Lens-Artists Challenge #374: On the Move! Being so close to the Austin metro area, the Lower Colorado River Authority’s (LCRA) Lake Bastrop South Shore is a hidden gem. Many people confuse it with the more popular Bastrop State Park. The … Read More

In May 2025, I briefly mentioned the Japanese expression shinrin-yoku in a post about national forests. Shinrin-yoku is a concept that was developed in Japan in the 1980s as a form of natural therapy and stress relief. In English, it … Read More

Lens-Artists Challenge #350: Zooming The featured image is one of the first images I captured using the zooming ICM technique. That was back in 2022. I really enjoyed the results I obtained. From time to time, it’s fun to get … Read More

Winter skies and sunsets can go hand in hand beautifully. This year, we have had our share of beautiful and dramatic sunset colors right in our backyard (literally!). This is my first attempt at an ICM sunset. I captured this … Read More

We had the first freeze of the season this week. Although it barely got below the freezing mark, it was enough to notice plenty of frost and ice in areas without much sunlight. Enough ice was in one shallow section … Read More

I created another image yesterday during my quick walk at Mayfield Park & Nature Preserve. Looking at my preceding post, you will see what I photographed here. Some reeds were in a pond in the middle of the main yard. … Read More

Time moves fast when you are having a good time. This month marks the tenth edition of Kathleen’s ICMPC (ICM Photo Challenge). Her latest entry is ICMPC #10. From her photos, I got the idea to create ICM abstracts using … Read More

Lens-Artists Challenge #321 – Intentional Camera Movement I was excited when Anne (of Slow Shutter Speed) presented the theme for this week’s lens artists challenge. She wrote she had “never really attempted to do this except for the occasional image.” … Read More

It is the middle of the month, which means a new ICM challenge. This is ICMPC #8. I did not venture far to get the photos I feature here. I went to our home’s courtyard and took advantage of today’s … Read More

You are not a drop in the ocean;you are the entire ocean in a drop.Rumi I created something new for this month’s ICM photo challenge (ICMPC #7): my first ICM panorama. The process was straightforward. I first made three ICM … Read More