SPIRIT: Weekend Photography Challenge
This weekend your photographic challenge is to take an image with the theme of ‘Spirit‘.
I’ve chosen it because I know many of your are celebrating something spiritual this weekend – but I thought that using the theme of ‘Easter’ might have been a little exclusive for those of you not from the Christian tradition (we’re a diverse lot here at dPS).
Feel free to interpret the theme in any way you wish – it could be something to do with Easter, it could be something to do with your own take on spirituality, it could be about the ‘human spirit’ or it could be something else. As usual – all we ask is that you keep your images family friendly.
Once you’ve taken your “Spirit” image, upload it to your favourite photo sharing site and either share a link to it below or embed it in the comments using the our new tool to do so.
If you tag your photo on Flickr, Twitter or other sites with Tagging tag it as #DPSSPIRIT to help others find it. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.





151 Responses to “SPIRIT: Weekend Photography Challenge” - Add Yours
April 3rd, 2010 at 7:11 am
Hi, here’s my entry to the competition. I think that it fits into the category of ‘Spirit’ because although this retired cruise ship in North Wales has been left to deteriorate, I think there is still a glimpse of the spirit of a by-gone age.
Keep up the great work DPS!
Dave
Tw: @DaveLivesey
April 3rd, 2010 at 7:14 am
Hi and Happy Easter to everyone!
To tell the truth we’ve anticipated the Easter time and the “Spirit” subject a couple of weeks ago.
Here the link to the photo Mystic light
Thank you for all your tips in this interesting blog!
Ester
April 3rd, 2010 at 7:53 am
This might be cheating since it was from Christmas, but I thought I’d share this one.
Barb
April 3rd, 2010 at 8:16 am
This is from the Hill of Crosses in Šiauliai, Lithuania, taken on a very recent trip. It’s a gigantic hill with over 100,000 crosses displayed on it of all different sizes, brought by (mostly) Catholic pilgrims throughout the years.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/85792775@N00/4484708953/
April 3rd, 2010 at 9:07 am
Hi Everyone,
This picture is not so recent, I took it on my last trip to Jalpan Qro, Mexico.
I believe it represents the spirituallity we carry this time of year.
I don’t know if I wrote this right, my english is not so good.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3742811&l=2da241cc6f&id=548323756
April 3rd, 2010 at 9:07 am
Took this photo of my granddaughter while doing a photo shoot of her at a rural life museum.
Here is the link:
http://www.photoshop.com/accounts/765d9aaccdfc41788aa310454970123f/px-assets/9b51abad9f5d479e8dffbd3c11690132
April 3rd, 2010 at 10:56 am
I am celebrating Easter. Happy Easter everyone!
April 3rd, 2010 at 11:11 am
here is an image I took while on a spiritual formation retreat. http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnsantic/4485676636/
April 3rd, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Blessed Easter!
April 3rd, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Blessed Easter!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryan_loh/4482979017/
April 3rd, 2010 at 12:08 pm
When standing under these lights one can’t help but feel touched spiritually…
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2682/4485386404_ae2cb70671_b.jpg
April 3rd, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Praying for friends that moved to another town
April 3rd, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Trying again with the photo this time
April 3rd, 2010 at 1:39 pm
a picture taken from one of the oldest church in the philippines. (Taal Batangas, Philippines)
April 3rd, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Black and white is always a good choice for spiritual photos
April 3rd, 2010 at 3:02 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roliverjvergara/4482601528/
A blessed Easter!
April 3rd, 2010 at 3:03 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roliverjvergara/4482601528/
A blessed Holy Week!
April 3rd, 2010 at 3:05 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roliverjvergara/4482552554/
April 3rd, 2010 at 3:13 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roliverjvergara/4481947443/in/photostream/
April 3rd, 2010 at 3:31 pm
MMmmm easter is alll about the chocolate… oh and time with friends and family of course, did I mention chocolate yet?

My Groomsman travels alot and got back from the states with these peanut butter m&m’s that we cant get here in New Zealand. So we combined chocolate and friends.
I decided to try dissected some and ended up with the above scene.
April 3rd, 2010 at 3:43 pm
a picture taken from one of the oldest church in the philippines. (Taal Batangas, Philippines)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocky_montalbo/4485810422/
April 3rd, 2010 at 3:58 pm
I’ll endevour to take some shots this weekend of Spirit related photos but here are a couple that I’ve taken in the past. I hope you enjoy them and good luck to everyone on taking some great shots over the weekend.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylebailey/4475101117
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylebailey/4381611382
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylebailey/4475098565
Please feel free to leave comments on my Flickr or follow me on @Photo_Rookie or Take visit the Photo Rookie Blog
April 3rd, 2010 at 4:29 pm
A first try…
April 3rd, 2010 at 5:01 pm
For a slightly different take on “Spirit” I give you “Touch”
April 3rd, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Hi All,
Here is a picture I took last week at the Père Lachaise cimetery (Paris) with my new Canon EOS 500
April 3rd, 2010 at 6:15 pm
the spirit of music is found inside a microphone.

