Category Archives: pacific ocean

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge # 280: Last Chance ~

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

Tina, of Travels and Trifles brings back a popular challenge introduced at the end of 2022, which is to choose photographs that we have taken this year (2023) but did not included in response to the 2023 Lens-Artist challenges. My … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #279: Magical ~

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

Ann-Christine invites us to explore the concept of Magical in our photographs this week. Magical in the sense of being “beautiful or delightful in a way that seems removed from everyday life,” (New Oxford American Dictionary), also “extremely or extraordinarily … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #277: Unique ~

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

As I began looking through my archives for photos that would match Amy’s challenge this week, the weather forecast for SW Washington warned of another Atmospheric River on its way. By Monday evening the rain started and it has continued … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #277: Empty Spaces ~

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

Here we go into the wild blue yonder of Empty Spaces in photography. Patty does an exceptional job explaining what empty space adds to our photos, and provides wonderful examples on her Pilotfish blog, Empty Spaces . At sundown on … Continue reading →

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~Wordless Wednesday ~ Breakers at Long Beach, WA ~

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

On your walk with life, please honor our earth, encourage dignity and share kindness. 🐾

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Stormy Beach Scenes ~

Posted on November 8, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

On your walk with life, please honor our earth, encourage dignity and share kindness. 🐾

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge # 272: Symmetry ~

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

This week Sylvie invites us to feature photos of symmetry. On a beautiful sunny day walking along Long Beach as waves crested and swept in, I saw them as symmetrical lines in motion. Then I read John RH’s first post … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Hunter’s Moon ~

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

On your walk with life, please honor our earth, encourage dignity and share kindness. 🐾

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge#272: Billboards and Signs ~

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

This week, John Steiner swings the door wide open for us to showcase signs and billboards we have noticed and photographed on our travels. In rural Pacific County, Washington USA, signs are often old, usually brief and always to the … Continue reading →

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~ Lens Artists Photo Challenge #269: On the Edge ~

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

Patti takes us to the edge, as she invites us to use any kind of edge in our photos for this week’s Lens Artists Challenge. I’ll start with shots of two fledglings, both of the Woodpecker family. They have progressed … Continue reading →

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