January 20, 2024

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #282 Dramatic

What does it mean to photograph a dramatic scene or create a dramatic looking picture in post processing? What makes a picture appear dramatic? It is said a dramatic mood can be created by anything that evokes strong emotions in the viewer and gets the imagination going, or is mysterious, exciting, scary or unusual. Below are a few of my favorites which seem to fit this defination.  Dramatic Old House! This house in Maine is perched atop a seaside cliff which juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. Interestly, last summer on the internet I saw its photo along with an advertisment about an FBI mystery thriller novel being for sale…

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written by Sylvia - Posted in Landscape, LENS-ARTISTS, Photography

February 27, 2020

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #85 PHOTO TREASURE HUNT

This week Tina decided to send us on a treasure hunt!  To make it interesting she selected specific items to include in our photographs.  Challenge Items: Sunrise and/or sunset, Something cold and/or hot, a bird, a dog, a funny sign, a bicycle, a seascape and/or mountain landscape, a rainbow, a church, a musical instrument, a boat, a plane, a waterfall.   Extra Credit Items:  An expressive portrait of one or more people, a very unusual place, knitting or sewing, a fish, an animal you don’t normally see, a bucket, a hammer, a street performer, a double rainbow.  Be sure to check out Tina’s blog, Travels and Trifles, to see how she…

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written by Sylvia - Posted in Atlantic Ocean, LENS-ARTISTS, Photography, Portraits

November 26, 2019

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #73 COLD

This week Tina challenges us to show pictures which can make you feel “Cold”.  Snow, ice, frosty window pane anything that looks cold!  In recent years my experience with Cold has been associated with a few snowy months in Maine before returning home to the warm, sunny south!  As you can see, we were literally knee deep in snow and watching snow storm after snow storm roll in on a regular basis.   Snow and the cold is handled so different there, school was only closed a day or two, roads clear and drive-able quickly and stores were operating on a normal schedule.   “What good is the warmth of summer,…

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written by Sylvia - Posted in Dogs, LENS-ARTISTS, Maine, Nature, Photography

October 17, 2019

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #67 CANDID SHOTS

This week Ann-Christine challenges us to show a few Candid pictures.  She says “taking photos of people or animals if they have no idea that you’re doing it is called candid photography. One of the beautiful things with photography is being able to catch someone in the act.  It adds natural life to your picture taking.”  After reading this, I decided to go back into my photo archives for a few candid shots of Cocker Spaniels, which sadly are no longer with us.   These two dogs, Spencer and Winston, gave our family wonderful memories as they consistently showed their love of life and each for other.   “In the world…

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written by Sylvia - Posted in Dogs, LENS-ARTISTS, Pets, Photography

September 6, 2019

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #61 PRECIOUS PETS

This week Tina invites us to share pictures and a few thoughts about precious pets that have been in our life or have somehow touched us.  I cannot remember being without a pet of some sort and usually had several different ones at the same time – because our family consisted of three boys! Need I say more??   The assortment of “pets” varied over the years; a parakeet, a snake or two, ferrets, a few frogs, lizards, and tank full of tropical fish.  The more traditional (or normal) pets over the years were several Irish Setters, a rescued Siberian husky, a poodle, two Himalayan cats and American cocker spaniels.  Now that…

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written by Sylvia - Posted in Animals, Cats, Dogs, LENS-ARTISTS, Pets, Photography

December 5, 2018

HAPPINESS IS … : Lens-Artists Photo Challenge

This week Ann-Christine invites us to share what “Happiness Is” means to us.  This topic made me think about what is important and what brings happiness in my life.   “Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour.” ∼  Walt Whitman ——— “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”  ∼   Mahatma Gandhi Happiness Is being with my husband, family and friends as we laugh and share good times together while making memories.  Fun times spent cooking in the kitchen, dinner table talk, quiet time, walks, biking and traveling together.   “Happiness is a warm puppy.”  ∼  …

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written by Sylvia - Posted in Animals, Landscape, LENS-ARTISTS, Photography