Category: nature photography

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: The ground beneath your feet.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography14 Comments

Good morning, I hope you had a good weekend, now it’s time to let the pictures do the talking on The Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Today’s theme might be a little prosaic, but not all challenges have to be glamorous and after all, where would you all be without; The ground beneath your feet?

My shots were all captured on my morning walks in the countryside, where I chose to document the surfaces of the various lanes and pathways that make up my regular route.

What discoveries did you make as you were looking down this week..?

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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: Coast.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography16 Comments

Good morning, welcome to The Cosmic Photo Challenge on this slightly less scorching Monday, starting your week with a trip to the; Coast.

I took a walk along Woolacombe beach on Saturday, where I eventually found enough scenery (mostly) unencumbered by tourists to provide this selection.

Now let’s see your coastal views from the weekend…

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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: Close up.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography14 Comments

Hello from the sweltering oven that is the UK, welcome to the *checks notes* 239th edition of The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which I’m using as an excuse for my inability to come up with a more original prompt this week than; Close up.

I have managed to plan a route for my daily walk that is mostly shaded by areas of woodland surrounding my neighbourhood, so my photos were taken either out walking or before the sun roasted everything in the garden (or “lunchtime” as I think it’s now called), including this year’s first flowering of my spectacular Stargazer lily.

There are eighteen buds like this on the single stemmed Stargazer lily

What did you focus on for this week’s challenge..?

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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: Look to the skies.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography17 Comments

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s just The Cosmic Photo Challenge, here to start your week with some upwardly-focused pictures, with today’s theme; Look to the skies.

The weather has finally cooled down a bit in the UK, but at the end of last week even the sky looked like it was on fire. Saturday was a little better, although it was still a very sweaty walk I took across the fields above Barnstaple, where I made a few bovine friends to pose in front of the little fluffy clouds.

How was your weekend, what did you capture for us..?

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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: Nature in black and white.

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

Good morning, welcome to a monochrome edition of The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which this week is looking at; Nature in black and white.

I took my pictures in the garden and on my Saturday morning walk, trying to find mixtures of textures to replace the missing colours.

Now it’s time for you to showcase your shades of grey.

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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: What’s flowering where you are?

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography9 Comments

Good morning, welcome to another, extra colourful edition of The Cosmic Photo Challenge, this week based on the prompt; What’s flowering where you are?

I spent the weekend in Sussex, so my pictures were mostly taken in the village of Rotherfield, with a couple captured in the garden of The Wheatsheaf pub in my old hometown of Crowborough.

Now let’s see what floral delights you have for us today…

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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: At the end of the day.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography13 Comments

Hi there, welcome to your weekly pictorial pick-up, kicking off another Monday morning with The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which invited you to capture your submissions; At the end of the day.

I didn’t have to go far for these shots (a couple were actually taken through the kitchen window); going from twilight to full darkness, with atmosphere provided by my garden lighting, the moon and a nice touch of lens flare.

Now let’s have a look at your sundowners…

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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: Looking for shade.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography12 Comments

Hey, how’s it going? I hope, like me, you’ve been enjoying the scorching bank holiday weekend weather, or at least your local version of it, because here on The Cosmic Photo Challenge we’re going; Looking for shade.

Over the weekend I’ve had a few nice days out, one of which took me through Venn Quarry Woods on a walk to Landkey for a pint and a bowl of chips. The cool of the riverbank and the tree-shaded pathways were a welcome relief from the heat.

Where did you shelter from the sun this week..?

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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: Under the canopy.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography9 Comments

Well here we are, with another week ahead of us, but Monday also brings the bonus of The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which today is heading into the trees for the prompt; Under the canopy.

Just looking up at all the different shades of green unfurling above us at the moment makes me happy, so this challenge was no challenge at all, it was an absolute pleasure.

And one extra photo, which is above and below the canopy, taken as it was from up on some scaffolding. The outside of my building is being painted at the moment, so I took the opportunity to climb up at the weekend and capture this unusual perspective of one corner of my garden, above some of the trees and below others.

(I live on the ground floor, so I never get to see the garden from above)

Now let’s see your leafy offerings from the weekend…

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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: North, South East and West.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography9 Comments

Good morning, I hope you all had a nice weekend, now it’s time for The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which today is based on the prompt; North, South, East and West.

It’s a simple idea: four pictures, one taken in each direction. They don’t have to have been taken from the same spot, or at the same time, just as long as they’re facing towards one of the cardinal points of the compass.

I took mine on a couple of my morning walks in the countryside outside Barnstaple.

North
South
East
West

Now let’s see what direction you took with your images this week…

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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