Category Archives: travel

~ Lens-Artists Challenge #316 – Destination: Fun ~

Posted on September 21, 2024 by Lindy Le Coq

In considering my response to Egídio’s challenge to this week, “to explore fun destinations and favorite pastimes,” I came up with three general categories of landing places that I consistently gravitate toward for enjoyment and relaxation; activities that engage me … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artist Challenge #315: Common Objects ~

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Lindy Le Coq

This week, Ritva challenges us to “take the mundane and shine a different light on it… to highlight an object or scene that we normally pass by without notice, and make it something special.” I decided to select some photos … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #314: Shorelines ~

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Lindy Le Coq

Anne Sandler of Slow Shutter Speed invites us to go on a journey to shorelines, any place “where water touches land.” Like Anne, I find my mind at peace and my body able to relax whenever I’m near water; lake, … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #313 – Cool Colors ~

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Lindy Le Coq

John of Journeys with Johnbo, invites us to showcase photographs that portray the various shades of the cool tones; purple, blue and green. I’ll begin with the soft-fresh hue of lavender. This sunrise view across President Channel from the west … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #312: Sense of Scale ~

Posted on August 21, 2024 by Lindy Le Coq

For this week’s challenge, Sofia invites us to show the various ways we “convey the size of what we’re seeing”. Sometimes size is the main point of a photo, and other times it is subtle yet vital to the image. … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Big Mac! ~

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Lindy Le Coq

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

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~Lens-Artists Challenge #311: What’s in a Garden? ~

Posted on August 13, 2024 by Lindy Le Coq

Ann Christine invites us to explore the wonder of gardens this week. After taking two weeks off from my blog, I’m ready to jump right in with photos from two botanical gardens, and a brief tour of my own home … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #308: Perfect Pairs ~

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Lindy Le Coq

This week’s guest-host, the woman behind Albatz Travel Adventures blog, invites us to present photo pairings, or Diptychs. No, that is not a slang put-down, it is the term for “two images placed in proximity to one another, forming a … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #307: Tourist Attractions Near and Far ~

Posted on July 18, 2024 by Lindy Le Coq

Leanne Cole, our guest-host for this week’s photo challenge, invites us to feature Tourist Attractions. She isn’t asking for the standard postcard view however. “What the normal tourist wants to see is not always what we [photographers] want. You might … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #306: Habitat ~

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Lindy Le Coq

Woefully late with no excuses, I offer a bit of natural beauty for Tina’s challenge to show various habitats this week. Below is a view of the wetland marsh that forms during late winter through spring in the acreage between … Continue reading →

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