Tag: Devon

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: In the canopy.

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

Good morning to you, wherever you may be, I hope your weekend went well and you’re ready for The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which today is all about the trees. This week we’re featuring foliage photos, finding our inspiration; In the canopy.

It was a gloriously sunny weekend, so yesterday I dragged myself away from a cold cider in the garden long enough for a walk in the local woods. Wild garlic was in full bloom, carpeting the ground in dappled shade from vivid green beech and sycamore trees, the sound of a stream completing the peaceful scene perfectly.

I also took a few more of my “experimental” vertical panoramas, capturing the trees growing behind me arching overhead, which makes for an interesting perspective.

Now let’s see what leafy delights you have to show 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: Set in stone.

On By dalecooper57In photography15 Comments

Good morning, welcome to a very wet Monday, kicking off the week with today’s edition of The Cosmic Photo Challenge.

This week’s theme is very specific, at least you’d think so, because it’s; Set in stone.

Now let’s see what you captured 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.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: The arrival of Spring.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography18 Comments

Another Monday, another chance to take part in The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which this week takes its inspiration from the prompt; The arrival of Spring.

Rhonda and I took a stroll round Arlington Court house and gardens yesterday afternoon (please go and check out most of the pictures I took HERE), where the Spring bulbs were in full bloom and there was a definite feeling of regeneration in the air.

How did your search for signs of Spring go..?

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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: Bare trees.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, nature photography, photography16 Comments

Another weekend gone in a flash, but with The Cosmic Photo Challenge to restart your week, Mondays aren’t so bad.

This week we were out searching for Bare trees and I was spoilt for choice, on my misty but not unpleasant wander around Rock Park in Barnstaple, yesterday afternoon.

The dogwood stems really pop in the grey winter light

How did your mission go, seeking out au naturale arboreal models for your weekend’s homework?

Come on, show us, we’re very friendly and we’d love you to join in…

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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: A new year dawns.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, nature photography, photography8 Comments

Good morning, I hope you had a nice weekend, now let’s turn our attention to The Cosmic Photo Challenge and this week’s theme; A new year dawns.

An intentionally broad prompt, so plenty of room for interpretation, although I took it fairly literally and went for my first trip in the country since last year.

It wasn’t actually dawn, but it gets light quite late at the moment and I managed to catch a lovely sunrise over the river on the way to do the weekly shop on Saturday. And later on I captured some of the bright and breezy landscape on the hills above Barnstaple.

By the way, for any of you who are recent participants in the challenge – Hello, thanks for taking part – the badge at the top of this post is the original version and if you’d like to display it (or any of its peculiar variants, for that matter) on your blog posts, please feel free to do so.

Anyway, here are my pictures.

This one is a composite image; two shots taken on the same spot a few minutes apart, in different light conditions

How did the start of your year shape up?

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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: Autumn colours.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography11 Comments

Hello everyone, I hope your weekend went well, now let’s turn our attention to The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which this week is brought to you by the prompt; Autumn colours.

I dodged the rain yesterday and went for a walk in the country, just down the road from home, where the trees are displaying the full range of autumnal shades.

So, what seasonal treats do you have in store 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: Up, down and sideways.

On By dalecooper57In photography10 Comments

Good morning to all of you, from all at The Cosmic Photo Challenge, hope you had a good weekend, it’s time to start your day with a view; Up, down and sideways.

I was in town again at the weekend and realised I had the perfect opportunity to look in all those directions; from atop Barnstaple Castle mound (where the castle keep stood from the early 12th century) so here’s another short historical tour.

Looking up at the mound with a recent piece of public art mirroring its shape…

…then looking down on the town from on top…

…with a sideways panorama of the space where the castle once stood.

After that I went into the centre of town, in the old streets around the church with a crooked spire which is a local landmark when giving directions.

Looking up at the spire
Looking down butcher’s row and up at the sky (ok, that’s stretching a bit)

Ending with three more sideways shots down side streets and a covered walkway on the side of the library

What did your three different directions result in 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: Life in black and white.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography11 Comments

Hello again and welcome to the week. Monday is the day we aggregate the creative contributions from around the world to The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which today means looking at; Life in black and white.

I took a walk through Barnstaple yesterday afternoon and chose some of the more…utilitarian parts of town, to capture in frozen moments of monochrome.

Now let’s see what your world looks like when it’s drained of colour, it’s really easy to take part.

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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: Over the hills and far away.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography9 Comments

There’s a distant look in our eyes for this week’s edition of The Cosmic Photo Challenge, because the theme I set on Friday was; Over the hills and far away.

I managed to catch a gap in the rain on Saturday, to go walking up one side of the v-shaped, double river valley which makes up the wider Barnstaple landscape.

The weather was too grey and uninteresting to provide anything very inspiring, but here are some views of the misty Devon countryside around our home, including panoramas which feature three different sets of distant hills.

Were the elements kinder to you at the weekend? Show us what you captured for your homework, it’s your turn to shine…

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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: In the evening.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography13 Comments

Welcome to the week, everyone, time for The Cosmic Photo Challenge again, today inspired by the prompt; In the evening.

I took a stroll along the River Taw on Saturday, about an hour before sunset, capturing the softening evening light and some nice reflections, I even managed to turn the sun into a street lamp.

Now let’s see the photographic fruits of your weekend creative endeavours…

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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.