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LAPC #296: Abstract

The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real. Lucian Freud This week, Ritva offers us a challenge to explore abstract photography. This is a completely new area for me so I had to read a bit more about it and experiment with some of the techniques she mentioned in her post. I also discovered that the current version of Photoshop provides a…

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LAPC #295: Rock Your World

There is life in a stone. Any stone that sits in a field or lies on a beach takes on the memory of that place. You can feel that stones have witnessed so many things. Andy Goldsworthy For this week’s photo challenge, Donna, who is a wonderful naturalist and explorer, is honoring Earth Day. She asks us what types of rock inspire us. Let me show you a few of my favorites. (Click on the image to…

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#Australia #Berlin #black and white photography #Fairmont Hot Springs Canada #fine art photography #landscape photography #LENS-ARTISTS #Northern Beaches #Rome #street art

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LAPC #294: Before and After

John is hosting a great challenge this week. He’s inviting us to show how we process several photos in his Before and After chalenge. My workflow is always evolving. Up to now, I’ve been exploring the capabilities of Photoshop and Nik filters. But after this challenge and John’s inspiration, I expect I’ll move on to Lightroom and several new filters. I’m focusing on 3 images captured in the last…

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LAPC #293: Water in Motion

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. Loren Eiseley Sofia’s beautiful post inspires us to show the wonder and drama of moving water. In these times of climatic distress, there has been a dramatic shift in water levels around the globe. In some places rivers are drying up; in others, there are floods. Sofia reminds us how precious and how essential water is. Ready? Here we…

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#architectural photography #black and white photography #Fiji #landscape photography #LENS-ARTISTS #macro photography #Munich #nature photography #Niagara Falls #Northern Beaches #Sydney #Tahiti #travel photography

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LAPC #292: People Here, There & Everywhere

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. Epictetus When I’m out and about with my camera, I’m often on the lookout for interesting people who reveal who they are, or what they are thinking or feeling in that moment. I completely agree with Tina who says in her challenge this week, that our images of people can become our favorite memories…

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#Auckland NZ #Florence Italy #LENS-ARTISTS #Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #Melbourne Australia #portrait photography #street photography #travel photography #Vancouver BC

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LAPC #291: Cityscapes

This week we’re showcasing cities, large and small, near and far. What are the features of your chosen city? Show us buildings, skylines, the streets, the people, and life in public spaces. Or, if you want, focus on two cities, and compare their features. Show us images that are part of your overall impression of the city. To get your creative wheels spinning, I’ve decided to showcase a city…

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#architectural photography #black and white photography #fine art photography #LENS-ARTISTS #travel photography

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LAPC #290: Circular Wonders

All my life’s a circle; Sunrise and sundown; Moon rolls thru the nighttime; Till the daybreak comes around. Harry Chapin This week Ann-Christine takes us on a beautiful journey to the Nice Carnival and invites us to explore circular wonders. Bien sûr, Ann-Christine. I’m ready. Once I started to look through my archives for circles, I found them in many places. Here are some of my…

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#architectural photography #black and white photography #Boston #Ellis Island #Fillipo Brunelleschi #fine art photography #Florence Italy #La Malagueta Bullring #LENS-ARTISTS #Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #Malaga #travel photography

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LAPC #289: Tools of Photo Composition

Of the many composition factors in photography, this challenge focuses on Shape, Form, Texture, and Light. Though your images probably use multiple techniques that often include several factors in basic composition, for this challenge, please share up to two examples each where you showcase the four compositional tools of shape, form, texture, and light. John Steiner John is inspiring us this…

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#architectural photography #Bangkok #Berlin #black and white photography #landscape photography #LENS-ARTISTS #Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #macro photography #Moorish architecture #nature photography #Tahiti #travel photography

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LAPC #288: Window Shopping

Whoever said money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to shop. Gertrude Stein This week, Ritva is leading her inaugural challenge as a member of the Lens-Artists’ team. A warm welcome to you, Ritva! For this challenge, I chose a variety of shopping images, some traditional and some unconventional. Ready? Here we go. This first image is a long-time favorite that was captured over ten years…

