Tag Archives: pacific ocean

~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Hunter’s Moon ~

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

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~ Lens Artists Photo Challenge #269: On the Edge ~

Patti takes us to the edge, as she invites us to use any kind of edge in our photos for this week’s Lens Artists Challenge. I’ll start with shots of two fledglings, both of the Woodpecker family. They have progressed … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Brown Pelicans on the Move ~

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) On your walk with life, please honor our earth, encourage dignity and share kindness. 🐾

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~Lens-Artists Photo challenge #268: Tell Us Why ~

For this week’s challenge, Tina puts us to the test! Our task is to select up to ten photos which are all-time favorites, regardless of subject or year they were taken. In addition, we are to give a reasonable explanation … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #267: Recharge ~

If I cannot be out in nature, I do my best to simulate the effect. to create “an Oasis”. At my home in Vancouver, WA we have 10 tall evergreen trees, two maple, several vine maple and many shrubs that … Continue reading

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~ Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265: Black and White or Monochrome ~

After the bright primary color photos from last week, Anne Sandler suggests we turn down the volume a bit and focus on monochrome and black/white photos this week. My camera is set on color and auto focus most of the … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #262: Framing Your Photos ~

In 1965, my Pullman High School art teacher Victor Moore, taught me to put my thumb and index finger together to make a frame through which I could look to select discrete compositions. Such a great lesson – an always … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #260: Overlooked ~

It is a pleasure to participate in guest host Janet’s Lens Artists Challenge this week. She asks us to share photos of things that we or others might overlook. Whether we are in a hurry, preoccupied, or not really looking, … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #257: Simplicity Photography ~

Philo, of Philosophy Through Photography, guest-hosts this week’s challenge. We are invited to present photos that illustrate simplicity. Scrolling through my archives I kept repeating, *”a thing that is plain, natural or easy to understand.” Above, one small cloud in … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #254 – Spiritual Sites ~

This week Tina has challenged us to show through our photography, sites that represent spirituality to us. In my life, natural environments have always provided a profound sense of connection with my inner self and the world as a whole. … Continue reading

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