April 3rd, 2010 at 8:56 pm
This a panorama that I took at a museum
April 3rd, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Happy Easter to everyone
http://picasaweb.google.pt/lh/photo/lt8BReUGgNuAfiTQFq6AQw?feat=directlink
April 3rd, 2010 at 10:16 pm
I found this on Venice Beach, CA. I think it has a wonderful good will feel for all and a very uplifting quality.
April 3rd, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Happy Easter
http://picasaweb.google.pt/lh/photo/lt8BReUGgNuAfiTQFq6AQw?feat=directlink
April 3rd, 2010 at 10:31 pm
I photographed a bar mitzvah recently in St. Petersburg, Florida –
http://jasoncollinphotography.com/blog/2010/3/20/jakes-bar-mitzvah-at-temple-beth-el-st-petersburg.html
April 3rd, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Taken yesterday [Good Friday] at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
http://www.redbubble.com/people/philgolan/art/4928975-1-belief-and-patience
April 3rd, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Black and white is always a good choice for spiritual.
April 3rd, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Good Friday Shirt
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2736/4483689085_56c94df44c.jpg
April 3rd, 2010 at 11:24 pm
April 3rd, 2010 at 11:25 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottohar/4151003517/in/set-72157622791986207/
April 3rd, 2010 at 11:40 pm
April 3rd, 2010 at 11:43 pm
April 4th, 2010 at 12:07 am
Ryan loh, love the simplicity of your picture.
April 4th, 2010 at 12:10 am
April 4th, 2010 at 12:43 am
My entry into the “Spirit” competition. The image was take at the St Joseph Mission on the Mescalaro Indian Reservation outside Ruidoso, New Mexico.
April 4th, 2010 at 12:46 am
Image taken at St Joseph Catholic Mission on the Mescalaro Indian Reservation outside Ruidoso, NM.
April 4th, 2010 at 1:03 am
The Good Friday Shirt

(sorry I didn’t see the image upload facility before)
April 4th, 2010 at 1:45 am
April 4th, 2010 at 1:56 am
Happy Easter!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vczr15/4487104722/
April 4th, 2010 at 1:56 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vczr15/4487104722/
April 4th, 2010 at 2:53 am
This is my try
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexesseling/4486222587/
April 4th, 2010 at 2:55 am
Versailles France
April 4th, 2010 at 3:22 am
hi:
for the record… i´m not a spiritual person, but i recently had a loss, a magnificent person in my life passed away, she was a very religious and spiritual person so i took this photo thinking of her as a homage.
let me know what you think.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uriel_ramirez/4152776860/
April 4th, 2010 at 3:52 am
Hello from Spain. Here I post a picture I took in Portugal, in a fishemans’ village cemetery, close to the sea
April 4th, 2010 at 3:58 am
this is another try
April 4th, 2010 at 3:58 am
this is another try of mine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexesseling/4486869518/
April 4th, 2010 at 4:01 am
“Winter Meditation”

April 4th, 2010 at 4:08 am
Here is mine.
April 4th, 2010 at 4:41 am
Candle Lights and a Traditional Romanian Easter Egg…
http://hailaplimbare.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/paste_fericit.jpg
April 4th, 2010 at 5:02 am
A view from below the pulpit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ironpath27/4487582810/sizes/m/
April 4th, 2010 at 8:52 am
April 4th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Photo I took while on a walk in Union City.

