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The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Unnatural patterns.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography7 Comments

Good morning, welcome to Monday and The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which this week is gently prompted by the suggestion that you seek out; Unnatural patterns.

I was going to go out looking for man-made designs at the weekend, but in the end I kept my creative efforts inside, as it was grey, drizzly and freezing outdoors. I didn’t have anything specific in mind so I waited to see what would come to me.

Inspiration strikes in odd places and several of my shots were the result of me washing the dishes, another is one of Rhonda’s recently crocheted blankets and the string ceiling lampshade I’ve featured before was given a makeover with some surreal mucking about.

Now let’s see what results your search for design-inspired images produced…

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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: 2023’s Greatest Clicks.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography7 Comments

Hello and a very happy New Year to you all, welcome to the first post of 2024 on The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which today is inspired by the prompt; 2023’s Greatest Clicks.

Just the one picture from me this week…or two, or, well…I think I actually counted 35 in all.

Because of course I took the opportunity to do some mucking about, ending up with the longest photo mural I have created so far.

It started off with the photo on the left, of a sunrise over the yard at work, to which I added many new components and blended it with a different landscape. That was followed by six more composite panels, which I then stitched together to form this collection of the best skies of last year, along with some surreal additions.

Now, I’m aware the quality probably isn’t that great once you’ve zoomed in to see the detail, so here are the two halves at their original resolution.

What caught your eye as you perused your year’s archive? Showcase your favourites and blow your own trumpet to herald in the new year, it’s so easy to do…

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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: Christmas art.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography14 Comments

Good morning, I hope your Monday is proceeding agreeably and you’re looking forward to the festivities ahead with the appropriate level of rosy-cheeked enthusiasm.

This week our theme on The Cosmic Photo Challenge is the suitably seasonal; Christmas art.

I found a way to turn our tree into some rather fetching kaleidoscopic Christmas wreaths.

Now let’s see your artistic yuletide offerings…

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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 cold start.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography15 Comments

Hello again, welcome to yet another Monday and the delightful prospect of another week at the grindstone, helpfully punctuated by The Cosmic Photo Challenge and this week’s theme; A cold start.

I’ve chosen a selection of images which, even if they don’t all give the immediate impression of “B-b-brrrrr!”, I assure you they were each captured at very low temperature, including the first one from Saturday morning.

Now let’s see your chilly choices for the 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: Any two colours.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography16 Comments

Good morning, on this fine Monday The Cosmic Photo Challenge is taking its inspiration from the prompt; Any two colours.

My two featured colours are blue and yellow (or yellowish) and it was fun editing these while I stayed indoors out of the rain at the weekend.

Where did your dual colour adventure take you?

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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, photography12 Comments

Monday’s here and it’s back to work once more, but let’s take a moment to gaze upon the wonders brought to you by The Cosmic Photo Challenge and this week’s theme; Art for art’s sake.

For our semi-regular creative prompt today, I took this rather ordinary photo of the yard at work…

…and turned it into this surreal collage. There are 20 individual images in this one photo. I’m especially pleased with the reflections. ;~}

In what direction did the creative muse take you 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: 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: Reflections.

On By dalecooper57In photography12 Comments

Hello, welcome to the first day of the rest of your week. But don’t despair just yet, because Monday means it’s also time for The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which this week is brought to you by the prompt; Reflections.

As predicted, I had plenty of reflective surfaces to choose from, what with all the rain we’ve had recently.

Did your success in finding suitable subjects mirror my own? Why not show us your photos, it’s easy to do…

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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.