Lens-Artists Challenge #389 – Time To Relax

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Dogs have no trouble relaxing most of the time. My dog is the really lazy hound in the background. The dog in the foreground is her brother, who belongs to my sister.

Anne hosts this weeks challenge which is themed on ‘Time to relax’. My personal routines for relaxing revolve around photography, walking and visiting new places. Nothing particularly special to share with you all so I thought I’d post a few images that fit the theme. You can view Annes original post here.

Cats are even better at chilling. Our dog always has her ears half cocked in case an Amazon delivery man or postman has the audacity to ring our front door bell. My experience with cats is they couldn’t care less.

I’ll finish with the animals there and share some street shots of people relaxing or just chilling in the sun.

This brilliant guitarist in Tuscany who just got lost in his music as we watched on.
Tuscany again, Sienna I think. The place where they hold the Palio. A madcap horse race around this small square. No horses today, just some chilled studying in the sun.
Students relaxing and grabbing some phone shots looking up the Washington Monument.
Totally shopped out!
Knapping on a bench on Brooklyn Bridge, NYC.
Backgammon on the beach for these Greek locals.
A Sunday morning coffee and a song on the Southbank in London.

I’ll share one last image which does combine two of my pastimes – photography and walking. I’ve adapted an old Helios 44-2 vintage lens using a lens spanner I bought earlier in the week. I’ve blogged about that here – Vintage Lenses – Helios 44-2 with a reversed front element

So I went for a walk in our local woodland this morning, with the dog and camera. I took the new adapted lens with me and went looking for something to photograph. As it was I stumbled across plenty of early spring flowers including a few bluebells. Here’s my favourite from the bunch of pics I came back with using my new adapted crazy lens.

Thank you to Anne for hosting this weeks challenge. I looked forward to reading everyone’s responses.

All images: ©Stephen Hyde 2007-2025 – All rights reserved.

23 thoughts on “Lens-Artists Challenge #389 – Time To Relax”

  1. This is all so endearing. The relaxing animal photos are adorable. That closing crazy lens shot is amazing. I’m sure we’ll be seeing more with that lens.

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  11. Wonderful street photography Steve, your dog and her brother look adorable and the final shot with your adapted vintage lens is especially fabulous! 😊

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