April 4th, 2010 at 9:53 am
Spirit of spring:

April 4th, 2010 at 10:38 am
April 4th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
April 4th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz158/nolanbona/IMG_8121.jpg
April 4th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosjeff/sets/72157623764239836/detail/
April 4th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
April 4th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
My entry into the “Spirit” challenge taken at the Philadelphia museum of Art.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ktsdz/4488762466/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ktsdz/4488760142/in/photostream/
April 4th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
My first entry

April 4th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Took some photos on my photowalk during Good Friday!
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs456.snc3/26088_378466068433_620203433_3929837_3175422_n.jpg
April 4th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Took some photos on my photowalk during Good Friday!
April 4th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
April 4th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
April 4th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
OK a 2nd attempt.
As an alternate to the orthodox views I give you “Touch”
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/renegade.ego/03042010Live?authkey=Gv1sRgCKDvnorGq4uzsgE#5455796555402176850
April 4th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Blessings for Easter…………………
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sally60/4488538851/
April 4th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
April 4th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
This was taken last week at St Stephen’s Cathedral in Passau.
April 4th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
April 5th, 2010 at 1:24 am
Fairly orthodox here, but was thinking ‘spirit’ when I took this shot.
April 5th, 2010 at 2:21 am
Well, let me see if it possible now to add images.
April 5th, 2010 at 5:38 am
Today at a mountain top.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4490789992_103c5de17d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ggyacob/
April 5th, 2010 at 5:41 am
Today at a mountain top.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ggyacob/
April 5th, 2010 at 6:58 am
This was a great challenge! I’m looking forward to next weekend.

April 5th, 2010 at 10:31 am
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April 5th, 2010 at 10:49 am
An Easter cross at our church. People add flowers to it all day. These girls were looking for the right spot for a flower.
April 5th, 2010 at 10:50 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27872441@N00/4491727150/
April 5th, 2010 at 11:31 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29779206@N05/4490939737/
April 5th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Devotion to Jesus Christ (Laguna, Philippines)

April 5th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4490248179_7d9b7d6a7a.jpg
April 5th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
April 5th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
I always find spirit in the children of my family at Easter.
April 5th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
April 5th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
April 5th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Me getting baptized at Mars Hill Church in Seattle this Sunday
1st ever post on DPS!
#DPSSPIRIT
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildernest/4492060797/
April 5th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
A mosque in Istanbul, Turkey..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47542062@N06/4368848548/
April 5th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
April 5th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
April 5th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
The children had a “literacy day” at school. Maria chose to research and dress up as Joan of Arc – inspired by the spirit to drive the English out of France at the end of the 100 years war (for which she was betrayed by the Belgians to the English and burnt at the stake as a witch, before being declared a saint).
The idea was to portray this young girl (my daughter) as this (also) young girl – she was 12 when she first was called, and 16 when she commanded the French army to victory (and 19 when she was martyred) – in a pose reminiscent of this call of the spirit.
Information: one bare flash behind and to the (camera) left of Maria, one flash into an umbrella (shoot through) to give her face a bit of information and a bounce from below to bring up a little detail in the armour.
This is my favourite, with the flare and the mood of this harsh flash. The others are more conventionally balanced light wise, but don’t have the same atmosphere.
April 5th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/byenseven/4266156795/
April 6th, 2010 at 1:00 am
April 6th, 2010 at 3:49 am
Another attempt at posting as image didn’t show last time… Here’s my entry to the competition. I think that it fits into the category of ‘Spirit’ because although this retired cruise ship in North Wales has been left to deteriorate, I think there is still a glimpse of the spirit of a by-gone age.
April 6th, 2010 at 6:24 am
April 6th, 2010 at 6:24 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vince_nguyen/4494769224/
April 6th, 2010 at 6:24 am
April 6th, 2010 at 9:11 am
April 6th, 2010 at 9:15 am
Holly Friday.

