Category Archives: bugs & critters

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97: Pastimes ~

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

When I retired, eight years ago, my colleagues would ask me, “What are you going to do with your time?” My standard answer was that I planned to focus my energy on the creative passions I’d tucked in around the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Birding, bugs & critters, landscape gardening, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, nature, nature photography, ornithology, pacific northwest, photography, Writing | Tagged arts, Birding, color pencil drawings, landscape gardening, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Long Beach Peninsula, nature, nature photography, pacific northwest, writing | 5 Comments

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #96: Cropping The Shot ~

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Lovely as it is, especially on Mother’s Day, yet with a bit of cropping it’s even better. Shortening the foreground brings the focus to mama Mallard and chicks. Reducing left and right borders brings the hen’s eye in line with … Continue reading →

Posted in Beagles, Birding, birds, bugs & critters, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, nature, nature photography, ornithology, pacific northwest, photography | Tagged bald eagle, beagle, Birding, birds, bugs & critters, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Long Beach Peninsula, nature, nature photography, ornithology, photography | 9 Comments

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #87: Reflections ~

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Unique Perspectives with Glass Upper left clockwise: Self-portrait in a window of Cabin #1, with a dreamy Orcas Island sunset behind me. Exuberant blossoms are reflected on the sliding-glass door at our condo. Shadows from the deck railing create another texture. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Beagles, birds, bugs & critters, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, nature photography, pacific northwest, Uncategorized | Tagged art, beagles, birds, bugs & critters, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Long Beach Peninsula, nature photography, pacific northwest, san juan islands | 6 Comments

~Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Posted in Being, bugs & critters, flowers, landscape gardening, nature photography, pacific northwest, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged camelia, cottontail, flowering plum tree, nature photography, spring, Wordless Wednesday | 3 Comments

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #86: Change Your Perspective ~

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

“Over the river and through the woods…” I love the fairyland feeling of this shot, taken at ground level through flowers and across the meadow to the misty shores of Crescent Creek. We are five thousand feet above sea level, … Continue reading →