Photography – Page 53 – Wandering Dawgs

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #162 – It’s all about the Light

August 27, 2021Posted in National Parks, Photography, SunriseTagged Everglades National Park, Its All About the Light, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, Rocky Mountain National Park, Zion National Park22 Comments

For this challenge our host Tina has asked us to explore the magic of light.

To help celebrate this week’s anniversary of America’s National Parks I am focusing on images from three of the National Parks we have visited.

Sunrise in the Everglades is always a special event. The following images were captured at sunrise from the Flamingo Campground in Everglades National Park. The sky put on a beautiful light show as the sun rose over Florida Bay.

The next two images were taken two years apart at Many Curves Overlook in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. The sun was shining in the spring of 2011 when I captured the image on the left. We returned in the summer of 2013 when I captured the image on the right.

Next we go to Zion National Park in Utah. I captured the following two images of the Watchman peak while waiting for sunset. As the sun was setting a full moon was rising.

Many thanks to Tina for challenging us with Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #162 – It’s all about the Light

I’m taking a short, much needed blogging break. I’ll be back in about two weeks.

August in my Garden

August 25, 2021Posted in Butterflies, Flowers, PhotographyTagged Georgia garden, In the Garden, Photo Challenge, Sunday Stills9 Comments

My butterfly garden is filled with overgrown Mexican Sunflowers and zinnias going wild this time of year. The weather is too hot and humid for me to keep up with all the weeds. But the butterflies and other pollinators love it!

Many thanks to Natalie for this challenge. Be sure to visit her original post at Sunday Stills: In the Garden

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #161 – Feet and Shoes

August 19, 2021August 18, 2021Posted in PhotographyTagged Boots, Feet and shoes, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge23 Comments

Our host Ann-Christine’s challenge is feet and shoes. I decided to have a little fun with this challenge. Here are a few boots from my archives.

Many thanks to Ann-Christine for this challenge. Be sure to visit her original post at Lens-Artists challenge #161: Feet and Shoes

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #160 – Your Inspiration

August 12, 2021January 22, 2024Posted in Birds, Butterflies, Flowers, National Parks, Nature, Photography, WildlifeTagged Favorite Quotes, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, Your Inspiration29 Comments

Our host Patti has challenged us to show what our inspiration looks like. I find my inspiration in the natural world.

In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir

Starting the day by watching the sun rise adds inspiration to any day.

The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.
Claude Monet

The natural beauty found in America’s National Parks never ceases to inspire me.

Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California

If you truly love nature you will find beauty everywhere.
Vincent Van Gogh

The weekly challenges from the gifted lens-artists hosts Tina, Ann-Christine, Patti and Amy always inspire me to be a better photographer. I’m also inspired by all of the talented WordPress bloggers who respond to the challenge with their wonderful photographs.

Many thanks to Patti for this challenge. Be sure to visit her original post at Lens-Artists challenge #160: Your Inspiration.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #159 – Postcards

August 4, 2021Posted in Photography, TravelTagged Bali Hai, Lens-Artists, Monument Valley, Photo Challenge, Postcards, Yellowstone34 Comments

Our final guest host for the month of July is Ana Campo of Anvica’s Gallery. Her challenge is Postcards. She writes about thinking about how many postcards were used in the past “to congratulate, as a souvenir of the places we visited or simply as collectibles.” The above image is a real post card I brought back from our trip to Hawaii.

Once upon a time, when long distance phone calls were too expensive, before Facebook, Instagram, WordPress blogs, and many other internet options were available, travelers would mail postcards to their friends and family back home.

I love receiving postcards so when we were planning our first RV trip across the U.S. and Canada I knew I wanted to send postcards to our grand children. I have kept up that tradition for all our trips, whether we were gone for a few months or just a few days. I enjoy picking out the cards, writing to them about our adventures on the back of the card, and even searching for a mailbox to mail them.

The cards usually were 25 cents each and sometimes I could get 5 for a dollar. I still have a collection of extra cards that never got mailed.

Sometimes as I edited photos from a trip I would find one almost identical to a postcard I had purchased! For this challenge I chose to show three postcards and my similar photos. The cards are in the left column with my photos in the right.

I hope my grandkids had as much fun receiving the postcards as I had picking them out, writing them, and searching for a mailbox to mail them.

Many thanks to guest host Ana for this fun challenge. Be sure to visit her original post at Lens-Artists challenge #159: Postcards.

It was my pleasure to host last week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #158: Along Back Country Roads. Thank you Tina, Ann-Christine, Patti and Amy for inviting me to host. Many thanks to every one who contributed to the challenge. Your beautiful photos took me along back roads of the United States and Canada, and around the world to South America, Europe, the U.K, India, Kuwait and many more amazing places. Thank you!