Category Archives: A Photo a Week

~ Lens-Artists Challenge #342 ~ It’s a Wild Life ~

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Lindy Le Coq

This week Egidio is curious to see what we Lens-Artists contributors consider to be wild. In this post I present images that personify my sense of wild as: undomesticated, untamed and natural. Below, a photo of the demure blossom of … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #325: Gratitude ~

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Lindy Le Coq

Tina asks us to reflect upon what elements in our lives we are thankful for. In a free-write brainstorm there were many aspects of my life that came out, for example: Being cared for as a child, being encouraged to … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #296: Abstracts ~

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Lindy Le Coq

This week Ritva invites us to “break the normal rules of realism” and play with abstract photography. Such a wonderful way to stretch imagery from the concrete to the conceptual. Nature provides many opportunities to capture abstract impressions. Lively colors … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #295: Rock Your World ~

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Lindy Le Coq

Donna of Wind Kisses, invites us to “Rock Your World” this week. Rocks and gardens go together in my mind, so when I began landscaping my backyard, 40 years ago, one of the first features I wanted was a small … Continue reading →

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~ A Photo a Week Challenge: Really Big Toys ~

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Lindy Le Coq

What a perfect opportunity to feature the Albany, Oregon Historical Carousel and Museum! The Albany Carousel has a 1909 Dentzel mechanism, donated by the great-grandson of Gustav Dentzel, the founder of Dentzel Carousel Corporation. This carousel is a menagerie style … Continue reading →