#exploretheelements – travel photoblogging challenge
We’ve just received a nomination for a rather fun challenge/competition (#ExploretheElements) from MiaMusings – so thank you for tagging us.
The idea is to publish 4 photos that represent each of the elements: earth, water, fire and air. Here are our interpretations 🙂
1/ Earth – represents the hard, solid objects of the earth. Associated with stubbornness, collectiveness, physicality and gravity.
2/ Water – represents the fluid, flowing, formless things in the world. Associated with emotion, defensiveness, adaptability, flexibility, suppleness and magnetism.
3/ Fire – represents the energetic, forceful, moving things in the world. Associated with security, motivation, desire, intention and an outgoing spirit.
4/ Air – represents things that grow, expand and enjoy freedom of movement. Associated with will, elusiveness, evasiveness, benevolence, compassion and wisdom.
And before we sign off, we need to nominate some people to get involved. Here are 5 blogger pals whose work we thoroughly enjoy (apologies if you have already been nominated or are not interested in participating).
Please leave us your comments.
wise monkeys abroad 
March 21, 2015 at 4:55 am
Love your photos especially the cute little snail! Unfortunately I didn’t get time to do my own entry before the competition closed but thank you so much for the nomination anyway 🙂
March 21, 2015 at 9:05 am
Thanks Ayla! No problem about the nomination, we weren’t too fussed on the competition side ourselves, we just had an awesome time choosing photos. Kind of similar to the food menu one…. 🙂 Just fun to look back and share photos we might never get a chance to.
March 18, 2015 at 8:03 am
Yeah, you did! As well as the snail, I like the toasty warm colours of ‘fire’. 🙂
March 18, 2015 at 8:07 am
Awww…. thank you! So lovely for you to say so 🙂
March 17, 2015 at 5:43 am
All beautiful….especially Earth & Air. Good luck! 🙂
March 17, 2015 at 3:30 pm
Thanks!! We love the snail pic too 🙂
March 16, 2015 at 8:36 am
I think your representation of earth is one of the best I’ve seen. 🙂 It’s so unique and refreshing! I just completed this challenge, and it was such fun putting it together. 🙂
March 16, 2015 at 8:44 am
Wow Ami – thank you so very much for your generous compliment 🙂 We are so flattered to hear you loved the earth one. It was definitely fun choosing photos, huh??
We will duck on over and check out yours now too!
March 16, 2015 at 7:47 am
I love your entries especially the one of Earth, so well chosen to the theme, good luck to you and your entries!
March 16, 2015 at 8:45 am
Thanks Noel for your supportive comment – it was certainly a fun challenge to be involved in 🙂
March 15, 2015 at 4:14 am
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March 14, 2015 at 11:31 pm
Wow !! I loved the first picture – its absolutely fantastic!!
March 16, 2015 at 8:49 am
Thank you so very much. It was fun getting down on the ground and meeting the snail eye to eye 🙂
March 16, 2015 at 8:52 am
Hahaha I can imagine, I believe even the snail is winking 😉 You’ve given me some inspiration, not to mention courage to go any try out taking pictures of creepy crawlies 🙂
March 16, 2015 at 9:02 am
Good luck! It’s a lot of fun 🙂 We certainly got up close to a few others… a grasshopper… eye-to-eye and caterpillars! It’s in our Camino Photo Essay if you are looking for more creepy crawly inspiration, check it out here.
March 14, 2015 at 12:45 am
i love the first picture ! I’ve seen so many great entries for this challenge, it’s going to be difficult for them to pick up a winner !! 😉
March 14, 2015 at 8:24 am
Thank you 🙂 – Yes there certainly have been some wonderful entries! This was a really fun challenge… prizes or not, we just love the idea of photo challenge!
March 13, 2015 at 11:11 pm
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March 13, 2015 at 11:06 pm
Heeey guys thank you so much for nominating me 😀
I loooved your photos, especially the fire one, breathtaking! Not fair to compete with you… but I will try 😀
Have a lovely weekend!
March 14, 2015 at 8:25 am
Hey Allane, Thanks so much for your kind words… but there is no competing 🙂 This is all in the name of fun! Plus, we are positive your photos will be incredible… actually, heading over to your blog RIGHT now to check out your photos!
Wishing you a wonderful weekend.
March 17, 2015 at 2:02 am
hahaha thank you guys ❤ You are right, its for the fun, and it was actually very fun to take part on the challenge! I wish you both an amazing week!!
March 12, 2015 at 6:30 pm
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March 12, 2015 at 12:05 pm
I love the snail too, though I do love those fabulous pink flamingos. It’s so fun to see how different bloggers interpret and select these photos!
March 12, 2015 at 9:14 pm
Hi Heather! So glad to hear you like the snail picture… we had to definitely down low to get that one 🙂
March 11, 2015 at 12:52 pm
I really like the snail. It’s like its eyes are looking right into the camera!
March 11, 2015 at 10:06 pm
Yeah, it does look like that 🙂 We got down low to snap him!!
March 10, 2015 at 11:26 pm
I just took part in this challenge myself yesterday – wasn’t it great fun just trying to find pictures to fit each category? Love your photos especially that one you’ve selected for air!
March 11, 2015 at 10:05 pm
Loved your post about it 🙂 We agree totally with you about the prize or not – it’s fun to dig up the old pictures and interpret them slightly differently!!
March 10, 2015 at 10:32 pm
I love this collection. My favourite is the water photo, such serenity but with that small ripple as well. Gorgeous. Thanks for the nomination. I’ll give it some thought.
March 11, 2015 at 10:04 pm
Thank you kindly! And delighted to hear that you will take part. It’s just a little fun…
March 10, 2015 at 6:49 pm
Awesome pictures 🙂
March 11, 2015 at 10:04 pm
Thank you!!
March 10, 2015 at 5:48 pm
Awesome photos and thanks for the nomination, I’ll dig up some photos and post on Thursday 😉 The photo with the snail is my favorite, I love it! 😀
March 11, 2015 at 10:04 pm
Thanks Vlad – glad you will be taking part 🙂 It’s good fun to get involved with these type of things.
March 10, 2015 at 4:25 pm
Thanks for accepting the challenge!! Your snail picture is so amazing….loved it!
March 11, 2015 at 10:02 pm
Thank you for tagging us 🙂 It was a very fun challenge to participate in.
March 12, 2015 at 1:56 am
Glad you enjoyed it!
March 10, 2015 at 1:41 pm
Great idea! I’ll see if I can come up with something from my files. I’m at work (offshore) so can’t take any pictures from here.
I love the snail too. 🙂
March 11, 2015 at 10:02 pm
Thanks Jill 🙂 It’s just a fun thing for us to participate in. Prize or no prize… we were thrilled to have been able to share our photos!
March 10, 2015 at 10:38 am
Great idea! I like the flamingo picture, they are such awesome birds and a colourful representation of air!
March 10, 2015 at 1:01 pm
You should participate – it’s a little fun and different 🙂
March 10, 2015 at 10:01 am
Cool entries! I’ll see if I participate later this week, thanks for the tag! I also followed some new great blogs from your tags.
March 10, 2015 at 1:01 pm
Hey Mani – Glad you followed some of the other blogs. They are a great bunch of people 🙂
March 10, 2015 at 8:57 am
I love that snail photo! nailed it!
March 10, 2015 at 9:03 am
Thanks Joe 🙂 Appreciate your comment!