Category Archives: nature photography

~ Lens-Artists Challenge #415: Move Your Body ~

Posted on October 3, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

Anne Sandler lead last week’s challenge, and I am finally putting my offering together! Anne asked us to show photos that demonstrate movement of our bodies to adjust distance to subjects instead of relying on our lenses to do the … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #414: Looking back to #44 – Harmony ~

Posted on September 25, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

This week Anne Christine harkens back to a challenge of Tina’s; Harmony. This time Anne Christine offers a wider explanation of the concept to provide more options to illustrate the concept of Harmony. You can see her original post here. … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #413: Bridges ~

Posted on September 17, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

Beth of Wandering Dawgs, invites us to share our photos of bridges this week. Though I live in a community with many rivers and streams, therefore bridges, I have few photos of them. Usually I am driving over them and … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #412: Places Shaped by Water ~

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

John Steiner leads this week with an invitation to present images “focusing on the landscapes, structures, and stories that unfold around water features.” Since much of my recreation and leisure time centers around bodies of water, the challenge for me … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #411: What Is It? ~

Posted on September 3, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

Sofia urges us to have some fun this week by finding and showing photos that are puzzling and curious, leaving us to wonder, “What Is It”? She encourages us to edit images to hide obvious clues, and most of all … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #410/154: One Photo Two Ways ~

Posted on August 28, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

Ritva invites us to explore the different methods we use to create images, a throw-back to a challenge Tina posted on June 26, 2021. To see Ritva’s lovely images, go here. Cropping is my go to method to create a … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge # 409: Best Ever Images ~

Posted on August 20, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

Steve Hyde is the guest host for this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge. He asks us to select 5 (five!) images we consider to be our best photographs; “pictures that celebrate our love of photography.” This is harder to do than it … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #406: Summer Daze ~

Posted on July 31, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

Ann, of Slow Shutter Speed invites us to showcase how we stay cool and what we do to enjoy summer. So far the weather has been fairly normal for this time of year in the Pacific Northwest, USA. There have … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #405: Adventure ~

Posted on July 23, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

Anne-Christine welcomes us back after a summer break with the theme of Adventure. Her invitation is here. Once a year, I have the pleasure of joining my sister and brother-in-law for a family fishing adventure at Odell Lake, at the … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #404: B is for Blossom! ~

Posted on June 27, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

This week Beth, of Wandering Dawgs gives us a wide-open topic for the challenge; we are to select a subject that begins with B. Immediately I thought birds, yet since I often feature birds in my challenges, I selected blossoms … Continue reading →

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