It’s my turn to host the challenge this week. Let’s have a little fun and feature subjects that begin with the letter B. What subjects can you find that start with the letter B?
You can choose several different subjects and share one image of each one.



Or, you can choose images that contain more than one subject that begins with B.


Or, you can choose one subject and include more than one image of that subject. The subject is Boats in the following gallery.





Last week I enjoyed all of your wonderful responses to John’s challenge of Perspective, Depth and Scale. Thank you to everyone who joined the challenge.
I hope you have fun finding lots of things starting with B. I can’t wait to see what you come up with. Please limit your responses to no more than 10 images for your response. Please be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to this post.
The Lens-Artists team will be taking a break for the next two weeks. Anne-Christine will be hosting the next challenge when we return on July 18.
You can keep up with all of our challenges by subscribing to the Lens-Artists team members websites: Tina, Patti, Ann-Christine, John, Sofia, Anne, Egidio, Ritva, Beth.
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Some beautiful ‘Bs’ here, Beth. I especially like the birds on the beach – the light on the sand and on the birds’ beaks and plumage. And that contrasting diagonal between land and sea.
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Thanks Tish! I’m so glad you like the birds on the beach. Whenever I see a flock on the beach they take off as soon as I try to take a photo! I was glad these decided to hang around long enough for me to get the photo.
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A fun challenge to see us off to the summer holidays! Love your photos, Beth. The butterfly is fantastic, I love the birds and the gallery of boats is brilliant.
Here is mine:
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Thanks Sofia! I really enjoyed your fun response to the challenge. Enjoy your trip to Portugal!
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Beautiful and fun way go for a break. Lovely images Beth to inspired me
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Ritva, thank you! I’m glad my images inspired you.
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Beth I love the variety of images! So beautiful and so many B’s!!! Excellent challenge, thank you! My fav is the boat with so many birds around!
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Pamela, thank you! I thought of a lot more B subjects but I decided to include just a few to give everyone some ideas. The birds around that shrimp boat are hoping for an easy meal.
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Great challenge Beth! It will be fun looking back through my archives. Loved your butterfly images.
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Thanks Anne! I’m glad you like the butterfly. I had to search through my archives to find that one. I can’t wait to see what you come up with.
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This will be fun! Love the Brown Bunny!
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Thanks Lindy! I can’t wait to see your response!
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Lovely butterfly and so many boats! I still have to see the Beach in person this year. Don’t know if that will happen. But here are some other things:
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Fun challenge Beth, and beautiful birds, boats, and butterfly.
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Thanks Brad! So glad you like the birds, boats and butterfly.
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Oh what fun this will be! Of course I’ll agonize about what to share, but I’m looking forward to the task. Great photos and examples, Beth.
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Thanks Egidio! I hope you don’t agonize too much over what to share. Just have fun with it! I’m glad you like the examples.
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Really enjoy your Wanderingdogs photosOn Jun 27, 2026,
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Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoy the photos.
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Oh Beth this was a fun challenge! Here is my submission https://yourlifeasartphotography.com/2026/06/27/lens-artists-photo-challenge-404-the-letter-b/ Thank you for stretching our minds!!!
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Thank you Pamela! I really enjoyed all of your B images. Thanks for your response to the challenge.
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It is a rainy day here in Vancouver, with possible thunderstorms coming this afternoon, so I decided to get on the challenge now, and not slide it in just under the wire next weekend! https://lindylecoq.com/2026/06/27/lens-artists-challenge-404-b-is-for-blossom/
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Lindy, thank you for your beautiful response to the challenge!
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This is a fresh and clever new type of challenge. What a beautiful collection from your “B” roll lol The in-flight swallowtail butterfly is spectacular. So is the Blue Ridge Mountain bridge. I love the worn, rusted look. Rust is a very photogenic oxidant, full of color and texture.
