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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It’s a lovely day, the sun is shining and The Cosmic Photo Challenge is here to get you out into nature, with this week’s prompt; I’ll see you in the trees.

I love this time of year, when the bare branches have regained their foliage and a whole new world comes to life in the canopy above us.

So over the next couple of days, get out there and capture some arboreal images for Monday’s post, but most of all have a great weekend. See y’all on the other side.

*****

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: Circle/Square.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, nature photography, photography14 Comments

Monday always brings opportunities, the main one being the opportunity to share your pictures with us on The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which today is on the theme of; Circle/Square.

I don’t mind telling you I’ve been very lazy this weekend and I sat in the sunshine with a book almost the whole time, from where I could see the beautiful circular bloom of our first rose.

There were also some strangely angular flowers (some plants may have been harmed in the making of these photos) or maybe it was just me and my square eyes…

How did your weekend shape up? Why not join in, it’s easy to do…

*****

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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Hello, it’s time for your weekly creative prod towards a new photographic adventure on The Cosmic Photo Challenge.

This week I’ve decided to make the theme a little less direct, so let your imaginations run free with the prompt; Circle/Square.

That’s it, no more explanation, just get out there and add your own spin for Monday’s post.

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: Against the sky.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography20 Comments

Welcome to the start of a new week on The Cosmic Photo Challenge, after a weekend of two very distinct halves.

I set a theme of Against the sky and the skies over the last two days couldn’t have been more different. Yesterday was grey and eventually drizzly after a day of glorious sunshine on Saturday.

What kind of skies provided a backdrop to your weekend of photography..?

*****

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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For this week on The Cosmic Photo Challenge I’d like you to provide images in line with the theme; Against the sky.

So go out and look up, see what you can capture for our visual delectation on Monday.

Have a fabulous weekend, see y’all on the other side.

*****

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: When the rains came.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography16 Comments

Well it seems as if I have become a (willing) victim of The Cosmic Photo Challenge weather jinx, after I set this week’s theme as; When the rains came.

Instead of the forecast torrential downpour, all Saturday managed to produce was an uninspiring grey drizzle and yesterday was filled with glorious sunshine.

So I stretched the definition to its limit, to include rain which had fallen at some point recently, in this case in and around the river Yeo, where I took a stroll yesterday afternoon.

Not that I would dream of wishing bad weather on you, but I hope you had more success capturing the rain, let’s see your pictures…

*****

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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Hello, time for another slightly late pointer in the direction of inspiration, with your weekly prompt for The Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Here in the UK, today is the day when Charlie gets a new hat, so it’s the second long weekend in a row, but it’s a grey and miserable one.

For that reason I’m going with a weather based theme; When the rains came.

See you back here on Monday to compare meteorological notes, 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: The view through…

On By dalecooper57In photography15 Comments

Welcome to a May Day bank holiday edition of The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which this week is framed by; The view through…

Lots of room for interpretation in that prompt, so I went for a walk and captured views through (or between, or from under) a couple of bridges and an electricity pylon.

Where did your weekend search for inspiration take you..?

*****

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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Yay, it’s Friday, time to get some direction for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge, which is actually on time for once.

Let’s broaden the scope of the prompt today, by requesting pictures that meet the brief; The view through…

I think that’s a nicely open ended theme for you to interpret any which way you want, I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Have a great weekend and I’ll see you 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: Show us your bloomers.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography13 Comments

Hi there, I hope your weekend was relaxing and that your Monday is as good as can be expected so far.

This week on The Cosmic Photo Challenge I asked you to provide pictures which satisfy the prompt; Show us your bloomers.

Our garden is hardly in full flower at the moment, most of the perennials have only recently regenerated after their winter rest, but the bugle is already filling the border with purple spikes and the bluebells look good against the yellow acer. I dodged the rain showers on Saturday to capture some tree blossoms and more bluebells in the park, too.

Now let’s see your floral offerings…

*****

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.