Tag: lens-artists
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Lens Artists Challenge #412 – Places Shaped by Water
This week’s challenge is by John Steiner (Journeys with Johnbo): Places Shaped by Water. John has some terrific pictures for this challenge and I urge you to check them out. The title of John’s challenge is self-explanatory, places near or with water (ocean, lake, inlet, river, pond, etc) that create the distinctive character of the…
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Lens Artists Challenge #154/410 – One Photo Edited
Ritva has issued a great challenge this week, asking us to explore photo editing. She has some great examples in her post. Editing images is right up my alley! I edit almost everything, sometimes extensively. I love the quote she includes midway through her post, by Andre Kertesz, “I do not document anything. I give…
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Lens Artists Challenge #409: Best Ever
I have been quite busy recently, explaining my absence from blog posting. Among other things, I’ve been working on a new book – nearing completion – Light and Shadow, featuring well over 100 black and white images from the last 30 years of my photography. Virtually every photograph has been reprocessed for publication. More on…
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Lens-Artists Challenge #402 – Wonder
This week, Sofia issues the challenge – harking back to the very first Lens-Artists Challenge – This week we’re looking back at the very first Lens-Artists Challenge, July 2018, hosted by Patti. You can find that post here. Marvel, wonder. Elation, inspirational. We’re looking for the moments, places, and people that we treasure, the little stories…
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Lens Artists Challenge #401 – Focus on the Subject
This week’s challenge is from P.A. Moed who asks us to produce some images illustrating compositional techniques that make it possible to focus on the subject. She provides us with some excellent techniques to accomplish this. Here at left, and in the featured image above, the subject is a circular outdoor staircase at Grace Farms…
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Lens Artists Challenge #400 – The Rule of Three
Before getting into Tina’s challenge, let me observe that this is Challenge Number 400 – Quite a milestone! I’ve only been around for about a year and a half. My first post to Lens-Artists was Challenge #336 – Only One Picture. But some have been around far longer – For all 400?! My congratulations to…
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Lens Artists Challenge #397 – Texture
I was so busy last week that I managed not to post to Anne’s challenge on Texture. I had even selected images for the post. Now I’m trying to catch up. Anne asks us to show images “where texture plays an integral part.” The featured image above, and to the left, shows a closeup view of…
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Lens Artists Challenge #398 – Pick a Color
Ritva offers this week’s Lens Artist Challenge. She asks us to pick one color, then select six photographs that showcase that color. This is going to be an enjoyable exercise. My color is Red, and I can’t wait to see what others choose to feature. The Red Lotus is, I think, an auspicious start to…
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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…