‘In the Background: The places that we pass through day after day, or even once in a lifetime, leave in their small way, echoes and traces of themselves upon us. But so often when taking self portraits or pictures of friends, the places themselves become a soft blurred mush of indistinct semi-nothingness, the limelight stolen by our smiling faces. In today’s challenge, let’s turn the tables. Take a picture of yourself or someone else as a shadow, a reflection, or a lesser part of a scene, making the background, or — as in the example above — the foreground, the center of attention.’
Of course I don’t get it! But here goes anyway. Join in with the challenge at http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/weekly-photo-challenge-in-the-background/
Lucid Gypsy 
I love the red cliffs in the background. S’like a painting. Difficult challenge this one…
The red cliffs are lovely!
I don’t know bu the middle picture appeals to me 🙂
I like the cliffs too, although all the pictures you take are always wonderful, Gilly.
Beautiful shots Gilly. This challenge has stumped me 🙂
Lovely pictures, Gilly! The red cliffs are very interesting, my first time to see something like this because the ones I’ve been to are white cliffs like in Etretat. 😉
Love your take on the challenge Gilly and your photo’s are beautiful as always! You have such a unique way of seeing things and that is what I love about you. Thanks for sharing hon. 🙂 *big hugs*
Through the wavy lines is perfect … I like the way the ocean appears in a close distance.
Love your entries …. Issy
Love the photos, Gilly.
Great photos for the challenge, Gilly. I’m not sure I really get it either. It’s a little difficult to wrap my head around this one. 🙂
The first shot looks very evocative, the kind of place that leaves it ‘echoes and traces upon one’. I wonder how many countless people have walked that way .. the standing stones look like markers.
Beautiful pictures. I like that first picture.
janet
Terrific examples for the theme! Nice.
Like them all but I would say, the Red Cliffs are my favorite. A beautiful place to just enjoy a fun day.
That first shot is very intriguing, it makes me want to walk into it, and to know more 🙂