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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #330 – Favorite Images of 2024

January 5, 2025Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged Favorite Images 2024, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge40 Comments

All of the Lens-Artists hosts once again have challenged us to show our favorite images of 2024.

My Favorite Flowers

My header image of Dogwood blooms in the spring is one of my favorites from last year. The camellias brought bright color to my winter garden last year. This one was blooming in January.

My Favorite People Image

These two cooks were working hard grilling lobsters on the Viking Sea during our February West Indies cruise. I love the smile on the face of the cook in the middle.The lobsters were as delicious as they look.

My Favorite Bird image

While at the Savannah Scottish Games we stopped to see a presentation of Birds of Prey from the Oatland Island Wildlife Center. Wassaw, a rescued American Bald Eagle, seemed to pose for me.

My Favorite Wildlife Image

This iguana ignored the people in their beach chairs on the beach at our hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

My Favorite Sunrise and Sunset

I watched some beautiful sunrises and sunsets last year. This sunrise in coastal Georgia and sunset on our West Indies cruise are my favorites.

My Favorite Landscape Image

The famous Pitons in St. Lucia are a beautiful sight to see from the water.

Two Random Favorites

The Tybee Island Lighthouse went through a major renovation last year. Even though the old paint had been removed the lighthouse proudly flew the American Flag on Memorial Day.

I loved the yellow umbrellas on the beach in Tortola.

Many thanks to all of our Lens-Artists hosts for this challenge and for all the challenges from 2024. I’m looking forward to seeing what we are challenged with in 2025.

JohnBo Journeys with JohnBo Lens-Artists #330 – Favorites of 2024

Tina Travels and Trifles Lens-Artists #330 – Favorite Images of 2024

Egidio Through Brazilian Eyes Lens-Artists #330 – Favorite Photos of 2024

Ritva Ritva Silllanmaki Photography Lens-Artists #330 – Favorite images of 2024

Sofia Photographias Lens-Artists #330 – Favorite Images of 2024

Ann-Christine Leya Lens-Artists #330 – Favorite images of 2024

Anne Slow Shutter Speed Lens-Artists #330 Favorite Images of 2024

Patti Pilot Fish Blog Lens-Artists #330 – Favorites Images of 2024

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #329 – Last Chance 2024

December 20, 2024Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged Last Chance, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge14 Comments

All of our Lens-Artists hosts have asked us to share some of the images we loved that didn’t quite make it into any of this year’s Len-Artists challenges. Here are a few of my favorites.

Wishing you Peace, Joy and Happiness this Holiday season

Many thanks to all of our Len-Artists hosts for this challenge. Here is a link to Tina’s Lens-Artists Challenge #329 – Last Chance

Sunday Stills: Discovering Brown Shades in Wildlife

November 19, 2024Posted in Birds, Nature, Photography, WildlifeTagged auburn and brown, brown, Color Challenge, Sunday Stills, wildlife photography19 Comments

Terri’s color challenge: “November’s color theme includes shades of brown and shades of auburn (a rich, brownish red). You are welcome to include images of both colors or pick one to highlight.”

When I first read Terri’s challenge I had no idea what kind of brown things to include. When I realizied that I’ve seen plenty of brown wildlife during our travels I knew what to do.

Wildlife photography is my favorite type of photography. Seeing wild creatures in their natural habitat is always a thrill. For this challenge I’m including some of my favorite brown animals and birds.

The first gallery features Brown Bears in Alaska and British Columbia, White Tailed deer in Virginia, Bison in South Dakota, and Elk in Canada.

I chose some of my favorite birds the bird gallery: an Osprey, an American Bald Eagle, Brown Pelicans, a hawk and a juvenile White Ibis. The Osprey is in Georgia, the Eagle in Alaska, and the rest of the birds are in Florida.

It’s not always easy to capture photos of wild animals when I spot them but it sure is fun to try. Sometimes it’s just pure luck to be in the right place at the right time with the right camera lens.

Shared with Terri’s Sunday Stills challenge Color Challenge – Shades of Auburn and Brown

Sunday Stills – On the Wing

July 22, 2024Posted in Birds, Photography, WildlifeTagged Photo Challenge, Sunday Stills, Wings25 Comments

Terri’s Sunday Stills challenge is On the Wing. I enjoy bird photography and have thousands of bird photos in my archives. I browsed through some of them and included a few favorites for this challenge.

I am the daughter of a United States Air Force pilot and I can’t do a post about wings without including wings of the USAF Thunderbirds.

Thanks to Terri for her Sunday Stills monthly challenge – On the Wing

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #306 – Habitat

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged Coastal Georgia, Georgia Salt Marsh, Habitat, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, salt marsh34 Comments

Tina’s challenge is to examine the habitats of both humans/and or animals.

A quote from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources tells us that “Georgia’s coastal marshlands encompass approximately 368,000 acres in a four to six mile band behind the barrier islands. Thriving in the waters of the estuaries, these marshes have been identified as one of the most extensive and productive marshland systems in the United States. There are nearly 400,000 acres of coastal marshlands in Georgia which represent a considerable portion of all remaining marshlands along the entire eastern coast of the United States.”

I chose to feature images of some of the birds that feed on the fish, shrimp, snails, and other small creatures that live in the salt marsh. Sometimes I see the birds perched in a tree or on a dock above the marsh as they search for food. It’s fun to watch them wade through the marsh or a creek as they feed.