John hosts this weeks challenge and asks us to ‘consider how shadows shape your photos‘. You can read his original challenge post here.
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Lens-Artists #386: The Power of Juxtaposition
Patti sets this weeks Lens-Artist Challenge – The power of juxtaposition. Her original challenge post can be found here. I’m glad Patti included a definition of juxtaposition because I had no idea what the term meant. My initial thoughts were ‘I do this a lot’ but when I went looking through my images I realised I don’t !
Continue readingLens-Artists Challenge#385 – Unusual Crop
Ritva hosts this weeks Lens-Artist Challenge and has asked us to provide image examples of unusual or extreme cropping – ‘This week, we encourage you to deliberately defy traditional framing conventions.‘ Ritvas original challenge post can he found here.
Continue readingLens-Artists Challenge #383 – Looking Back to #174 – Shapes and Designs
Tina hosts this weeks ‘looking back’ challenge – Shapes and Designs. You can read her original challenge post here
Continue readingInternational Lego Day – 28/01/26
Yesterday, 28th January, was ‘International Lego Day’. I didn’t know, or realise, this until late in the day when I saw a related Lego post on Flickr. So, although I started writing my article yesterday I’m a day late posting as I didn’t have my Lego images available to upload.
Continue readingLens Artists Photo Challenge #382 – Rejected
Egidio has set this weeks challenge. He asks us to find a few rejected photos. Images that didn’t make the cut for some reason and see if we could fix them using photo editing software. You can find Egidio’s original post here.
Continue readingPhotography – Nikon NIKKOR-S.C Auto 50mm f1.4
I bought, yet another, vintage lens from Ebay last week. I’d read a favourable review of the Nikon NIKKOR-S.C Auto 50mm f1.4, a 1970’s classic and decided I’d like one. It’s still widely available and I bought a copy, in mint condition, for £100. I’ve never owned, or used, a Nikon lens before but I’m suitably impressed. The build quality is superb and it’s a dream to use.
Continue readingLens Artists Photo Challenge #381- Minimalism in B&W Photography
Ritva has set this weeks challenge – Minimalism in Black & White Photography. You can read Ritva’s original challenge post here. It’s a great theme for a challenge and one of those that makes you think about your own photography. I’ll confess that I never shoot in black and white or even with a black and white image in mind.
Continue readingLens Artists Challenge #380: What’s Around the Corner
Well this is really spooky. This week Anne challenges us to post images from photo opportunities we’ve stumbled across on one particular walk. I’ve done exactly that today, before I knew what was coming with this weeks challenge! Here’s the story of that walk.
Continue readingLens-Artists Challenge #379 – Favourite Images of 2025
The Lens Artist Team are asking followers to select their favorite images of 2025 – whether they’ve been included in previous posts or not.
So, I’ve organised a few of this years images into these categories.
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