Category Archives: travel

~ 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 # 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 #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-Artist Challenge # 403: Perspective, Depth & Scale ~

Posted on June 27, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

John Steiner zero’s in on three tools that shape visual space in photography; perspective, depth and scale. Perspective provides an accurate impression of the height, width, depth, and position of subjects in relation to each other when viewed from a … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #402: Looking Back at #1 – Wonder ~

Posted on June 18, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

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 #397: Texture ~

Posted on May 15, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

Anne invites us to feature photos “where texture plays an integral part.” Sometimes I take a photo of something that others might walk right past. When I ask myself why, one of the answers that comes back is that the … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #395: Looking back to #155: On the Water ~

Posted on April 28, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

Beth, of Wandering Dawgs presents another opportunity to showcase the many splendors of being “On the Water”. This wide-open challenge is right up my alley, so the test for me is to sort through my choices, and make some kind … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #394: Historic Sites ~

Posted on April 24, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

John leads this week with an invitation to showcase historic sites. He gives us a wide array of options which you can view here. Fort Columbia State Park preserves one of the most intact historic coastal defense installations in the … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #393: Lucky Shot ~

Posted on April 16, 2026 by Lindy Le Coq

This week Sofia invites us to show photos where luck played a big role. Whether we were in the right place at the right time, or took a chance on a photo that turned out to be a winner, there … Continue reading →

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