Lens Artists Photo Challenge #378 – Last Chance 2025

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All of the members of the Lens-Artists team have joined together to host this final.challenge of the year. The challenge is to feature any of our favorite images that never made it into of the Lens-Artists challenge. The images can be of any subject but they must have been created in 2025. Here are a few of my favorites from this year.

One of my favorite images of the year never fit into any of the Lens-Artists challenges. In early May I discovered a female Diamond Back Terrapin laying her eggs in my garden. I kept a close watch on the nest but sadly none of the eggs ever hatched.

Diamond Back Terrapin
Diamond Back Terrapin laying her eggs

Butterflies, flowers and bees

Birds

I rushed out to the beach when I heard there was a marker buoy weighing around 13,900 pounds that had washed up on the beach at Tybee Island, Georgia. When I got there I found a mermaid, too!

Thanks for sharing lots of Holiday Fun last week for Ann-Christine’s challenge. I enjoyed all of the festive holiday images.

We hope you will join us in posting images from this year that never made it to a Lens-Artists challenge. Please remember to use the Lens-Artists tag and to include a link to this post or any of the Lens-Artists team member’s post.

Many thanks to everyone who participated in our Lens-Artists challenge this year. The Lens-Artists team will be taking a break until the end of the year so we can enjoy celebrating the holidays. We will return on January 3 with our annual end of the year Favorite Photos of 2025 challenge.

Wishing you a joyous holiday season and a very happy new year!

Every Day is a Gift

54 thoughts on “Lens Artists Photo Challenge #378 – Last Chance 2025”

  4. Beth, what a wonderful post! The images are gorgeous. The terrapin chose the right yard to lay eggs, even if none hatched. Beautiful flowers and insects, too. The birds are fantastic, especially that Painted bunting. The mermaid is a once-in-a-lifetime shot! Enjoy your holidays.

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    1. Thanks Egidio. When I saw the mermaid it looked like she was doing a photo shoot with another photographer. I asked her if she minded if I took a few photos and she looked right at me for this shot. I wish I had gotten her name. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and a very happy 2026.

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  5. Hiya! Great images – thank you for sharing them. I’m thoroughly enjoying reading your blog posts. I wonder, please, if it is possible to join the Lens Artist challenge for next year or if it is a closed group?

    Hope you’re both well and happily anticipating Christmas.

    Love, Pam. xx

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  7. Terrific choices Beth! Loved the “mermaid” that really made me smile. Also loved the glorious sunset. But I think my favorite is that close up of the spoonbill. Good heavens were you really close, did you have a very long lens, or is it really cropped. Whatever it was it’s amazing!!

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    1. Thanks Tina. The spoonbill is one of my favorites, too. I used my telephoto lens and then cropped it. The mermaid was a nice surprise when I got to the beach. I hope you have a joyous holiday season and a very happy 2026.

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  22. These are great Beth! So love the birds – the spoonbill is fabulous. Sorry about the eggs, but it must have been a joy to see her laying eggs in your own garden!
    Wishing you Happy Holidays and the very best for the new year!

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    1. Thank you Ann-Christine! I love the birds we see here. It’s not often I can get some good photos of them. I took a few photos while watching her lay the eggs but didn’t stay too long because I didn’t want to scare her. I don’t know why the eggs never hatched.

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  25. Great photos to wrap up the year, Beth. The spoonbill was terrific. And sorry about the turtle eggs. That would halve been a kick. Excellent close up on the bee and the mermaid’s smile was infectious. The best to you and your family this Holiday season.

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