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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #420: Looking Back to #125 You Pick It ~ Wabi-sabi ~

This week Sofia takes us on the last “Looking Back” challenge of 2026. She chose Challenge #125 – You Pick It, offered by Tina. However, Sofia selected Tina’s pick “Wabi-sabi” as our subject. In her explanation of the challenge, Sofia … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #419: Landmarks & Monuments ~

John Steiner leads this week with an invitation to “share up to six photos of crafted or natural sites that inspire you to pause and capture a photo.” For this challenge I bid you to take an abbreviated journey with … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #417: Where Does it Lead? ~

Egídio leads this week with an invitation to showcase photos that guide us into the scene. He offers three ways to approach the topic: literally, by featuring “any surface built or worn for travel,” compositionally, with “photos that move the … Continue reading →

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

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 #412: Places Shaped by Water ~

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? ~

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 # 409: Best Ever Images ~

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 #402: Looking Back at #1 – Wonder ~

Sofia harkens back to the beginning of Lens-Artists Photo Challenges with an invitation to showcase, “moments, places, people that we treasure; the little stories behind a shot that stuff our lives with meaning and joy.” I decided to keep my … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #401: Focus! ~

Patti is back in the line-up and I am determined to participate! It’s been one of those weeks we all have; when too much is going on, and all of it is important. Fortunately I am now at Long Beach, … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #398: Choose a Color ~

Ritva revs us up this week with a challenge to focus on color. She guides us to use either a single color for all images, or a different color for each image, and limits the total shots to six. At … Continue reading →

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