April 6th, 2010 at 10:26 am
Here’s my attempt to capture “Spirit”
April 6th, 2010 at 11:07 am
My attempt at “SPIRIT”
April 6th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
A bit late but here is my take
April 6th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
This is from our easter service…there were several people who wrote their testimony out in a few words on cardboard
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28098143@N07/4496423617/
April 7th, 2010 at 1:04 am
From DPS
Here is the view of the Chariot of God in my native with the backdrop of sunrise. Looks like a Halo for the chariot. Get a very spiritual feeling when I see this photograph.
April 7th, 2010 at 1:09 am
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/laMQTKsjtB50kYAkjJvL7g?feat=directlink
Here is the view of the Chariot of God in my native with the backdrop of sunrise. Looks like a Halo for the chariot. Get a very spiritual feeling when I see this photograph.
Submittting again looks like previous time the photo did not get embed
April 7th, 2010 at 1:18 am
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-8CZuBZXqi4/S7ooRY77fqI/AAAAAAAABW0/h_eF56xzAGc/s144/Chariot.jpg
Trying it again:-(
April 7th, 2010 at 1:37 am
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4496711871_8da235ec96.jpg
Trying to use Flickr now
April 7th, 2010 at 4:23 am
I’m an atheist but I always take a somewhat anthropological approach to the manifestations of faith. This photo was taken during the procession “Enterro do Senhor” (burial of the lord) in Fundão, Portugal.
April 7th, 2010 at 11:18 am
A little late but a passover haggadah book
April 7th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2688/4243602118_8b7197d63d.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2514/4217585455_0dbef2e107.jpg
April 8th, 2010 at 2:49 am
April 8th, 2010 at 2:57 am
This picture was taken on Bogota, Colombia.
Thanks
Vlad
April 8th, 2010 at 2:58 am
Hi,
Here is an other one from Fatima Portugal.
April 8th, 2010 at 3:52 am
April 8th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
http://flickr.com/gp/wildebeesthunter/6wm5Lf
April 9th, 2010 at 2:21 am
April 9th, 2010 at 2:58 am
In Hawaii a cross near the ocean usually means a surfer died there..
April 9th, 2010 at 4:55 am
My first picture…
April 9th, 2010 at 6:58 am
April 9th, 2010 at 7:39 am
Here is my attempt…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48707648@N03/4503790438/
April 9th, 2010 at 9:36 am
Music has a spirit of it’s own
Canon EOS REBEL Xsi 450/D

Focal Length: 50.0mm
1/15s
f/5.6
ISO400
April 9th, 2010 at 11:33 am
From Easter Sunday 2010
This is Sunday Morning Worship..Our God is an Awesome God, He Reigns from Heaven above
April 9th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
<a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f373/shondellhamlin/?action=view¤t=DSC_2992copy2-1.jp
April 9th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
apple + morning prayer = new spirit
April 9th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
April 9th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4504604269_d55cc3fecc.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2721/4504604161_607d194ea2.jpg
April 10th, 2010 at 1:15 am
From La Granja de San Francisco in Segovia (Spain)
April 10th, 2010 at 7:01 am
April 10th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
April 10th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22816620@N03/4506945037/?eOrig=4507573078
April 10th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22816620@N03/4506945037/
April 10th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
April 10th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Fire Angel
Camping at easter, staring into the camp fire, all cozy and warm with eyes half closed – you start to see things in the flickering flames. I see an angel – what do you see?
This shot of the fire pit was taken with a long shutter and a rapid zoom towards the end of the exposure.
Flickr Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/42720776@N02/4507144481/
April 11th, 2010 at 7:35 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kriss_60/4508239761/
Altar in the small orthodox chapel.
April 12th, 2010 at 12:34 am
For me Nature is spiritual.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterbug83photos/4510404119/
April 12th, 2010 at 1:19 am
Let’s see if I’ve managed to do this correctly.
April 12th, 2010 at 1:51 am
Celebration in spain.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4494805266_199204a24d.jpg
April 12th, 2010 at 3:18 am
For me, Spirit signifies freedom … the freedom to soar … to go beyond all that you can imagine. Pictures taken above the clouds looking into infinite sky, for that reason, appropriately “capture” the weekend theme. This was taken from the window of a small prop plane around 8:00am on a winter morning as I flew from Vail to Denver.
April 12th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
This photo to me looks and feels very spiritual
Canon

09-04-10
Exp 1/160
F9
ISO 400
Focal Length 55mm
April 13th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
2009 Christmas eve mass

April 14th, 2010 at 12:32 am
Messing around at home with various strobes but got the most interesting photo of this statue just using tungsten light and natural, albeit bluetime light.
I think it maybe a hindu goddess, not entirely sure.
Nikon D2x
1/5 sec
f/8
ISO 200
Nikkor 60mm f/2.8 Micro
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49278457@N03/4518079196/
Enjoy…
April 14th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Camera Model : Nikon D90
Focal Length : 18mm
Exposure Time: 1/400
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO Speed : 200
Exposure Compensation : -0.3 step
Date Taken : 11/04/2010
December 23rd, 2010 at 8:07 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/madhurmangal/4811729012/in/set-72157624417614757/
December 23rd, 2010 at 8:39 pm
“http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4811729012_404610eb22_m.jpg”
December 23rd, 2010 at 8:40 pm
took two years back outside my hotel in Panaji, Goa, india
“http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4811729012_404610eb22_m.jpg”
December 23rd, 2010 at 8:40 pm
outside my hotel in Panaji, Goa, india
“http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4811729012_404610eb22_m.jpg”
December 24th, 2010 at 2:50 am
My the spirit be with you
!
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