wandering through an alley’s shadows and light…
The magic of photo walks undertaken with an intention to be open to the silent, “see me.”
The desire of seeing and escaping from preconceived labeling and private musings.
Wakens one from blinding concepts of the mundane to the uniqueness created by light and shadow.
Visit The Life of B to join November’s Shadows of Squares
what if …
the understanding I grasp onto within my weltanschauung, in truth, lives within spheres of understanding beyond this worldview and this grasping imprisons with fury.
Visit The Life of B to join November’s Shadows of Squares
She with a cup of coffee, embraced within her chilled palms, both blanketed by the first light’s silence … her eyes looking, not seeing the eastern horizon’s slow transition from darkness to light. Suddenly, the sky’s canvas painted by the dance of the sun’s rays and clouds broke through her internal musings, “Wait, wait, please don’t move,” she pleaded as she began a search for her camera and trying so desperately, once again, to win her battle with … the moment by moment changes within life, the ephemeral nature of all that is…
across a concealed blue sky
aimless shifting stories...
gathering and dispersing – obscure particles
painting stories … anew,
moment by moment
Thank you Tina for the week’s lens-artist challenge: Ephemeral
wandering through files of the past 14 years…
Nikon D750: f/5/6 160s 230mm
at my feet
when did you get here?
snail ~Issa*
the street’s world of feet in action…
This week Ritva invites Lens-Artists to “… skip the classic street-portrait approach and reveal the often-hidden, magical world, of the details we never take the time to notice anymore.”
*haikuguy.com
it seems to wash
the summer mountains…
sunrise ~Issa*
Fujifilm X-T4: f/8 1/210s 80mm 400ISO
Revisiting contemplative photographs from 2018
2018 Sony DSC-RX100M3: f/5 1/2,000s 9.69mm
It stirs the soul
of even
the most
indifferent person –
first autumn winds ~Saigyo
Journeys with Johnbo takes us back to Patty’s June 2020 lens-artists photo challenge in which she invited artists “… join us … and share your images of this season. What does autumn look like in your part of the world? What does this season mean to you personally?”
Images of autumn, 2020
how I envy maple leafage
which turns beautiful
then falls ~Kagami Shikoo
What is it about autumn that is personal … the joy of a new school year, crunchy sounds of leaves, sights of leaves swirling with autumn winds, memories of burning leaves and jumping into piles of leaves, scents of autumn, promises of snow, desires to fly with geese, and feeling autumn’s unique dryness.
A virtual scavenger hunt! How creative! How fun! Thank you Anne (Slow Shutter Speed)!
something with glass
something with a bumpy texture
something with cool shadows
something with water
something with a pattern
This is the fourth of four editing challenges for Leanne and Joanne’s invitation to choose one image and then for four weeks share one edited change to that image. “You can do whatever you like with it, just do something different each week.”
Often times there is a stuck-ness that keeps me glued to a problem/challenge until a solution releases me … this fourth of four challenges has freed me from stuck-ness. This liberation has me dancing in the street – this wondrous misty-chilly morning!
A while back I found that Photoshop’s upgrades messaged that my computer had become ancient with a nonverbal suggestion that I either consider a new computer or explore alternative software editing programs. Enter Pixelmator Pro.
This fourth image invited me to explore Pixelmator Pro’s scale shape horizontally and vertically as well as the auto crop. Then I played around with the hue and saturation’s vibrance and then ended this editing challenge with color selection,
Fujifilm X-T4: f/4.5 1/900 s 80 mm 400 ISO
I hope you enjoyed this editing journey.
This is the third of four editing challenges for Leanne and Joanne’s invitation to choose one image and then for four weeks share one edited change to that image. “You can do whatever you like with it, just do something different each week.”
For awhile I found myself in a puzzle … how to create this image into something different? After a number of false starts I decided to insert a moon into the center with Snapseed’s double exposure and then to edit with their expand option. A unique image, I must say!
Fujifilm X-T4: f/4.5 1/900 s 80 mm 400 ISO
My second image for Leanne and Joanne’s invitation to choose one image and then for four weeks share one edited change to that image. “You can do whatever you like with it, just do something different each week.”
This week the editing began with cropping the image which brought the center of the flower to be the main focus area. I then finished in Silver Efex Pro 2.
My first edit was to crop the image and then explore structure, brightened mid tones, and chose golden bright in color balance. I slightly brought out the shadow within the center. I ended with vignetting.
Fujifilm X-T4: f/4.5 1/900 s 80 mm 400 ISO
a meditative journey 
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