The Romanesque façade of the Sé Velha (Old Cathedral) in Coimbra, Portugal, under a dramatic sky of dark storm clouds breaking to blue, with colorful parade floats and crowds gathered in the square below.

Burning with Tradition

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Lens-Artists Challenge #407: Celebrations Around the World This week Patti hosts our Lens-Artists Challenge with Celebrations Around the World. In her post, she writes: “Show us joyful, solemn, traditional, or avant-garde festivals, parades, feasts, holidays… to name a few.” Although … Read More

Ponderosa pines stand in a golden meadow at dawn, with hazy blue mountain ridges and soft pink clouds in the background near Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

Summer Daze, Mountain Mornings

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Lens-Artists Challenge #406: Summer Daze Anne sets up this week‘s Lens-Artists Challenge with a fact the whole country (and the world?) seems to be experiencing. She wrote, “My goodness it’s triple digits Fahrenheit… Heat waves come and go during the … Read More

View over the red-tiled rooftops of Congonhas, Minas Gerais, seen from the terrace of the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus, with green mountains under a bright, cloud-filled sky.

Aleijadinho’s Masterwork — A Pilgrimage to Congonhas

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Lens-Artists Challenge #405: Adventures Welcome back from the Lens-Artists short break! This week, Ann-Christine has asked us to share adventures we have experienced “from long ago or lately.” I wholeheartedly agree with her that “every day is an adventure.” Take … Read More

A side-by-side collage of two bright yellow Texas wildflowers — a large, ruffled sundrops bloom on the left and a smaller, delicate flax flower with an orange-red center on the right.

Berlandier’s Beguiling Blooms

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Lens-Artists Challenge #404: Subjects that begin with the letter B When Beth issued this week’s photo challenge, I went looking for a single subject that could carry the letter B. “Let’s have a little fun and feature subjects that begin with … Read More

Four-panel collage of the Santuário Arquidiocesano São Francisco de Assis in Pampulha, Belo Horizonte: exterior side view with parabolic vaults and azulejo panels, interior vestibule looking out toward Pampulha Lake, interior nave with Portinari altar mural, and front entrance with the freestanding bell tower

Perspective, Depth, and Scale at the Santuário São Francisco de Assis

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Lens-Artists Challenge #403: Tools of Photo Composition: Perspective, Depth, and Scale This week’s Lens-Artists Challenge is hosted by John. He continues his series of compositional tools in photography. Specifically, he wants us to focus our attention on the “tools that … Read More

A collage of six backyard birds — Northern Cardinal, Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks, Eastern Phoebe, Green Heron, Red-Shouldered Hawk, and Yellow-Crowned Night Heron — all photographed at the same pond within one hour.

One Hour, A World Apart

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Lens-Artists Challenge #402: Looking Back at #1 – Wonder Most mornings, I meditate on the deck facing the pond behind our house. It’s become a quiet anchor to the day — the water, the light shifting through the trees, whatever … Read More

Wide-angle view of the ornate interior of Teatro José de Alencar in Fortaleza, Brazil, with rows of cane chairs, sweeping iron balconies, and a painted ceiling converging in perfect symmetry toward the proscenium arch stage.

Guided by the Frame: Compositional Tools in Fortaleza

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Lens-Artists Challenge #401: Focus on the Subject with These Essential Tips A photograph is more than the sum of its subject. The best images are built and constructed with intention before the shutter is ever pressed. As my followers are … Read More

Scrapbook-style collage of four nature photographs set at slight angles with white borders and soft shadows: three Brown Pelicans on a beach, three Great Blue Herons atop a coastal shrub, three Blue Curls flower clusters, and three orange beetles on a pink thistle.

If Two Is Company, Is Three Perfection?

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Lens-Artists Challenge #400: Rule of Three Photography has so many rules that anyone trying to learn composition can feel overwhelmed. Others simply trust their intuition. This week, Tina covers a rule that not many people may have heard of: the … Read More

Tranquil pond reflecting a blue sky filled with white clouds, framed on the right by leafy green branches, with suburban houses and a grassy lawn visible across the water.

Lens-Artists Challenge #399: Stuck in Place

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At one time or another, some of us feel a lack of inspiration or motivation to photograph new things. Some people address those times by going out with only one lens. Others force a change in perspective by switching to … Read More

A small pond seen through overhanging branches, surrounded by spring-green trees whose foliage and reflections fill the frame; a soft, painterly edit gives the scene a dream-like quality. Copperfield Nature Trail, Austin, Texas.

A Different Green Every Spring

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Lens-Artists Challenge #398: Choose a Color “Nature in her green, tranquil woods heals and soothes all afflictions.”  — John Muir Ritva sets this week’s challenge: Choose a Color. In her post, she gives us plenty of beautiful examples and ample … Read More

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