Imagine an alternative reality where the world’s resources are multiplying, warm-hearted people are in power, and questions get answered.
Or, to be more realistic, an alternative reality where your favorite color was orange instead of pastel pink and your hair style just slightly different. You’d have named your blog that other option you thought of and had struck up a conversation with the lady at the bus stop that you ignored earlier today.
It’s not necessarily a better version of things, just a different one, composed of the choices we didn’t make. And there are so many new choices we make every moment, starting right now.
Let’s have fun with this train of thought and explore it for this week’s Friendly Friday Photo Challenge, themed Alternative Version.
I leave you with an alternative version of the Friendly Friday logo, designed at the same time as the familiar green one you’d normally see here, and a collage of photos from which I was unable to choose the best version, so I chose them all.
I hope you join in – can’t wait to see your entry!
How to participate in the challenge:
- Create a post responding to the theme
- Link that post to this one with a pingback
- Add a comment at the end of this post, introducing your take on the theme
- Check out some of the other entries!
- There is no deadline
Optional:
- You’re welcome to use our logo if you want
- Tag the post Friendly Friday in WordPress so it can easily be found
Next week, have a look at Amanda’s blog for the next theme.
Happy Friday!
What an interesting theme Snow. We should see some fantastic entries with this theme.
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Thanks Amanda! I hope it’s not too difficult, but it’s a ”challenge” after all! 😊
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Indeed
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Wow that’s a theme which kicks ass!!! I might not have enough time today to play along but it is certainly inspiring! Well done!
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Thanks Véro! It’s a theme I always love pondering about 😊 Plus, it gave me an opportunity to use the logo that didn’t get chosen for the job!
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I love this theme so much. I love thinking about it, about everything I could write about or show, and then changing my mind at the last minute. Such fun! 😀 I wrote a mini story once in which I described ten or so parallel lives that I could be living in this moment. I could post that but it was a bit… hmmm… raunchy. 😀 😀 I know New Zealand was mentioned, Stockholm, and Cornwall too. But Tuscany won. See if I complain. 😀
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Looking forward to your entry, Manja – would love to have it with words! 🙂
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Well, this is a good theme. I remember an old sci-fi story called ‘What If’ (or something like that) where a person had a machine that could tell you what would have happened if some, often small event in your life had gone differently. Needless to say,the alternative version didn’t always turn out well. I’ve always found this a fascinating topic because we make choices constantly and who knows what would have happened if any one of those choices had been different.
For my offering, I’ve gone with the same topic as last week, not an alternative: https://grahamsisland.com/2019/10/04/surfing/.
I like all the photos, which is the other thing on this topic. None are wrong or right. Often it’s just what you like best in the moment.
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Your comment reminds me of the sliding doors movie, Graham!!
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I haven’t seen that movie, but I can see the connection. Maybe I’ll have to watch it now.
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I haven’t seen it either but I’ve never managed to find it anywhere… not a fan of Paltrow but the idea seems interesting
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I’m not Paltrow fan either, but if I find this, I might give it a pop.
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If you find it, let me know where! 😊
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Will do.
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It is quite good, especially if you’re a Gwenyth Paltrow fan?
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Yes, not making a choice is a sort of choice, too 🙂 Thanks Graham for your entry, I think I’ll have some time to look at the entries tomorrow or Monday (we all have a cold right now, keeping me busy). Enjoy your weekend 🙂
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Not making a choice is definitely a choice, choosing to put the decision into the random hands of fate. I hope you and the family are getting over your colds.
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When I read this week’s challenge I knew I had a photo for it but not sure about what a pingback is I hesitated. So, assuming a pingback is the same as just a link to another web address, here’s my entry.
https://d7100itscomplicated.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/friendly-friday-photo-challenge-alternative-version/
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I’m happy you left your link, just perfect 🙂 Thanks very much for joining in! I’ll do an entry peeking round soon, looking forward to seeing your photo!
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For another challenge, I played around with back lighting. And now I can’t stop it – little details that are otherwise lost, stand out, single structures end up with a halo, or the colours change dramatically (I would never go out without sunglasses if that were our reality). Anyway, here is an almost yellow brick road: https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/living-in-heightened-technicolor/
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Sounds perfect for the challenge – an alternative reality where we all need shades or we’ll melt like vampires!! 😀
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😀
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Here’s my alternative version:
https://davidmsphotoblog.com/2019/10/04/friendly-friday-alternative-version/
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Thank you David very much for participating! 🙂
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Interesting theme. There are so many ways to go… 🙂
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Choices, alternatives… many ways to go, yes indeed! 🙂
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Another interesting thread !
I dunno if my interpretation can be opt for this subject but I hope so…:-)
Thanks Snow for adding excitement to our rainy weekend.
happy weekend!
Here’s my take :
https://justbluedutch.wordpress.com/2019/10/05/friendly-friday-alternative-version/
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Thanks darling! 😀 I’m thrilled to have you along! I do hope you’re having a fun weekend? We all have a bit of a cold here, runny noses and coughing… not the best weekend but it’s a part of autumn over here, catching a cold!
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That was a challenge! So many different interpretations of it too
My take: https://photographias.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/friendly-friday-alternative-version/
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Happy that you accepted the challenge!! 😀
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Here’s an alternate reality in which I live in Serengeti plains: https://blackbodyblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/flatland/
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I’d like to live there too – and whoops, now I do! In my alternative reality things happen quite fast 😀
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🙂
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Oh, you gave us a creative task this week. I’m loving it. And I’m finally done. As for your other logo – I wouldn’t even realise that it was not the same. I’d like that one too, but now that I look both of them side by side, I much prefer the one that you decided to use. Here is my alternative Friendly Friday:
https://mexcessive.photo.blog/2019/10/07/alternative-friendly-friday/
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Thanks Manja, I was just wondering whether you’d forgotten to do a post or whether I’d lost your link! 😀 Perfect timing 😉
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Such an interesting topic, Snow! I loved reading your post:) Here’s my entry-https://acacophonouslife.com/2019/10/08/friendly-friday-photo-challenge-alternative-version/
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Thanks Moon, can’t wait to see it!
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