Lens-Artists Challenge #389 – Time To Relax

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.

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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 !

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Lens-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.

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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #381- Minimalism in B&W Photography

I shot this a couple of weeks ago. It’s a statue called ‘Still’ in our local marina. It was a test shot with a new ‘vintage lens’ but I really liked it once I got back and processed it.

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.

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Lens Artists Challenge #380: What’s Around the Corner

John Ateyo. A 1950’s Bristol City FC legend. We walked through the soccer stadium grounds on route to the harbour and the view of the suspension bridge.

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.

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Lens-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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