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#Auckland NZ #Bangkok Thailand #Boston #Chicago Il. #fine art photography #Florence Italy #Guo Pei #LENS-ARTISTS #travel photography #window shopping

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LAPC #287: Sound

This week, I’m delighted to join Donna’s Sound challenge. Her creative mind is always at work, conjuring up new, imaginative ideas for us to explore. 😊 OK. Here we go. I’m going to start at the loud end of the decibel scale and work my way down to the softer tones. In childhood the daylight always fails too soon — except when there are going to be fireworks; and then the sun dawdles intolerably…

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#Bangkok #black and white photography #Canada #Dawson City #Diamond Gerties #Lake Michigan #LENS-ARTISTS #Sevilla Spain #travel photography #Vallea Lumina #Whistler BC #Yukon

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LAPC #286: Weather

Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning. George Carlin This week, Anne’s leading the challenge with an intriguing theme: Weather. A universal condition and a universal topic of conversation. Be sure to visit Slow Shutter Speed to see how Anne beautifully explores her topic.  While planning this post, I remembered how my family loves…

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#architectural photography #black and white photography #Boston #Chicago #Florence #Hapsburghs #Joshua Tree #landscape photography #LENS-ARTISTS #Schonbrunn Palace #travel photography #Vienna #Zermatt

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LAPC #285: Warm Colors

Life is too short to live in black and white. Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful A very warm welcome to Egidio, who is hosting his first challenge as a member of the Lens Artists team! He’s chosen a wonderful challenge–an invitation to explore warm colors–how they appear in our world and their emotional significance. I crave warm colors, warm weather, warm environments. They are…

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#Antelope Canyon Arizona #Bangkok Thailand #Buddah #fine art photography #Gustav Klimpt #landscape photography #LENS-ARTISTS #macro photography #nature photography #Sigmund Freud #travel photography #Vienna Austria

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LAPC #284: Day and Night

Could you understand the meaning of light if there were no darkness to point the contrast? Day and night, life and death, love and hatred, since none of these things can have any being at all apart from the existence of the other, you can no more separate them than you can separate the two sides of a coin. Elizabeth Goudge Day and Night is Sofia’s intriguing challenge for us this week. It is a…

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#architectural photography #Australia #Bangkok #landscape photography #LENS-ARTISTS #Melbourne #Singapore #Sydney #travel photography

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LAPC #283: Illustrate a Favorite Quote or Poem

First, let me say how delighted I was at your response last week to the Dramatic challenge. Your images and your wholehearted participation were truly wonderful. Your images were–in a word–inspiring and often breath-taking. This week, Ann-Christine has taken us down another creative path, challenging us to illustrate a favorite poem or quote. I’ve bent the “rules” a bit and selected a few quotes…

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LAPC #282: Dramatic

Dramatic images are exhilarating and fire up the imagination of your audience. Marc Schenker This week, we’re asking the question: what makes a photo dramatic? Maybe it is processed in black and white, or it has vivid colors. Maybe a person, place, or object is captured from a unique perspective or it is a macro shot. This week, we’ll explore some characteristics of dramatic images and some…

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#architectural photography #black and white photography #Florence Italy #landscape photography #LENS-ARTISTS #Singapore #travel photography #Vancouver BC #York UK

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LAPC #281: Favorites from 2023

A very happy 2024 to you all! As we enter the new year, we are excited to announce the Lens-Artists team will be expanding with the addition of two new members. Ritva of Ritva Silanmäki Photography and Egidio of Through Brazilian Eyes will be joining us. We know they will bring their marvelous photography, extensive travel experiences, and fresh insight to our weekly challenges. We are very much…

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LAPC #280: Last Chance 2023

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. C.S. Lewis This week, Tina continues our tradition at Lens-Artists. In this last post of the year, we invite you to share your “misfits”–photos that never quite “made it” into your blog posts in 2023. These photos should be shot during this current year, but were never posted in any of the challenges. Ready? Here we go. This…

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#architectural photography #Clet #fine art photography #Florence Italy #landscape photography #LENS-ARTISTS #macro photography #nature photography #Port Arthur Tasmania #travel photography #Vancouver BC