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The Cosmic Photo Challenge: The view through…

On By dalecooper57In photography15 Comments

Welcome to a May Day bank holiday edition of The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which this week is framed by; The view through…

Lots of room for interpretation in that prompt, so I went for a walk and captured views through (or between, or from under) a couple of bridges and an electricity pylon.

Where did your weekend search for inspiration 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: Lighter mornings/longer evenings.

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

Where did the weekend go?

Oh well, it might be Monday again, but at least that means it’s time for The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which is inspired this week by the prompt; Lighter mornings/longer evenings.

I have a couple each from each end of the day, along with one of me getting legless in the garden yesterday evening.

Mornings…

…and evenings.

Now let’s see what you captured 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.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Little and large.

On By dalecooper57In photography15 Comments

A new week brings a new Cosmic Photo Challenge and today’s theme is; Little and large.

As you’ll see from this post, I returned home to Sussex for a flying visit last week, where I found some large towers in the countryside and some very small sculptures on a friend’s mantlepiece.

How did your search for extremes of size develop?

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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: It’s Spring!

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography18 Comments

This week on The Cosmic Photo Challenge we’re finally celebrating the arrival of a new season, because; It’s Spring!

I thought I was being hopelessly optimistic when I mentioned “sunshine photos” in Friday’s post, but yesterday was nice enough to sit out in the garden all day. I got out and about while the world was having a Sunday lie-in and captured that unique morning light.

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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: Straight lines.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography16 Comments

For this week’s theme on The Cosmic Photo Challenge I asked you to capture images which featured; Straight lines.

Once you start looking, the straight edges and outlines are all around you, so I thought I’d go for the mundane with an artistic twist.

Now it’s your turn to demonstrate some linear precision, let’s see whatcha got…

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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.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography14 Comments

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.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Reflections.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography14 Comments

Hello there, time to start your week with a trip around the world in pictures on The Cosmic Photo Challenge, this week inspired by the prompt; Reflections.

With all the rain we’ve had recently, it wasn’t hard to find reflections (and some nice refraction, too) on a chilly walk around the park yesterday.

How was your weekend? Let’s have a look at your pictures, it really is very easy 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 start.

On By dalecooper57In photography12 Comments

We’re properly into the new year now and The Cosmic Photo Challenge is back to take its place in your Monday schedule, with the prompt; A new start.

A straightforward one from me this week, which meets the brief perfectly, nonetheless.

At work we spent the last two weeks before the Christmas break moving our entire operation into larger premises and started anew in our improved environment last week.

So now when I come in to work, instead of seeing this every morning…

…and then taking half of it out into the car park, just so I have room to move; I now see this cavernous space.

A definite improvement, I’m sure you’ll agree and this sunset at the end of last week made for a fine new start to this year’s challenges.

How’s your new year going so far, let’s 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.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Show us your Christmas.

On By dalecooper57In photography10 Comments

Hello there, I hope your festivities went as planned and you all had a lovely day. As usual we are celebrating Christmas today instead, because Rhonda had a twelve hour shift yesterday, so we’ve just bumped everything up a day.

As a result, I don’t have any “action shots” of Christmas happening, so to speak, but I do have a lot of photos, nonetheless.

I went for a Christmas Eve walk at Watersmeet, which is the National Trust property near Lynton and Lynmouth, an area  the Victorians described as “little Switzerland”.

I took so many, most of them form a special post on my other blog which you can peruse HERE, but here’s just a small selection to whet your appetite for the spectacular scenery of Exmoor.

Please go and check out the remaining photos, it really is a beautiful place.

Once again, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you, I look forward to more of your fabulous photos in 2023.

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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.