Fujifilm X-T4: f/4 . 1/30 s . 21.2 mm . 640 ISO
Fujifilm X-T4: f/4 . 1/100 s . 65.2 mm . 1250 ISO
Fujifilm X-T4: f/4 . 1/105 s . 69.8 mm . 2000 ISO
Three apples = 1 subject three ways submitted for Patti’s (P.A.Moed) lens-artists challenge.
Enya
clouds
reflection
studious child
and now on to the fun while on a photo walk….
exploring the use of the Fujifilm mcex-16mm extension tube
exploring combination of the extension tube with Fuji’s built-in double exposure.
Hop on over to Travels and Trifles to join Tina’s treasure hunt.
Not for stilts
but as a cane
bamboo serves me now,
I who call to mind
the games of childhood ~Saigyo (BW, Poems of a Mountain Home)
Seventy-one!
How did
a dewdrop last? ~Kigen (YH, Japanese Death Poems)
How few our years of golden youth! How certain our gray years of age! ~Emperor Wu-ti
(The Jade Flute, Various; The Project Gutenberg Ebook)
Wind Kisses invites photographers to share images reflective of their relationship with over the hill.
looking back … looking forward
looking down … looking up
sitting … walking
emerging … emergent
Images posted in response to Tina’s (Travels and Trifles) invitation to share opposites.
Though the waterfall
Ceased its flowing long ago,
And its sound is stilled,
Yet, in name it ever flows,
And in fame may yet be heard. ~ Fujiwara no Kinto
Patti invited bloggers to explore the movement of objects or people. Since it is a bit too hot this weekend to go on a photo walkabout, I wandered through some old files. I hope you enjoy.
There is a unique joy within those moments when something flashes with an invitation to pause, to become acquainted, to compose, and to whisper, “Please remain as such while I set up my camera.”
To engage with what is as it is in the moment…one definition of contemplative photography.
Fujifilm X-T4 f/4 1/10s 120mm 160 ISO, editing Snapseed
A. Karr and M. Wood (The Practice of Contemplative Photography) notes that contemplative photography begins with “the flash of perception.”
In the flash of perception…there is a space for things to come to you. Experience is definite, because there is no doubt about what you are seeing… Whatever it is, it is here, and there is no doubt involved, no shakiness. The nature of perception is sharp, with a brilliant, clear quality. The flash of perception is a moment of seeing that is one-pointed, stable, and free from distraction. Experience is not diffused or scattered or moving. It is direct and in focus. It is stable because it is not tossed about by winds of thought or emotion. There is a stillness and roundedness as awareness remains with perception.
Visit Slow Shutter Speed to join this week’s lens-artist’s photo challenge: What’s your photographic groove?
Images that have currently survived this photographer’s ongoing critique of her creative efforts.
Morning’s moon at Snowy Range National Park … landscape
Coffee and me… still life
Reed Reflections at Shield Pond … minimalism
Playground slide at Spring Creek Park … abstract
Hop on over to (Travel with Me) and join this week’s photo challenge: picking favorites
This week Sofia invites lens-artists to think of what fits their narrative best … minimalism or maximalism.
Hop on over to Sofia’s Photographias to join this week’s lens-artist challenge: minimalism/maximalism
Nikon D750 … f/4.2 1/1600s 45mm
Hop on over to Amy’s (The World is a Book) to join this week’s photo challenge; every little thing.
Migration: submitted in response to Tina’s Lens-Artists photo challenge – The Rule of Thirds
Nikon D750 … f/4.5 1/2000s 85mm
This week’s lens-artists challenge offered by Patti (P.A. Moed) is to move closer to the subject within a photograph.
A water puddle.
Cropping the water puddle invites an abstract image.
a meditative journey 
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