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The Cosmic Photo Challenge: A cold start.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography8 Comments

Good morning, I hope you’re all refreshed after a couple of days break and ready to face another round of The Cosmic Photo Challenge, this week themed around the prompt; A cold start.

I gave Rhonda a lift to work at 6.30 yesterday morning, so it was still pitch dark (and appropriately, bloody freezing) when I went looking for inspiration, above and beside the roads just outside Barnstaple.

I took several long exposures from bridges and lay-bys, of car headlights passing in the slowly lightening gloom of dawn.

Where did you find your chilled images at the weekend, can we 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.

On By dalecooper57In photographyLeave a comment

Welcome to another rather late prompt for The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which today is themed around the idea of; A cold start.

I don’t think that requires much imagination at this time of year, (yes, hello Southern hemisphere, I already see you raising your hand, but I’m sure you can come up with something inspired, all the same) so I look forward to seeing some chilly images for the undoubtedly cold start to next week.

Stay warm in the meantime, have a great weekend 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: Art for art’s sake.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography7 Comments

For this week’s mission on The Cosmic Photo Challenge, I asked you to get creative and fulfill the theme of; Art for art’s sake.

Absolute carte blanche to do whatever you like, basically, as all art is subjective and if you say it’s art, then that’s what it is.

I went with a composite image; see if you can spot the elements of 10 previous challenge submissions I’ve added to this autumn scene, including a couple of local graffiti characters I released into the park, from their home in a pedestrian underpass.

Where did your imagination take you 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.

Cosmic Photo prompt: Art for art’s sake.

On By dalecooper57In photographyLeave a comment

Here we are again with your weekly dose of creative direction for The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which today I’m going to set as; Art for art’s sake.

I know it’s one which has an airing on a semi-regular basis, but I thought I’d give you all a chance to showcase your artistic leanings once more, before we head into the final month of 2021 and the usual annual roundup of the year.

So anything goes, just do whatever takes your fancy and provide us with some inspirational artwork to brighten our 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: Let’s hear it for the leaves.

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

This week’s edition of The Cosmic Photo Challenge was one last hurrah for autumn colour, photographically speaking, as your theme was; Let’s hear it for the leaves.

I took a stroll round the park yesterday, just as the morning sun was making everything golden. I found some interesting foliage around the war memorial, along with crisp carpets of leaves in every shade of red, orange and yellow.

Now let’s see what you captured for us over 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.

Cosmic Photo prompt.

On By dalecooper57In photographyLeave a comment

Good morning, everyone, sorry I’m late with your prompt for The Cosmic Photo Challenge, but I’m sure you’re all used to that by now.

Today I’m going to squeeze the last autumnal photos out of you, as we seem to have reached the optimal time for colourful foliage; Let’s hear it for the leaves.

So I look forward to seeing some more seasonal hues on Monday, I hope you have a lovely 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: Interesting textures.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography11 Comments

This week on The Cosmic Photo Challenge I asked you to provide images inspired by the prompt; Interesting textures.

I decided to go for the artistic option and transformed three ordinary pictures of a whicker basket, some metal shavings and the grain of a piece of wood…

…into these metamorphic 3D illusions of themselves.

Now let’s see what you cooked up for us 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.

On By dalecooper57In photography1 Comment

Hello there and welcome to another prompt for The Cosmic Photo Challenge, this week brought to you by the theme; Interesting textures.

I think that’s pretty straightforward, but as ever you are free to interpret the prompt however you like, because it’s your own unique creative spin on the themes which makes the challenge so much fun to host.

I’ll see you on Monday to find out how that inspires you over the next couple of days, 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: Look to the skies.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography8 Comments

The start of the week always means it’s time for The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which this week is brought to you by the prompt; Look to the skies.

The weather was a bit grey for most of the weekend, but there were a few nice clouds, along with a clear night to take one more long exposure of star trails and some…artistic licence with a rainbow outside work last week.

What did you manage to capture for us this week? Let’s have a look at your pictures, it’s easy when you know how…

*****

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.

On By dalecooper57In photography1 Comment

Good evening, it’s time for your weekly dose of creative guidance on The Cosmic Photo Challenge, today supplied by the theme; Look to the skies.

We’ve had similar prompts before, but it’s one of, if not the most universal view for all of us and you still never know what you’re going to see when you look up.

Have a great weekend, see you for the big reveal 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.