Photography – Wandering Dawgs

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #416: Music

October 8, 2026Posted in Entertainment, PhotographyTagged Bagpipes, Grand Old Opry, Lens-Artists, Marching Band, music, Photo Challenge, Willie Nelson39 Comments

Ritva introduces her music challenge like this: “Whether it’s a street artist down the street, local band or a world‑famous rockstar on stage, this challenge is all about capturing the energy, excitement, and emotion of live music—or anything connected to it.”

I attended many concerts in the days before cell phones and cameras weren’t allowed. In more recent years I have enjoyed photographing music performances in many different kinds of environments.

It’s fun learning more about famous musicians. We toured Elvis Presley’s home Graceland in Memphis, The B.B. King museum in Mississippi, and the Buddy Holly museum in Texas

A few of Elvis Presley’s Gold Records on display at Graceland

Athens, Georgia is the home of many famous bands including R.E.M., The B-52’s, and Widespread Panic. The three locations in the final gallery are a part of the music history in Athens.

Last week Anne had us moving our body to capture our subjects. Your responses were incredible. Thank you to everyone who joined the challenge.

Many thanks to our host Ritva for this week’s fun challenge. If you would like to join the challenge please be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to his post Lens-Artists #416: Music.

Be sure to check back on Saturday, October 10 at noon eastern time when Egidio will be hosting the challenge.

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.

For information on how to join the Lens-Artists challenge please click here.

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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #415: Move Your Body

September 30, 2026October 4, 2026Posted in Nature, PhotographyTagged Devil's Tower, Gateway Arch, Lens-Artists, Mount Rushmore, Move your Body, Photo Challenge40 Comments

Our host Anne is asking us to move our body up, down, forward and back to get the shot we want.

I chose galleries of three famous United State Landmarks to illustrate how I had to move my body around and look up in order to capture the subject from different angles.

The first gallery is of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri. Because of it’s size, it is difficult to capture it all in one shot. I walked around the base of the arch and I had to lean way back when I looked up at the arch.

We had seen Mount Rushmore from the road as we approached the entrance to the National Monument. The first image is a view of the monument from the paved path at the entrance to the park. We walked along the path towards the monument for a closer look. We then walked along a trail beneath the monument where we had to look up to see the faces.

The last gallery shows three different views I captured of the Devil’s Tower as we walked along a trail at the base of the Tower.

Last week Ann-Christine asked us to feature images that showed Harmony. Your responses were amazing. Thank you to everyone who joined the challenge.

Many thanks to our host Anne for this week’s fun challenge. If you would like to join the challenge please be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to her post Lens-Artists #415: Move your Body.

Be sure to check back on Saturday, October 3 at noon eastern time when Ritva will be hosting the challenge.

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.

For information on how to join the Lens-Artists challenge please click here.

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Sunday Stills – Animals with Antlers, Horns and Hooves

September 25, 2026Posted in Nature, Photography, WildlifeTagged Amimals of the Month, Antlers Horns and Hooves, Big Horn Sheep, Caribou, Photo Challenge, Sunday Stills, Texas Long Horn24 Comments

Terri is asking us to feature animals with antlers, horns and hooves.

After a fun ride in the Long Horn Cadillac we arrived for dinner at the Big Texan Steak House

Many thanks to Terri for her Sunday Stills challenge Animals with Antlers, Horns and Hooves

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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #414: Looking back to #44 Harmony

September 24, 2026Posted in Nature, PhotographyTagged Harmony, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge49 Comments

Ann-Christine is looking back to Tina’s Lens Artists Challenge #44 – Harmony. She describes Harmony like this: “Harmony is the combination of separate but related parts in a way that uses their similarities to bring unity to a painting, drawing, or other art object.”

I find many examples of harmony in nature. These images focus on harmony between animals of different species. Some share the same spaces to hunt for food, some share a log together for who knows what reason, and sometimes they are together to help each other out.

Egrets and Roseate Spoonbills sharing a pond to search for food

Cattle egrets and cows are often seen together in nature. The cattle egret helps the cow by eating the fleas and ticks off of the cow.

It was my pleasure to host the Bridge challenge last week. Your incredible images included many kinds of bridges from all around the world. I enjoyed all of them. Thank you to everyone who responded to the challenge.

Many thanks to our host Ann-Christine for this week’s challenge. If you would like to join the challenge please be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to her post Lens-Artists #414: Harmony.

Be sure to check back on Saturday, September 26 at noon eastern time when Anne will have another great challenge for us.

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.

For information on how to join the Lens-Artists challenge please click here.

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Terri’s Flower Hour #48: Can you guess these flowers starting with S, T, U, V?

September 15, 2026September 15, 2026Posted in Flowers, Nature, Photography, WildflowersTagged Floral ABC's, Flowers, Photo Challenge, The Flower Hour, wildflowers34 Comments

Let’s have some fun with Terri’s Floral ABC’s theme of flowers featuring STUV. I don’t have a flower that begins with U but here are some flowers that start with S, T, and V. Can you identify any of these flowers? You can check your answers at the end of this post.