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Abstracts, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Textures, Trees13 Comments
Diptychs: A Conversation between Natural and Unnatural. Used concrete forms and tree bark from around the neighbourhood.

Accidental Art from Dumpsters and Concrete Forms

April 4, 2021April 9, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

Awhile ago the Lens-Artists Challenge was ‘Special Moments’. But in this time of plague the most special moments in my life have been the discovery of a particularly crusty dumpster… …and a magnificent 2-storey 3D abstract gallery in the shape … Continue reading Accidental Art from Dumpsters and Concrete Forms

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Rock Formations4 Comments
1Porthgain featured dark blue-grey slate that turned bright orange with rust wherever it cracked and the innermost rock was exposed

Rust and Shale Rock Formations in Wales

March 30, 2021April 1, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

What I really loved about Wales and Ireland was all the varied rock formations on their spectacular coastlines. Porthgain featured dark blue-grey slate that turned bright orange with rust wherever it cracked and the innermost rock was exposed. And now … Continue reading Rust and Shale Rock Formations in Wales

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Rock Formations, Rocks, Stones & Pebbles2 Comments
Holey stone with sand and granite at Botanical Beach on Vancouver Island, Canada

Rocks with Holes in Them

March 14, 2021April 4, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

Sometimes there are good explanations as to why stones have holes in them. Lava is one of them. All the boiling bubbling lava suddenly hardens to rock when it hits the cold outer surface of the planet. All of these … Continue reading Rocks with Holes in Them

Colour, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge7 Comments
soft sky and water

Soft Clouds and Water

March 5, 2021April 5, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

I found soft to be one of those words that has several visual aspects to it: soft-looking like clouds; soft colours in the sense of muted; soft edges which could be caused by soft focus, fog, mist or soft light. … Continue reading Soft Clouds and Water

Abstracts, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Inspiration, Textures, Trees2 Comments
a close-up of the almost blue cork-like bark peeling off of a fallen tree in Pacific Spirit Park

Tree Bark as Inspiration 2

February 23, 2021March 5, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

What with winter there’s not a lot to take photos of, so I’ve been busy with macros of tree bark. It’s been a real voyage of discovery which is somewhat of a miracle considering the times we live in. Although … Continue reading Tree Bark as Inspiration 2

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Photo Apps, Photoshop19 Comments
Replacing the sky in a photo of a building in Copenhagen

Ways of Transforming the Sky in a Photo

February 6, 2021February 6, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

Even now in the 2020s the camera isn’t nearly as good at seeing things as your eye. On the left is how this building in Copenhagen looked to my eye, and on the right is how I saw the sky. … Continue reading Ways of Transforming the Sky in a Photo

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge1 Comment
These stacks of yellow industrial stanchions made up a batch of interesting patterns from every angle.

Stacks of Things at the Fisherman’s Wharf in Vancouver

January 27, 2021January 28, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

I found stacks of all sorts of things at the nearby Fisherman’s Wharf in Vancouver. Stack of light green metal turning orange with rust. These stacks of yellow industrial stanchions made up a batch of interesting patterns from every angle. … Continue reading Stacks of Things at the Fisherman’s Wharf in Vancouver

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Flowers, Plants2 Comments
Stromanthe sanguine 'Triostar' is a member of the Maranta family has cream leaves with green markings are red underneath

Patterns in Leaves and Flowers

January 20, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

Cee has been keeping me busy looking for leaves and flowers with surface patterns on them, and I’ve discovered that the patterns come in several variations. Veining. Sometimes the veining only shows up in the fall when the leaves change … Continue reading Patterns in Leaves and Flowers

Abstracts, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Textures11 Comments
macro of mossy wall looking like a mass of tiny green stars

It’s a Small World (Especially Right Now)

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

I prefer to travel around the world but right now I’m going for walks around the city, and only to places I can get to without taking transit. The other day I went for a walk up to Shaughnessy, the … Continue reading It’s a Small World (Especially Right Now)

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge8 Comments
The building next to this one has been torn down leaving a shadow of its former self on the wall (Vancouver)

Urban Erosion in Vancouver

January 13, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

My COVID walks have been mostly along back alleys and busy thoroughfares, alone, just me and my camera. Anyway, alleys have potential for ‘urban erosion’ shots… Dumpster in front of a concrete block building. Weathered corrugated tin and wood building … Continue reading Urban Erosion in Vancouver

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