The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Up, down and sideways.

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Monday already and time once again for The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which this week shifts its focus; Up, down and sideways.

My basic idea of standing on one spot and taking three photos from different angles became considerably more involved than anticipated, as I’d chosen the large road bridge across the river Taw as my subject and hadn’t taken town planning into account.

From where I parked, the only way to take photos from on top of the bridge and from underneath it required a walk of about two miles.

Looking down from the bridge into the empty estuary at low tide…

…looking up at it from the riverbank below

…and taking a sideways glance at the scenery on the way.

What did you see on your weekend wanderings?

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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.

Cosmic Photo prompt.

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So, time for another rather late and randomly selected theme on The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which this week popped into my head as; Up, down and sideways.

The way I’m going to interpret this one, in case you need some inspiration, is picking one particular spot and taking three shots in the appropriate directions. But it’s entirely up to you which way you choose to go with the prompt, as always.

Have a great weekend, see you 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: From an interesting angle.

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Welcome to The Cosmic Photo Challenge, I hope you had an enjoyable weekend, mine seems to have flown by without me noticing.

A couple of weeks ago Audrey was decluttering her bedroom and I snagged a selfie stick she’d never used, because it might come in useful and who doesn’t want another gadget?

It would come in very useful, for instance, if you wanted to take photos; From an interesting angle, which just happens to be this week’s prompt.

So I went for a very pleasant walk around Rock Park in the winter sunshine and did a one man photo shoot.

What kind of tangent did you find yourself on this week?

It’s so easy to join in, just follow these simple steps…

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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.

Cosmic Photo prompt.

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I really must set myself a reminder for The Cosmic Photo Challenge prompt, Friday flies past so quickly I forget all about it.

Anyway, here I am with a nicely broad theme for you to get your teeth into; From an interesting angle.

Yes, I know we’ve used it before a few times, but it provides such a wide range of subject matter and often results in some very creative images.

So we’ll all reconvene on Monday for the big show and tell, have a great 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: As night falls.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography12 Comments

This week’s mission on The Cosmic Photo Challenge, assuming you’ve chosen to accept it, was to provide images for the prompt; As night falls.

{I will admit up front that at least one of the long exposures below was taken in the dark before dawn, not as night *fell* per se, but the spirit of the theme still holds…that’s my thinking, anyway}

Did you accomplish your mission? Right, time for your debriefing, let’s see those photos…

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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.

Cosmic Photo prompt.

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The prompt for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge is going over to the dark side with the theme; As night falls.

How’s that for a level playing field? We might not all get great weather all the time, but it gets dark at night pretty much everywhere (with apologies to any followers at the North or South poles) so stay up late and capture something for Monday’s post.

Have a great weekend, happy snapping.

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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: House plants.

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This week’s edition of The Cosmic Photo Challenge focuses on images of; House plants.

I produced three artistic pieces for the prompt, one of which is by way of an update on how our wall-mounted golden pathos vine is doing.

It’s doing whatever it likes, is the short, uncooperative answer to that one.

What have you got growing around your house? Take part in the challenge and let us all have a look…

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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.

Cosmic Photo prompt.

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Hello, sorry I’m late for The Cosmic Photo Challenge prompt this week, I almost forgot.

Also, I’d like to say good day to all the new folks out there, as I see we have picked up a few additional challengers recently, I hope you enjoy our friendly little group.

For your inspiration today, I’m setting the theme as one we’ve had before, simply because the weather is grey and miserable and I don’t fancy going out in the cold; House plants.

So let’s have a look at your indoor vegetation for Monday’s post and in the meantime 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: One winter’s morning.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, nature photography, photography15 Comments

For today on The Cosmic Photo Challenge, I asked you to provide images to convey the prompt; One winter’s morning.

I was too late to capture the start of the day on Saturday, despite being up at 6 to take Rhonda to work, as I always avoid the morning rush at Tesco by doing the weekly shop on the way home. But the forecast for Sunday was dry and cold again, so I reckoned I could risk the wait.

Anyway, yesterday morning I watched the sky lighten and as soon as the first strands of orange clouds began to appear, I jumped in the car and drove out into the countryside around Landkey, just outside Barnstaple.

When I stopped the car the first time I saw this…

…and thought “Ohh, that’s quite impressive, I like that.”

Then, over the next ten minutes or so, this happened.

As they say; right place, right time.

I hope your weekend was equally successful, let’s see what you have for us 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.

Cosmic Photo prompt.

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For this week’s theme on The Cosmic Photo Challenge, those of you in southern parts will have to bear with me once again, as the prompt is; One winter’s morning.

Yes, it’s windscreen scraping season, but that can make for some lovely scenery so get out there early and capture some chilly images for Mondays post.

Have a great weekend, wrap up warm and we’ll compare notes when we get together next 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.