Category Archives: pacific ocean

~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Brown Pelicans on the Move ~

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) On your walk with life, please honor our earth, encourage dignity and share kindness. 🐾

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~Lens-Artists Photo challenge #268: Tell Us Why ~

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

For this week’s challenge, Tina puts us to the test! Our task is to select up to ten photos which are all-time favorites, regardless of subject or year they were taken. In addition, we are to give a reasonable explanation … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #267: Recharge ~

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

If I cannot be out in nature, I do my best to simulate the effect. to create “an Oasis”. At my home in Vancouver, WA we have 10 tall evergreen trees, two maple, several vine maple and many shrubs that … Continue reading →

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~ Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265: Black and White or Monochrome ~

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

After the bright primary color photos from last week, Anne Sandler suggests we turn down the volume a bit and focus on monochrome and black/white photos this week. My camera is set on color and auto focus most of the … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #262: Framing Your Photos ~

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

In 1965, my Pullman High School art teacher Victor Moore, taught me to put my thumb and index finger together to make a frame through which I could look to select discrete compositions. Such a great lesson – an always … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #260: Overlooked ~

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

It is a pleasure to participate in guest host Janet’s Lens Artists Challenge this week. She asks us to share photos of things that we or others might overlook. Whether we are in a hurry, preoccupied, or not really looking, … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #257: Simplicity Photography ~

Posted on July 14, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

Philo, of Philosophy Through Photography, guest-hosts this week’s challenge. We are invited to present photos that illustrate simplicity. Scrolling through my archives I kept repeating, *”a thing that is plain, natural or easy to understand.” Above, one small cloud in … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #254 – Spiritual Sites ~

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

This week Tina has challenged us to show through our photography, sites that represent spirituality to us. In my life, natural environments have always provided a profound sense of connection with my inner self and the world as a whole. … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #253: Fragments ~

Posted on June 14, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

Welcome to Brian of bushboy, this weeks Lens-Artists challenge guest-host. He introduces the subject by noting that there has been “a bit of fragmentation happening around the world, a disconnect.” I agree. Yet, bushboy reminds us that “we always have … Continue reading →