20/20 Photo Challenge : April Lines #3

In Jude’s Photo Challenge. This month the theme is “lines”. Here is what Jude has to say about lines…

Lines are everywhere in our world. Just look around you. Seek them out to add visual impact to your photographs. There are lines within nature which can be straight or curved and man-made lines are everywhere in buildings and roads and even cars. Even a human arm is a line. (Go here for more information on the use of lines)

This week’s assignment – Converging lines. These convey a sense of depth and distance, try to have something of interest at the point where they appear to meet. Or position them on the diagonal to infer motion.

I knew exactly what photo I would use for this assignment. It was one I took when we were in gypsy mode, wandering around Australia. I find it almost impossible to realise that was 10 years ago. But that photo is hidden away in the archives of our one year trip in 2010, along with thousands of others. I could remember the photo, but not were it was taken…

So last night I spent 2 hours on the search. What a lot of memories. And I found many more photos that fit into this assignment. But not THE one. So then I went on to the 6 month trip in 2011 we did to Darwin. Then another 6 months trip in 2012 to Cooktown.

Finally I found it.I remember being terrified that the outback train would come roaring through as Jack said “you need a point of interest”, and then casually strolled along the line…

This was another memorable time when we drove across the Nullabor Plains. It took us 5 days, passing through three time zones. The longest stretch of dead straight road – 1675 kilometres – anywhere in the world… straight across the Nullarbor Plain Quite scary when the huge road-trains roared past, some had as many as 3 trailers.This is the Snowy Mountain hydro station and it was of particular interest to Jack as he worked on the construction of it as a crane operator. That was many years ago.Tunnels are perfect examples of converging lines.Now for something different. This is the Brisbane art gallery and I found the setting as interesting as the paintings. What a job it would have been getting all those lines straight.Finally I have added this one. It is Tyalgum, a small, rustic village about 45 minute drive from home. Where we had our art retreat last July. We are booked (and paid for) another watercolour art retreat this July. Thank goodness it wasn’t this month. I do so hope that things are getting back to “new normal” by then

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This week Jude has shown us some beautiful converging lines in roads around different countries. Take alook here.