This Challenge is about linking images not only to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge but to other people who willingly put themselves to the huge amount of work in hosting challenges. First a spectacular Bird of Paradise in flower for Cee’s … Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Double Dipping
When I typed ‘window’ in my Finder I got a rather oddball collection and realized that ‘window’ comes with a variety of interpretations. Here are a few from the last couple of months, all in Vancouver as I haven’t gone … Continue reading Windows from the last few months
In December 2020 I found these two photos next to each other in my photo previewer. I liked the way they complemented each other and I added it to my ‘Favourite Photos of 2020‘. Although I didn’t realize it at … Continue reading Favourite Thing to Do with Photos in 2021: Diptychs
Finding beauty at home. In January we made it out to Steveston, a short drive away. I liked the mood of winter light on this fishing boat. In February I peeked in a metal shop on Granville Island and saw … Continue reading It’s All About the Light: Favourite Shots 2021
Shimmer: a rippling light, most often found in water; or an atmospheric effect from extreme heat where the scene shimmers before your eyes as if it were reflected in rippling body of water. Because I like to play with words … Continue reading Shimmer: Like Rippling Light on Water
I saw this sign from a distance as I was driving to the Pacific Spirit Park at the university. “Don’t tell me there’s a cougar roaming the park!” I thought. (Yes occasionally cougars come into Vancouver but usually further east). … Continue reading Pacific Spirit Regional Park
Even before Christmas was invented, the evergreen Holly with its bright red berries was one of the primary plants used in winter celebrations in Europe. Thus red and green, the traditional colours of winter, became associated with Christmas. Gold and … Continue reading The Colours of Christmas: Red & Green
For the Cee’s two-colour challenge I had wanted to do green and pink. But there were so many permutations of green and pink that I ended up retreating back to some mood boards I had started years ago but hadn’t … Continue reading Grey-Green with Two Pinks: Terracotta and Rose Pink
I came across a glorious red dumpster last month. Thinking of my diptych series of Natural/Unnatural I said to myself, ‘Too bad trees don’t have bark in this colour red’. Then I looked at Adobe Bridge where I usually sort … Continue reading Autumn Red Abstracts
The other day, while outside on the deck sipping my morning coffee, I noticed a smeary shadow from the Guara plant had fallen across the book I was reading. There was nothing for it but to get up, go inside … Continue reading Plant Shadows
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