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Dan, thank you so much for your kind words. I really enjoyed your response to the challenge.
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Great challenge for this week, Beth.
The bridge and the butterfly are my favourites.
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Thanks Vicki! I’m glad you like the bridge and the butterfly.
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What a fun topic!! Beautiful photos!
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Thanks Nora! I’m glad you enjoyed the photos and like the topic.
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Love the butterfly the most, Beth… and more lovely examples. Here is mine for this week: https://wanderingteresa.com/b-for-boats/
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Teresa, many thanks! I’m glad you like the butterfly. Thanks for you great response to the challenge.
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BRACE yourself. “B” is a BELOVED letter, and you are BOUND to have BUNCHES of entries.
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HaHa!!! Love your BRILLIANT comment!
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BACK at you! 😉
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That last image of the the fishing boat surrounded by gulls is superb. Thank you for the challenge and hosting Beth 🙂
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Thanks Steve! The gulls are looking for an each meal when the shrimp boats are returning to the dock with their catch.
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All wonderful choices, Beth, but that shrimp boat reminds me of wonderful mornings in SC watching them motor about outside the window.
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Thanks Judy! The shrimp boats are fun to see. I’m glad you could watch them outside your window in SC.
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I like that bridge!
https://dailymusing57.com/2026/06/28/lens-artists-photo-challenge-subjects-that-begin-with-the-letter-b/
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Thank you so much! I’m glad you like the bridge. Thanks for your fun response to the challenge.
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Beth, I almost didn’t join this week because my literal brain refused to see the B’s in my post due to the FUTURE theme. Your examples of letter B are fantastic including the butterfly and the stunning bridge in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Nicely done. Dan’s CFFC challenge is brown tomorrow, so you’ve got that locked in for the double-dip, too. My “Bs” are general (birds, baby birds and a baby, and a nod to our Bicentennial in 1976).
https://secondwindleisure.com/2026/06/28/sunday-stills-celebrating-the-future-and-today/
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Thanks Terri! I enjoyed your birds, baby birds and a baby!
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Hi Beth,
What a fun and inspiring challenge, Beth! I found myself thinking about the letter B from the moment I took my dogs for our morning walk today. Suddenly, everything around me seemed to begin with B!
I really enjoyed your examples, and the beautiful Black Swallowtail butterfly was my favourite.
Here’s my entry:
The Letter B – A Walk Through Nature – Anita’s Images
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Thanks Anita! And thank you for your wonderful response to the challenge.
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These were great. What a great challenge idea. IT was tough to pick. I loved your photos
https://troyerslovinglife.blogspot.com/2026/06/taking-in-life-around-melens-artist.html
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Thanks Kristin! I’m glad you enjoyed the challenge. Thank you for participating in the challenge with your bridges, butterflies and bees. I left a comment on your post that was shown as anonymous.
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That butterfly photo is stunning! And great boats all round. Here are my bictures, pictures, sorry: https://picturesimperfectblog.com/2026/06/28/b-b-b-baby-you-just-ain%e2%80%b2t-seen-n-n-nothin%e2%80%b2-yet-%f0%9f%8e%b6%f0%9f%8e%b5/
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Great idea for a challenge Beth and I really enjoyed your selection. My favourites are the butterfly (so beautiful!) and the bird on the branch (I like the simplicity of the composition).
I have to apologise as I’ve gone a bit overboard! https://www.toonsarah-travels.blog/gallery-it-begins-with-a-b/
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Loved your Bs Beth! You surely offered some wonderful variety and I loved your choice for the week. I used our recent trip north for Bailey’s Birthday (how nice of him to cooperate so well!) to put together my response. It’s here https://travelsandtrifles.wordpress.com/2026/06/28/lens-artists-challenge-404-things-beginning-with-b/
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Thanks Tina! I’m glad you enjoyed the challenge. I enjoyed your post filled with B’s.
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Boats, butterflies and bridges are some of my favourite things, Beth, and everyone loves a bunny. Many thanks for entertaining us every week. Enjoy your break, hon xx
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Jo, thank you so much for your kind words. I’m glad you enjoy my posts every week.
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