What is the opposite of wet? Dry of course.  And the opposite of hard?  Soft, without a doubt.

The words seem straightforward but turn them into visual images and uncertainty creeps in.

 

River cobbles – March 2020
Yorkshire Fog grass on a foggy day – June 2020

Are hard, dry pebbles the opposite of soft, wet Yorkshire fog grass?  Maybe not.

 

View through a wet window – March 2016
Cherry blossom, through an open window – April 2015

A closed, wet window and the view through the same window, open on a dry, sunny day.

Closed and open, wet and dry. But is sunshine the opposite of rain?

 

First sight of Porto Venere – a striped church on a striped cliff
Looking down to the fortified church at the harbour mouth of Porto Venere – October 2018

Looking up and looking down – that one’s straightforward.

 

Looking up inside the Lantern Tower, La Rochelle – July 2018
Looking down from the Lantern Tower – La Rochelle – July 2018

Up and down, inside and outside.

The words are unequivocal even if the images aren’t obvious opposites.

 

Autumn Grandeur – Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris – November 2018
Field wall between Spittal & Scremeston – July 2018

Two stone boundaries, one urban one rural, one simple one grand.

But is a Northumberland field wall the opposite of a Parisian balustrade?

 

And the lighthouse?  Far (in the headline image) near at hand in this one.

Tina’s theme for the Lens-Artists’ Challenge #217 is Opposites.