beautiful. 🙂
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Such a lovely theme–I can’t wait for our cherry blossoms to finally burst open. Meanwhile, here’s my contribution. It had to be about my garden: http://transplantedtatar.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/travel-theme-pale/
Oh my goodness, how perfectly delicate, that first white bud is wonderful, I’ve never seen that little flower before, what a treat. xxx
Thank you! I found this plant at a native plants sale in my area–it really is lovely and a perfect fit for a shaded, woody spot.
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Those blossoms are amazing, Ailsa!
And here’ s my entry for the theme: http://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/travel-theme-pale/
Hi Ese, those cherry blossoms make me very happy, it’s so beautiful walking around right now. I love your post, wonderful photos, that top one of Portugal is splendid with all those masts and that wonderful texture in the foreground.
Pale is beautiful. Stunning photographs Alisa.
Thanks Indira, I’ve been taking a lot of brightly-coloured photos recently, so it was a real treat to revel in pastels for a change. 🙂
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Here is my pale sunrise photos- http://amaltaas.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/travel-theme-pale/
Oh what gorgeous colours, Indira. I’m intrigued, what is that pole in the bottom photo? It looks almost like a maypole.
Thanks Alisa , for giving me the chance to post original pictures, I was just going to do some editing and saw your challenge. Its a light post dear.
Wow, that’s one cool light post 🙂
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Beautiful blossoms. And love how these week’s theme pairs so nicely with the WordPress weekly challenge (color). Here is my entry: http://empressnasigoreng.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/travel-theme-pale/
I meant Cee’s challenge – not wordpress!
Wow, that is the palest sunset I’ve ever seen, how absolutely gorgeous. WordPress’s theme this week is colour too, we’re all on the same page 🙂
You’re right. It was the wordpress one. I was just getting horribly confused!
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Very good choice after the WordPress one – complimentary and soothing! Your photos are so beautiful, and my eyes could rest on them for hours without tiring. Serenity and fine lines. Most enjoyable. I’ll see what I can come up with…
There’s something about paler colours that draws the eye, I love how relaxing they are – glad you enjoyed them and looking forward to your post. xxx
those cherry blossoms are just gorgeous! ^^
And they smell heavenly, kz, Seattle is just so beautiful right now. I love the springtime. 🙂
The cherry blossoms are gorgeous. I haven’t been to Seattle yet and now I know what time of year to visit.
Definitely a great time to visit, Debbie, it’s so pretty here right now I have a permanent smile on my face. 🙂
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Hi Ailsa. Here are some pale subjects: http://wp.me/p16tta-oP
That is an amazing photo, Stefano, beautiful and sort of creepy at the same time, especially those huge dead eyes. A mesmerizing shot, really great capture. xxx
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I love your photos – really so beautiful! Here is my version of pale: http://thephotoseye.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/travel-theme-pale/
These are gorgeous, the flamingo and the poppy are my favourites and wow, I love, love, love your header in this post. Wonderful! 🙂
Thanks so much! Sometimes a little too much (or too little) light can make some interesting images.
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Hi Ailsa,
colour, colour, colour… pale…nice… without instagrammery.
regards Peet
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Hi Peet, these are fantastic, and taken in some of my favourite European haunts, how wonderful to see them through your eyes. The Parisian pavement art and the Venetian washing are my absolute favourites, fabulous shots! 🙂