Tag: Photograph(s)
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Flower of the Week – Mountain Rose
This rose is Rosa pendulina, also known as Mountain Rose and also Alpine Rose. The rose originates in alpine regions – and so exhibits resilience in extreme conditions – but it prefers to grow in temperate sub-alpine regions and is thus found in climes all over the world. Not only does this rose attract bees…
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Monday Monochrome – Hopi Lands, Arizona
The image above (and left) depicts the part of Arizona that belongs to the Hopi Reservation. The (very straight) road in the image comes up from Winslow, Arizona, probably known by most from the Eagles song. The US government inexplicably set the Hopi reservation right in the middle of the Navajo reservation, an action 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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One Four Challenge – Wildflowers Week 2
This is the second week of the current One Four Challenge series. Before going further, let’s review: In the One Four Challenge, we select a single image, then proceed to explore four different edits on successive weeks. Everybody is welcome! For more information about the One Four Challenge, you can visit this page. And be…
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Flower of the Week – Celosia
This week’s flower is a Celosia, also known as Cockscomb. The image is a highly edited close-up photograph. Celosia is a popular decorative garden flower. In Western Africa and Southeast Asia, Celosias are grown for food (both flowers and leaves are edible).
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Monday Monochrome – Gerbera Daisies
I worked on this image of Gerbera Daisies in color for a while, without getting anything I liked. So I tried a black and white conversion. That was it! Some improvements to exposure and toning, and an increase in sharpness, produced this week’s Monday Monochrome.
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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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One Four Challenge – Wildflowers Week One
After taking a short break, I’m now doing the One Four Challenge again. The One Four Challenge was started by Robyn G. several years ago. It was relaunched earlier this year by Leanne Cole and me, Joanne. In the One Four Challenge, we select an image and then explore four ways of editing on four…
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Flower of the Week – Pink Cosmos
For the Flower of the Week, I offer this Pink Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatos). Cosmos are lovely flowers which are easily cultivated and also grown wildly. Cosmos are native to Mexico and Central America. The flowers are especially attractive to bees and butterflies.
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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……