Tag: lens-artists
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Lens Artists Challenge #370 – Ancient
The Lens-Artists Challenge this week is by Sofia, who asks us to present images depicting “anything that has had an existence of many years. It can be ancient buildings or places, or unchangeable landscapes. It can also be traditions, whose origins are lost in time, or obsolete objects of everyday life.” This is a great…
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Lens Artists Challenge #369 – Dreamscapes
The challenge this week comes from Ann-Christine, who names her challenge, “Dreamy.” She offers a range of dreamy or dream-like examples. It’s a great post; I think photography is well-suited to depicting dreamscapes both real and imagined. In the feature image above, the sun shines through a hazy avenue of trees, depicting a sanctuary-like enclave…
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Lens-Artists Challenge #368—Looking Back to Lens-Artists Challenge # 106: Autumn
John challenges us to revisit an earlier theme: Autumn. I wasn’t around for the earlier challenge, but I am happy to respond to this one. Autumn in America is a glorious time. The foliage is spectacular, as depicted in the above image in Maine. (More on that image in a moment.) Below, on the left,…
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Lens Artists #367 – Everyone Should See This
This is Joanne, from Joanne Mason Photography, and I’m honored to be your guest host this week. This is Lens Artists Challenge #367: Everyone Should See This. Often times we see something that inspires us. We think – “Oh! I wish others could see this!” It might be a place, a thing, people maybe, that…
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Lens Artists Challenge #365 – Longing
This week’s Lens Artists Challenge comes to us from Egidio, who sets the challenge theme: Longing. Egidio suggests a Portuguese word as a kind of synonym for “longing”: saudade. Egidio quotes Wikipedia for a definition: an emotional state of melancholic or profoundly nostalgic longing for a beloved yet absent someone or something. It is a…
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Lens Artists Challenge #364 – Quiet Moments
Ritva’s challenge this week is “Quiet Moments.” We all need moments of quiet reflection, meditation. For me, this always means nature. As in the above featured image. (Greenwich’s Bruce Park in the Spring). What could be more tranquil than sitting under such glorious spring colors at the side of a quiet lake? Tranquility is important.…
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Lens Artists #363 – Virtual Scavenger Hunt
This week, Anne challenges us to a “Virtual Scavenger Hunt.” Such fun! I love rummaging around attics or old garages. In this week’s challenge, we are to find 5-to-10 photographs in our archives that match up with the categories Anne has prescribed – a virtual scavenger hunt! So here goes! Something with a cool shadow……
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Lens Artists Challenge #362 – Sports and Sporting Events
This week’s Lens Artists Challenge comes from Beth at Wandering Dawgs. It’s a good one, but alas, for me, a double or triple challenge – I have no sporting events to show. This surprised me, since I’m a huge sports fan, but after trolling through all my libraries I could find little. Then I hit…
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Lens Artists Challenge #351: Looking Back to #20 – Doors
This is Lens Artists Challenge #351 – Doors; Looking Back to #20, from Sophia. I have a kind of mixed bag of images to respond to the theme. The feature image above and to the left is an office building entryway. (This image was included in a post for the challenge just a couple of…
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Lens Artists Challenge #354 – Reflections
Anne, at Slow Shutter Speed, has provided us with a nice challenge this week, full of possibilities: Reflections. I love reflections. I like playing with reflections, in photography and life. Reflecting surfaces like mirrors can reflect reality back to us, but they can also distort reality, warping our sense of what we see, what is…