Author: Joanne
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Monday Monochrome – Tree
For my Monday Monochrome this week, I offer another tree, or tree trunk. Photographed in the woods.
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Lens Artists Challenge #344 – Abandoned
For this week’s Lens Artists theme, Ann challenges us to think about abandonment. I often reflect on deserted locations. These sites act as powerful symbols of previous lives and neglected narratives, providing insight into the human journey through deterioration and perseverance. Abandoned places now exist as quiet observers of time’s passage and the intricate relationship…
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Camellias
Sofia posted a camellia a few days ago, and it inspired me to go through my libraries for more camellias. Here are a few camellias, from various places and times. I have always loved camellias, though though they don’t thrive in the north where I have usually lived. Camellias are mostly tropical or subtropical plants,…
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Fences – One Four Challenge Week 2
For this week’s One Four variation, I made a just a few changes that result in a radically different interpretation. In Photoshop, I replaced the sky with a dark texture. Since I’d removed any sun, I also erased the shadows being cast by the trees in the foreground. I also enhanced the green in the…
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Garden Begonia
For Monday monochrome, I offer this image of garden begonias, photographed at Blithwold Gardens in Bristol, RI.
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Lens Artists Challenge #343 – Seen on My Last Outing
Oh, this a real challenge for me. For a number of reasons, I no longer travel, no longer drive, and rarely go on outings. Recently, the great community here and your wonderful journeys and photographs have inspired me. I’m determined to get out this spring and take pictures. Alas, our northeast weather simply isn’t cooperating.…
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Fitzroy, Melbourne
Fitzroy is a suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Fitzroy is where I lived and worked when I was in Melbourne. I really liked it. Fitzroy is a great place with a bohemian culture and lots of music, great bars and restaurants, street art, and trendy retail and nightlife. The image here is of Brunswick…
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Once Upon a Calla Lily
Callas, or Calla Lilies, are among my most favorite flowers. I must have dozens of pictures of calla lilies. This flower – which is actually not a true calla lily – was shot in the wild at Descanso Gardens in Pasadena. Although calla lilies today are mostly cultivated, in the wild we usually encounter plants…
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Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
I found this large ceramic sculpture, titled Sor Juana’s Dream, in the garden of a Canyon Road gallery in Santa Fe (Blue Rain Gallery). The title of the work is “Sor Juana’s Dream”, and the work is by Deborah Rael-Buckley. Just as ceramic art, this work is outstanding. Rael-Buckley does many large sculptures working in ceramics.…
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Fences – One Four Challenge Week 1
It is April and time for another One Four Challenge. In this series, we select a photo and then explore, on successive weeks, four different ways of presednting or interpreting it. For the first week of the One Four series, I present an original and the first variation. (I suppose if you count the original…
