Author: dalecooper57

dalecooper57 may or may not necessarily be my real name, although I couldn't swear to it. An aging hippy living in Devon, I do all this stuff (and I do mean everything - blog, animation, music, photography, the lot) on my lovely smartphone because I started like that, and now I'm too stubborn to get a computer. I don't have a theme, because I don't see why I'd want to talk about the same thing all the time, so why only write about one thing? So if you like eclecticism, humour, nonsense, opinionated ranting, and occasionally educational stuff, you've come to the right place. Any and all feedback is welcome, both positive and negative, on the content, style and overall look of the blog. You keep following me, I'll keep telling you stuff, ok? Cheers, dalecooper57

Cosmic Photo prompt.

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Hello there, welcome to the penultimate prompt for 2025’s Cosmic Photo Challenge, I hope all your holiday preparations are going well.

Today we’re going to get in early with the new season (the solstice is on Sunday, after all) and capture some scenes whilst on; A winter’s walk.

Fingers crossed for some pleasant weather, enjoy the weekend, good luck with the Christmas shopping and I’ll see you all on Monday.

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Lights, camera, Christmas!

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Good morning, welcome to the annual round up of festive illuminations on The Cosmic Photo Challenge, brought to you by the prompt; Lights, camera, Christmas!

I took a chilly, early evening stroll round Barnstaple town on Saturday to capture my yuletide sparkle-fest; with a couple of extra snaps I took whilst waiting to leave my road, hemmed in as I was by the local Round Table’s Santa sleigh.

Now let’s see what’s lighting up your world at the moment…

*****

To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Cosmic Photo prompt.

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Good afternoon, happy Friday and hello from The Cosmic Photo Challenge, here to provide your weekend homework once more with this week’s prompt.

I suppose it’s time to give a nod to the festive season, so let’s see some images which illuminate the theme; Lights, camera, Christmas.

Have fun searching out some sparkly delights for Monday’s post and I’ll see you again soon.

*****

To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Abstract.

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Hello there, it’s only two weeks until the holidays, but here at The Cosmic Photo Challenge we haven’t got festive yet, in fact we’re positively vague about the subject of today’s theme; Abstract.

That gave us almost unlimited scope for our photographic offerings this week and I spent a Zen-like couple of hours yesterday creating this abstract collage from strips I cropped from pictures of random objects around the house and other old photos.

Where did your artistic muse lead you this week..?

*****

To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Cosmic Photo prompt.

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Good evening, I hope you’re all keeping well, here’s your prompt for The Cosmic Photo Challenge.

This week we’re working on the principle that a photo doesn’t have to be of anything in particular, for it to nevertheless make a good picture.

With that in mind, for Monday’s post I’d like images which fit the theme; Abstract.

Imagine and interpret that however you so wish and I’ll see you all soon, have a great weekend.

*****

To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Reflections.

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Good morning, I hope you’ve had a relaxing weekend and are reinvigorated for the week ahead, starting with The Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Today, Thanksgiving weekend hangovers or not, we’re all seeing double, because the theme is; Reflections.

Saturday here was on and off (mostly) rain and short bursts of sunshine, one of which I managed to catch, taking advantage of the reflective power of puddles in the park and on the river.

All I did here was drain anything other than blue from the bottom half of the picture, showing how much colour is reflected from just wet stones

Now let’s see your mirror images, it’s so easy to take part…

*****

To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Cosmic Photo prompt.

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A very good evening to you, on this final Friday of November, I’m here to give you your prompt for The Cosmic Photo Challenge.

This week we’re looking for some mirror images, as we explore the infinite possibilities of; Reflections.

Whether you capture your pictures out in the world, or use editing to achieve a pleasing symmetry, as ever the choice is yours.

Have a great weekend, I’ll catch you again on Monday.

*****

To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Autumn landscapes.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, nature photography, photography12 Comments

Good morning, welcome to The Cosmic Photo Challenge, following a very wet weekend here in the UK.

Fortunately, having set the prompt on Friday, I managed to get out that afternoon while the weather was still cold and bright, to capture some images of; Autumn landscapes.

I took a walk up onto the hills above Barnstaple to take my pictures, some of which might only have glimpses of the landscape in the background, but I like them nonetheless.

Where did your search for wide open spaces take you at the weekend..?

*****

To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Cosmic Photo prompt.

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Friday already, hooray! So that means it’s time for your prompt on The Cosmic Photo Challenge.

This week we’re taking the long view, because I’d like you to concentrate your camera eye on; Autumn landscapes.

We’ve focussed on seasonal colours already and I thought it was time to appreciate the bigger picture, so get out there and capture somewhere you can see the horizon.

Have a great weekend, see you back here on Monday.

*****

To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Pick a shape.

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Hi there, I hope you had a good weekend, now there’s just the small matter of The Cosmic Photo Challenge to attend to, before you plunge headlong into another Monday.

This week your mission was to; Pick a shape.

Any shape will do, as long as it somehow informs your choice of pictures, whether that’s by subject matter or design.

I decided to go with circles, using two separate layouts to create my images; a random selection of circular household objects for one; and some records from my collection, chosen for their colourful vinyl (and a small rug), for the other.

Now let’s see what geometric journey you went on this week…

*****

To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.