The Cosmic Photo Challenge: The best of ’22.

On 19th Dec 202219th Dec 2022 By dalecooper57In arts, editing and effects, photography11 Comments

Only two more prompts for The Cosmic Photo Challenge to go this year, so I thought it was time for us to review; The best of ’22.

So it’s time to blow our own trumpets, showcase our best bits, play favourites and glow with inner pride as we look back at some of the images we were especially pleased with over the last twelve months.

These could be photos you’ve already shared as part of the challenge, or maybe you’ve never taken part before and have hundreds to choose from!

Maybe you didn’t have room in previous challenges or you just have pictures from this year which deserve our attention, well then now’s your chance to shine.

My personal criteria for inclusion of my images in today’s post was more…esoteric, shall we say, in that mine were chosen as part of the creative process known technically as “mucking about”.

Here is my artistic representation of my photographic year, 2022

16 images were used to create this collage, how many can you spot?

What were your finest moments this year?

Come on, don’t be shy…

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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: Art for art’s sake.

On 7th Nov 20226th Nov 2022 By dalecooper57In arts, editing and effects, photography15 Comments

This week on The Cosmic Photo Challenge we’re getting creative, with the theme; Art for art’s sake.

My avantgarde extravaganza was inspired by this fern fossil we found in a slab of sandstone in the garden.

I’d recently managed to remove a larger section of the top layer of stone, revealing more of the pristine patterns beneath and this photo became the basis for a composition made up of (I think) 19 separate images.

Where did your creative muse take you at the weekend?

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Summer collage.

On 1st Aug 202231st Jul 2022 By dalecooper57In arts, editing and effects, nature photography, photography18 Comments

Hello again, I hope you all had a pleasant weekend, even if it was as grey and damp as mine. But even when skies are grey, The Cosmic Photo Challenge is here to brighten your Monday, whatever the weather.

Today our theme is Summer collage, because editing is just as much of an art form as photography in its way.

So, I took this panoramic shot on the road to Fremington Quay last week…

…and I added parts of 10 other photos to it, from places I’ve visited this summer, to create this landscape of the imagination.

What did you concoct for us this week?

The Cosmic Photo Challenge; Indoor freestyle.

On 27th Jun 202227th Jun 2022 By dalecooper57In arts, editing and effects, photography14 Comments

Hello there, welcome to a rather unusual edition of The Cosmic Photo Challenge, today themed around the extremely loose prompt; Indoor freestyle.

It was a strange week last week; having tested positive for Covid on Monday morning I was in isolation until yesterday evening, when I finally tested negative, although I am still feeling a bit below par. Which is all the explanation you’re getting for me having deviated slightly on my own challenge.

Since I was trapped in the flat all week, I did what I usually do to amuse myself and made some new musical creations, one of which you can experience right here, accompanied by my…photographic contribution.

The video you see below is made using only a two minute clip of me wandering around the living room and kitchen with my phone, filming anything and everything at peculiar angles, all of which then had layers and layers of effects applied to them and voila!

{Best watched in HD. Contains flashing images}

Normal service will be resumed next week, but in the meantime, let’s see what the more sensible of you produced over the weekend.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Public art.

On 25th Apr 202224th Apr 2022 By dalecooper57In arts, nature photography, photography6 Comments

For your mission on The Cosmic Photo Challenge this week, I asked you to go in search of; Public art.

I gambled on the weather being nice on Sunday and was rewarded, after a drizzly start, with glorious sunshine in which to once again explore Broomhill Sculpture Gardens.

You may remember previous posts from this fantastical, artistical, woodland wonderland, to which I love to periodically return, watching it evolve. I can’t possibly fit all the photos I took yesterday in this post, so watch out for the full set on another blog not too far away, coming soon.