Category: Lens-Artists Challenge
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Lens Artists Challenge #396 – Illustrate a Quote
I think that I shall never seeA poem lovely as a tree, A tree whose hungry mouth is prestAgainst the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day,And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wearA nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow…
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Lens Artists Challenge #395 – “On the Water”
The featured image above, and to left, is alas not mine. It seems only too apt to open a post “On the Water.” It’s full title is “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa.” It is by Hokusai and is a prime example of Japanese ukiyo-e art during the Edo period. The print is the first in…
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Lens Artists #392 – Framing Shots: Foreground, Middleground, Background
There are various ways to characterize framing photographs. For instance, in landscapes, I almost always try to have substantive elements in the foreground, distinct and in front of my subject, to frame the main subject. This tends to create a spatial dimension to the photograph. I’m usually less concerned with the background, although instinctively I…
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Lens Artists Challenge #391 – Phone Photography
This week’s challenge is by Tina, who asks us to do some phone photography. I confess I almost never do photography with my iphone. I very much prefer using the “real” camera, even if it means lugging weight around. (I used to travel with two Nikons plus lenses!) Now I use a light and fast…
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Lens Artists Challenge #390: Black and White Tonalities
This is my response to Egidio’s challenge, #390, “Color in Black and White.” Thanks to Egidio for a great theme and challenge. If I can be permitted, I’m changing the title of Egidio’s challenge, slightly, and I want to approach this little differently. Egidio posits that the tonalities in a black and white image immediately…
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Lens-Artists Challenge #389 – Time to Relax
For this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge, Ann asks us to consider how we relax when it’s time to unwind. What is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare?– W.H.Davies For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.– Wendell Berry There is no question that…
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Lens Artists Challenge #376 – Wings
This week is Beth’s turn to challenge us, and she has chosen an interesting theme – Wings. Regarding the feature image above, Beth did say we could do “art work featuring fantasy beings like dragons and fairies” and angels. Note that the owl also has wings. The image was generated by AI; I used both…
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Lens Artists Challenge #375 – Finding the Mysterious
Welcome back to Patti, who presents this week’s challenge: Finding the Mysterious. Well, “Mysterious” is right up my alley. I love this theme and love to create images that conjure the mysterious. The feature image above and left is appropriately named, the Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, where the artist Georgia O’Keeffe made her home.…
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Lens-Artists Challenge #373: Looking Back at LAC #31: Landscapes
This week’s Lens Artists Challenger is from Egidio, who designatedf this week as Lens-Artists Challenge #373: Looking Back at LAC #31: Landscapes. It’s a great challenge but it presents some difficulties for me because I’ve already posted so many landscapes. I;m addicted to landscapes which all possess a mystical property for me. Just to be…
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Lens Artists Challenge #372 – Ephemeral
Tina (Travels and Trifles) challenges us this week to post photographs depicting ephemera. I can’t do better than the image above. When we see a spectacular sky such as this (photographed in Sydney, Australia), how long have we got to enjoy it? 10 minutes? A half-hour? An hour? No, it’s certainly gone in an hour,…