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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #262 – Framing Your Photos

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For this challenge Amy has asked us to show examples of framing our photos. She tells us “The purpose of framing a photo is to create a pleasing composition, so we can direct the viewer’s attention to the subject of our photo.”

My first images are framesd by natural elements. Trees frame the walking trail in the Okefenokee swamp in the header photo above. The next three images the subjects are framed by natural rock formations in the western United States.

Monument Valley, Arizona and Utah
Arches National Park, Utah
Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas

My next images are framed by man made openings. Left to right are the Blarney Castle in Ireland; a tree viewed through an archway at Ft. Pulaski National Monument, Georgia; and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri viewed through an arched window.

Many thanks to our host Amy for the challenge Lens-Artists Challenge #262 – Framing your photos

Photo Challenge: Lens-Artists #60 – Framing the Shot

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This weeks challenge is to choose photos that illustrate different ways of framing images.

When shooting landscapes I like to use trees, flowers, and other foliage as a frame.

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Palm trees frame this double rainbow after a summer storm

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The fireweed on high on a cliff provides the frame above foggy Kachemak Bay in Homer, Alaska

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Sea oats frame the Tybee Island Lighthouse, Georgia

Doors, windows and arches provide frames for some of my photos.

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Arches at Ft. Pickens, Florida

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Mount Rushmore from one of the tunnels on Iron Mountain Road in South Dakota

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Cyclists on the Blue Ridge Parkway framed by a tunnel

Thanks to Amy at The World is a book for the Lens Artists Challenge – Framing the Shot this week