Happy Sunday! Sofia over at Photographias is hosting this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge and boy oh boy, what a topic – Symmetry. I hope I don’t disappoint.

Honestly, I was really struggling to come up with some photos for this week’s challenge. I guess I don’t pay attention to symmetry when I take photos, even though I do sometimes unknowingly include symmetry in my photos.

After browsing my photo library for what felt like an eternity, I finally thought of this photo. What’s more symmetric than a triangle? Not much, I don’t think. I even had to do a quick search to verify whether Mt. Fuji was symmetrical and I was glad to find the answer was a resounding yes.

I don’t think I can do a post on symmetry without mention at least one form of architecture. In this case, it’s a bridge I saw in Osaka, Japan. It took me a while to find it in my library as I’ve taken so many photos in Japan that this photo is buried at the bottom of the pile.

I don’t know what this bridge is called. I was on a short cruise to nowhere as we were just going around in circles, jumping from one harbor to another harbor. I was on it as part of a tour package that was purchased when we arrived in Osaka.

In the end, it was a lovely cruise. I secured a spot on the top deck of the boat – The Santa Maria – and with my 18-400 mm lens, I snapped away while mom and her friend remained on the lower deck. I got 20-some minutes to myself to temporarily rid myself of the stench of anxiety and I got some photos which I hope to share more in future posts.

Let’s wrap the post in a couple of natural symmetries?

I was actually quite frightened when I encountered this big guy among the trees. Though I’ve told that there’s not much to fear about the Nara Park deer, part of me still heeded the warning – these are still wild animals.

Most of the deer we encountered that day in Nara Park were calves whose antlers have not come in yet. A lot of the older deer had their antlers removed, so it was a rare sight to see one with such majestic antlers on its head.

Finally, the water reflection photo was inspired by Sofia’s post. I’ve never thought of water reflection being symmetric but looking at this photo, I guess they kinda are symmetric in a way.