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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #267 – Recharge

September 23, 2023Posted in Nature, Photography, WildlifeTagged Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, Recharge, White Tail Deer14 Comments

Our guest host Egidio of Through Brazilian Eyes asks us what activities we enjoy that allow us to recharge our batteries.

A change of scenery and being in nature always helps me to recharge my batteries.

We recently returned from a short getaway to middle Georgia where I enjoyed morning walks in the woods and watching white tail deer in an open field. The cool nighttime temperature was a welcome change from our sweltering summer.

We call it the land of fallen trees because of all the downed trees in the woods.

Many thanks to our guest host Egidio for the challenge Lens-Artists Challenge #267 – Recharge

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #266 – Time

September 17, 2023January 22, 2024Posted in PhotographyTagged Favorite Quotes, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, Time17 Comments

Our challenge from Donna is Time. The older I get the faster time seems to fly by. It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating the new year 1997 in Key West, Florida.

Go fast enough to get there, but slow enough to see.
Jimmy Buffett

“Oh, yesterdays are over my shoulder, So I can’t look back for too long.
There’s just too much to see waiting in front of me, and I know that I just can’t go wrong.”
Jimmy Buffett

Don’t put off that trip you’ve always dreamed of

Go see a favorite artist in concert if you ever have the opportunity

It’s those changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes, nothing remains quite the same. With all of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn’t laugh we would all go insane.
Jimmy Buffett

Rest in peace Jimmy Buffett – 12/25/1946 – 9/1/2023.

Many thanks to our host Donna for the challenge Lens-Artists Challenge #266 – Time

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 – Black and White and Monochrome

September 9, 2023Posted in PhotographyTagged Black and White and Monochrome, Black and white photography, Everglades National Park, Lens-Artists, Monochrome photography, Monument Valley, Okefenokee Swamp, Photo Challenge19 Comments

Our challenge from Anne is for Black and White and/or Monochrome images.

Monochrome photos contain only variations of one color. Monument Valley in Utah was the filming location for many old western movies. I thought it would be fun to bring back memories of those old western movies so I chose a few images from Monument Valley and converted them to sepia tones.

Some of those movies were directed by John Ford and starred John Wayne. In the image above John Ford’s Point is in the foreground with Monument Valley in the background. The next three images reminded me of other scenes in the movies.

One of the Mittens formations in Monument Valley, Utah

John Wayne’s cabin from the movie “She wore a Yellow Ribbon”

Stage Coach at Goulding’s Trading Post, Monument Valley, Utah

Black and white images contain only the colors of back and white. I chose three images from Florida and Georgia and converted them from color to black and white to add some drama to the landscapes.

Pa-hay-Otee overlook in Everglades National Park, Florida

Laura S. Walker State Park, Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia

Many thanks to our host Anne for the challenge Lens-Artists Challenge #265 – Black and White or Monochrome

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #264 – Primary Colors

September 2, 2023Posted in PhotographyTagged blue, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, Primary Colors, Red, Yellow23 Comments

Sophia has challenged us to show primary colors of red, yellow and blue. The header image is of a male Painted Bunting with all three primary colors.

Red

Yellow

Blue

Blue and Red

Red and Yellow

Many thanks to our host Sofia for the challenge Lens-Artists Challenge #264 – Primary Colors

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #263 – Faces in a Crowd

August 26, 2023Posted in PhotographyTagged Faces in a Crowd, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge10 Comments

For this challenge JohnBo asks us to “show off your camera skills when it comes to faces, human or otherwise”.

I’m not good at photographing people so I will begin with two animal faces. The header photo is of Uga X, retired official football mascot of the University of Georgia Bulldogs. His real name is Que and he retired in the spring of 2023 after leaving a legacy as the mascot with the most wins including back-to-back National Championships. His replacement is the puppy Boom who will be on the sidelines at the Bulldogs’ first game of the season on September 2.

One of my favorite wildlife faces is this Grizzly Bear who seemed to be posing for me at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center.

This Junkanoo Band travels from the Bahamas to march in the St. Patrick’s Day parades in Savannah and Tybee Island. I love the smile on the dancer’s face.