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The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Summer fun.

On By dalecooper57In arts, editing and effects, photography9 Comments

Good morning, it’s time to welcome in the week with The Cosmic Photo Challenge and our look back at the seasonal shenanigans we’re calling; Summer fun.

As the holiday season comes to an end and we begin the cooling off period before autumn arrives, let’s revel in the making of memories and recap the summer highlights of 2025.

As I hinted at on Friday, this week’s theme was largely an excuse for me to post some photos from Honeyfest festival at The Barge Inn, which we attended over the bank holiday weekend, so without further ado, here are some of the best bits.

From the front, an idyllic English pub by the canal…
…but in another world, not so far away; “Igor Rasputin’s Caravan Of Lost Souls” arrives to amaze and entertain
And when night falls…
…we prepare for the music to begin
The Honeyfest Illuminations
Day two and our host, Lenny, braves the whip cracking trick as Mr Rasputin and co return…
…also providing fiery entertainment as the sun goes down
Our weekend accommodation
My video diary of musical highlights
My favourite outfit of the weekend, what a dapper gent he was
A live rock band, playing classic rave anthems? Yes please!
To bring proceedings to a close, the incredible (and incredibly strange) Experimental Sonic Machines set up his DIY studio next to the stage
What a fabulous weekend, look forward to doing it all again next year

So, what floated your photographic boat this Summer? Come on, let’s see your sizzle reel…

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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: Festival special.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography12 Comments

Hello everyone (including any neighbours I met on the campsite), welcome to this week’s edition of The Cosmic Photo Challenge, once again brightening your Monday with eclectic images from around the world.

I set the theme on Friday with full knowledge of the fact I was attending Leopallooza festival over the weekend, thereby giving myself a slight advantage when I set you a theme of; Festivals.

So to make it fair I gave you a wild card Freestyle option to post whatever you like, in case you didn’t have any appropriately festive material to hand.

Friday dawned bright and sunny, boding well for pitching the tent, so I made an early start and after arriving at the site before the gates opened, was actually the very first person on the campsite.

I made a beeline for the high ground and got the tent up on my prime piece of real estate before anyone else could stake their claim, nicely sheltered by a tall hedge with a view across the whole site. It wasn’t long before some fellow campers arrived to complete a very convivial little neighborhood and after a coffee and a chat I went exploring.

On Saturday the rains came. And they kept coming. And they brought the mud.

It cheered up again on Sunday, but the mud remained and it was only the weather which needed cheering up anyway, I didn’t see an unhappy face all weekend, the atmosphere was great.

And they have the best festival bar I’ve ever seen. It has sofas! It has armchairs! It has a view of the arena!

I didn’t spend the whole weekend in there, honest.

Here are some of my highlights from what was sadly the very last Leopallooza festival, although there are rumours that it may return in some form soon.

{There’s an expanded version of this post on my other blog and you can see it HERE}

Festive or freestyling, which did you choose this week? Drop your links in the comments and show us what you have to offer…

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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.