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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #417: Where Does it Lead? ~

Egídio leads this week with an invitation to showcase photos that guide us into the scene. He offers three ways to approach the topic: literally, by featuring “any surface built or worn for travel,” compositionally, with “photos that move the … Continue reading →

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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 #413: Bridges ~

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 ~

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 #410/154: One Photo Two Ways ~

Ritva invites us to explore the different methods we use to create images, a throw-back to a challenge Tina posted on June 26, 2021. To see Ritva’s lovely images, go here. Cropping is my go to method to create a … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #408: Over the Top ~

Egídio invites us to show our interpretation of Over the Top – images of things that are beyond the bound of what is expected, usual, normal or appropriate. My photo collection is crammed full of normal, usual, and expected images, … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #406: Summer Daze ~

Ann, of Slow Shutter Speed invites us to showcase how we stay cool and what we do to enjoy summer. So far the weather has been fairly normal for this time of year in the Pacific Northwest, USA. There have … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #405: Adventure ~

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-Artists Challenge #404: B is for Blossom! ~

This week Beth, of Wandering Dawgs gives us a wide-open topic for the challenge; we are to select a subject that begins with B. Immediately I thought birds, yet since I often feature birds in my challenges, I selected blossoms … Continue reading →

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

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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