Photo Challenge – Page 18 – Wandering Dawgs

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #325 – Gratitude

November 23, 2024November 25, 2025Posted in PhotographyTagged Gratitude, Holiday, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, Thanksgiving26 Comments

As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving in America next Thursday, Tina has asked us to show things for which we are most grateful.

Every day I wake up grateful that I have been given the gift of another day on planet earth.

I am grateful for Henry, my husband of 54 years, and for our children and grandchildren. I am grateful for all my friends and family.

I am grateful I was raised in a loving, happy family. I’m grateful for all the places I lived growing up. I am grateful that my parents gave me the love of travel by taking us on family road trips.

I am grateful I have been able to travel around our beautiful country and to many other destinations around the world. I’m grateful for the natural wonders, the wildlife, the other countries I’ve visited, and the many wonderful people I have met along the way.

I am grateful for the little things that make me smile – a butterfly on a flower, a hummingbird on the feeder, flowers blooming in my garden, deer grazing in a field, a beautiful sunrise or sunset, a surprise phone call from a friend. I am grateful for laughter.

I am grateful for my home on the edge of the beautiful Georgia salt marsh where I can observe native wildlife in my own backyard.

I am grateful for a roof over my head, clean running water, hot showers, and plenty of good food to eat.

When something unexpected happens or I’m having a bad day, I think of how much I have to be grateful for and whatever is bothering me doesn’t seem quite so bad.

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” – A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

Many thanks to our host Tina for the challenge Lens-Artists #325 – Gratitude

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #324 – In the Details

November 15, 2024Posted in PhotographyTagged beach, beach walk, Container Ship, In the Details, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, seashells16 Comments

Patti’s challenge: “Choose a subject (a statue, a person, a place, street art, etc.) and take a series of photos about your subject. Get closer and closer to the subject, focusing on a particular detail(s). Vary your shots by changing your perspective or angle of shooting or even your lens. Post three photos of your subject. Feel free to shoot another series on a second subject.”

I went for a walk on Tybee Island’s north beach looking for inspiration for this challenge. It’s my favorite place to walk and there is always something interesting to see there.

Container ships in the shipping channel are a common sight from the beach. The container ship in the header photo was sailing out to Atlantic Ocean after leaving the port of Savannah.

I zoomed in for a closer look and discovered a flock of birds at the water’s edge.

I zoomed in further to see the details of the containers on the ship.

Another common sight at the beach is seashells that have washed ashore.

Most of the shells have been broken by the wave action.

I zoomed in for a closer look at the shells.

I zoomed in even closer to see the details of the shells.

Many thanks to our host Patti for the challenge Lens-Artists #324 – In the Details

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #323 – Silence

November 9, 2024Posted in PhotographyTagged Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, Silence21 Comments

Egidio has asked us to explore silence in photography.

I experience silence in nature, especially when I am in a wilderness area far away from cities and civilization. My header image was taken on a boat ride through the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

Silence at sunset in Big Cypress Swamp

Many thanks to our host Egidio for the challenge Lens-Artists #323 – Silence

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #321 – Intentional Camera Movement

October 24, 2024Posted in PhotographyTagged ICM, Intentional Camera Movement, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge20 Comments

Anne’s challenge was a tough one for me. She has asked us to create images using Intentional Camera Movement (ICM). This is a new technique for me so I had to do a lot of experimenting before coming up with these images.

Many thanks to our host Anne for the challenge Lens-Artists #321 – Intentional Camera Movement

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #320 – Looking Back

October 19, 2024Posted in Photography, Road TripTagged Family trip, Lens-Artists, Looking Back, National Parks, Photo Challenge, Summer trip25 Comments

Sophia has challenged us to “Look back at things you love(d) in your life, things that have happened, places you visited that you’d like to experience again. Anything, really, as long as it’s part of your treasured memories.” I had fun going through boxes of old photos for this challenge. I found too many to include so I decided to focus on some “firsts” from my travels.

I inherited the travel bug from my father. He was a career U.S. Air Force officer whose job required moving quite often. Every summer we spent our summer vacations traveling to visit grandparents in two different states.

My first big trip that didn’t revolve around visiting grandparents was in the summer of 1959 when I was eight years old. As we traveled from the East Coast to California we passed through many different landscapes and explored several National Parks. Here I am with my Mom and my brothers at Yellowstone Lake.

My first big trip with my husband and children was when the kids were 13 and 9. We saw many fantastic places as we traveled to and from the south rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. A hike on the Bright Angel Trail was the highlight of our Grand Canyon adventure.

I was 16 years old the first time I flew in an airplane. We flew from New York to Rome on our way to My Dad’s next assignment at a small base near Brindisi, Italy. We traveled to many places around Europe during the two years Dad was stationed there. This image is of the Trevi Fountain in Rome.

Wandering Dawgs took our first RV trip in 2006 in our brand new fifth wheel. We found beauty every where we went as we traveled west to explore many of the western National Parks.