This week our guest host, John Steiner, asked us to think if we have visited a favorite place more than once and if so, how did you approach the second trip photographically? Or, if you’ve only been somewhere once, what would you do differently the second time around? His lovely post is available here for you to enjoy. When thinking about our challenge, the Island of St. Kitts immediately came to mind; we have been there twice and want to return again. On our second trip we had a tour guide a couple of days and he told us about the Island’s history and took us to many sites. …
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #86 SAME SUBJECT, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
This week Patti wants us to feature pictures taken from different perspectives, or angles, of a subject instead of standing in front of it and taking the shot at eye level. Perhaps spending a little extra time exploring the subject from different angles. Get down low and look up or move up high and check out the view looking down, or maybe move laterally to include or exclude other items near the subject, especially to see if the light changes in an interesting way. The Trinity Church in Boston, Massachusetts, is located in Copley Square in Back Bay. This first picture shows the Church at street level. The second image…
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…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #84 NARROW
Amy picked the word “Narrow” for our photo challenge this week. I decided to begin with this photo featuring a narrow strip of beach, separating the Atlantic Ocean and Kiawah River, at Captain Sam’s Spit which only appeared at low tide. In addition to wildlife resting on this narrow area, pods of resident dolphins live and play in the Kiawah River. Notice the curious bottlenose dolphin in the foreground, quietly observing the birds on the bank. This was taken on the west end of Kiawah Island, South Carolina. Two narrow channels have been cut out as the ocean tides change twice a day, creating this tidal pool shown in…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #80 LEADING LINES
This week Tina invites us to show examples of how Leading Lines can be used to enhance the composition of a photograph. As she mentioned, well placed lines pave an easy path for the eye to follow through different elements of a photo. And, one of the most effective ways is to put your main subject at the end of a leading line. It was a rainy morning in Murano, Italy, as this lady was leaving the shop and heading to the pier to catch a ride. The leading lines created by the brick curb draws the eye towards the lady plus her red wardrobe causes her to stand out…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #79 WINDOW WITH A VIEW
This week Amy is inviting us to show a few pictures of a “Window with a View”. As a few of you know, I have a camera close by even if it is only my iPhone, which by the way takes some really good pictures! These window shots are from vastly different types of windows and, I think, they all have an interesting view! “Your desire to be near to a window is your desire to be close to life!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan This was taken through the window of a passenger jet while flying over the Atlantic Ocean from St. Kitts to the east coast of…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #72 WAITING
This week Amy invites us to explore a few situations we have encountered which involve waiting. Guess I never really stopped to consider how much time I spend waiting some days. The realization was scary although like many people, spending this time doing something relaxing helps the time go by quicker. (Actually, I am waiting now for my husband in a doctor’s office while working on this blog! Thank goodness for larger size handbags for carrying books and iPads.) Taking air flights or waiting for appointments usually entails waiting although often times ‘people watching,’ talking to others, reading, checking the phone or listening to a podcast or music helps the…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #65 VENICE ITALY – SPECIAL MEMORIES
Am happy to be back with my blog this week. I had to take a break to pack up the house and travel over a thousand miles back to our winter home on Kiawah Island, South Carolina. This week Tina is asking us to think about a place we have visited which holds special memories, for example a small town, city, or country. She suggests we show pictures which help capture the spirit of this place so others can see and feel what we did. Not too long ago my husband and I spent a couple of days in Venice, Italy, and both of us instantly fell in love…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #58 SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue… This is from an old English rhyme and this week Patti is challenging us to feature pictures of places or things that have some or all of these good luck qualities. She also mentioned that showing all four qualities in one image could be extra challenging, and it certainly was! This topic required a bit of thought 😟….then, I remembered taking a family visit to Peak’s Island in Maine a couple of years ago and how pretty it was with an abundance of color everywhere; buildings, homes and vegetation! Before taking you on a short pictorial tour around the Island I’d like…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #54 DETAILS – Achilleion Palace, Corfu, Greece
This week Patti is challenging us to show details surrounding a particular person, place or thing which otherwise appears so visually overwhelming it is hard to know what or how to photograph it. She points out that sometimes focusing the camera on details can best describe the beauty and history of the site and help tell the big story. Click here to enjoy her post on Details. The Achilleion Palace in Corfu, Greece is a good example of a place so massive and beautiful it was difficult to know how to photograph it. In addition, it was a bit challenging figuring out how to get some good pictures as crowds…