Tag Archives: Lens-Artists

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #219: Treasure Hunt ~

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

Oh, boy! Tina is sending us on a treasure hunt! I’ve been combing through my photos, and found some that I haven’t posted before, and others that you may have seen in a previous post. Having more than one ‘treasure’ … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #218 ~ Over The Hill ~

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

How many hills have I crested? How many trails have I trod and what have I learned on the journey? Many hills have beckoned me in my lifetime and I find each one to be an invitation to discover more … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #216: Urban Environments ~ From the “Wild Wild West” ~

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

If we go by the definition that a town is “an urban area that has a name, defined boundaries, and local government”, my choice for this week’s challenge, Oysterville, once was an urban environment. In it’s heyday it was a … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #215: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles – and the places they take us ~

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

Though John doesn’t mention boats in the title of this challenge, many of the places I go have boats as the centerpiece, so I’ll start with a few boat shots. Below my sister and brother-in-law’s new lake-fishing boat. It’s a … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #214: Favourite Finds ~

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

This week Anne-Christine invites us to look about our world (or dip into our archives) for photos of unusual and interesting things, surprises that captured our imagination. My first image is of a piece of blown glass art depicting a … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #213: Here Comes the Sun ~

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

During my thirty year career as an educator, I was up and driving to work by sunrise. Now I’m retired, I don’t see the sun come up as often! However, when I go fishing with my sister and brother-in-law we … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #210: My Photographic Groove ~

Posted on August 13, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

One of the things I love about photography is that my camera gives me the opportunity to “capture the moment.” Whether it is a quiet sunset, a surging wave, a golden hour sunrise, a new bird to learn about, or … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #210: Picking Favourites ~

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

My opening photo is one taken from the deck of our condominium at the Breakers in Long Beach, Washington. From winter through spring rain floods the meadows forming ponds that attract resident and migratory birds. This shot is a quintessential … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #209: Surreal ~

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

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 #208: Summer Vibes ~

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

I just arrived back home in Vancouver, WA from my annual fishing trip at Odell Lake, with my older sister Diana, and brother-in-law Les. Although the fishing was not as good as usual, the setting in the Deschutes National Forest … Continue reading →

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