I have always liked to take photos of simple scenes, since I do most of my photography outdoors. On our way out to dinner this evening, I looked up and found the most beautiful sky, covered with the puffy white clouds you often see in stock photos. Right above our heads! And the tree in …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #257: Simplicity
And tourist trap. We are here for the International Accordion Celebration. Here are some highlights. Flowers in window box at our hotel Main Street at twilight Accordions at the Gazebo We had a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon, which was a welcome break in the heat. We drive home today. But we will be back soon.
There are some places that just lend themselves to a spiritual state of mind. I am always in awe of the power of Nature, especially features that demonstrate raw power. We harness the power of high waterfalls to make electricity. I could stand there for a long time, just watching and listening to the power …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #254: Spiritual Sites
Fragments are parts of things. Sometimes, you can tell what the original thing was, just by looking at the fragment. These pieces of driftwood were once trees. These fragments, all in a row, tell you that once on this beach, there was a dock for boats to tie up. This remnant is probably from the …
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I have always been fascinated by architecture, as a demonstration of man's capacity to create structures of beauty. Cultures all over the world erect buildings that reflect their varying cultural traditions. Aside from cultural traditions, architectural details show the artistic period when the building was built. One day, I took my camera and went to …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #251: Beauty in the Buildings
This week's topic is tailor-made for me. On my computer, I have an album dedicated to photos of clouds. Here in the Pacific Northwest, the sky is as apt to be covered with gray clouds all winter, and they are never the same one minute to the next. But when Spring arrives and the gray …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #250: Skyscapes/Cloudscapes
In my travels around my city, my state, and other states, I keep my eyes open for interesting "public art". These days, you find public art in some of the strangest places! Like the transformer boxes you find outside buildings, apartment complexes, and along roads. New painted boxes are popping up daily, it seems. And …
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Thanks to my iPhone 13 Pro, I am now always ready with a camera, when a likely subject comes into view. It's fun to capture scenes that seem to just have been waiting for me to come along and capture them. I got this one at my local outlet mall. The display of old sewing …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #246: Still Life
We live in Western Washington, but one of my favorite environments has always been rural Eastern Washington. On this side of the Cascades, it's often wet and rainy, with gray cloudy skies for most of the fall and winter. Eastern Washington is much drier, with brown, rolling hills. Eastern Washington grows wheat, hops, and, increasingly, …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #245: Environments
Let There Be Light. And there was light. There is a reason God created light first. Nothing lives totally without light, and photographers care most about how a subject is lighted. These two trees were lighted from below. Sometimes you just get lucky, as I was one evening when we arrived home from a short …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #244: Glowing Moments
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