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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #414: Looking back to #44 – Harmony ~

This week Anne Christine harkens back to a challenge of Tina’s; Harmony. This time Anne Christine offers a wider explanation of the concept to provide more options to illustrate the concept of Harmony. You can see her original post here. … 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 Photo Challenge #289: Shape, Form, Texture and Light ~

This week John (Journeys with Johnbo) invites us to focus on some photography basics: Shape, Form, Texture, and Light. Below is a favorite shot of shapes. Although the Astoria-Megler Bridge is a three dimensional structure, the pattern of the steel … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge # 243: It’s Tricky! ~

I’m not much of a trickster when it comes to photography, however I do enjoy “thinking outside the box,” as in the shot below of a Brown Garden Snail taken at ground level. Another example, is this ‘Dune Rune’. Alloniscus … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #235: Shadows and Reflections in Monochrome ~

Patti opens her intriguing challenge with a quote by Alfred Stieglitz, worth repeating: In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality. I had never been able to put words around the sensation I … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #229: Perfect Patterns ~

Here’s to Anne-Christine for inviting us to select photos of “perfect” patterns, with the understanding that perfect is always in the eye of the beholder! Here are some patterns in nature that I enjoy. I’ll start with another in my … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #228: Diagonals ~

A hearty thank you to Patti, who leads the challenge this week asking us to “explore diagonals as a way to add visual interest and depth to our photos, as well as a sense of action.” For this challenge I … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #209: Surreal ~

As a student of the visual arts, I always found something alluring about Surrealism; the juxtaposition of absurd images, the venture to “resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality….” André Breton My … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #130: It’s A Small World ~

My offerings today are close-ups captured with either my Panasonic Lumix or iPhone. Wishing everyone safe harbor, as we navigate onward. Mask-up and stay safe.🐾

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Midnight Rune Writer ~

Alloniscus perconvexus

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