Silent Sunday – 15th May 2022
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LAPC #198: Light and Shadow
This week Patti’ asked us to focus on Shadow and light, so I chose the moon.
Silent Sunday – 8th May 2022
Lens-Artists Challenge #197 – The Rule of Thirds
This week Tina challenges us to the Rule of Thirds.
This morning we were blessed to be visited by this gorgeous Irish hare, one of my favourite animals. Admittedly I had to take the photograph through the window!
Earlier in the week, while exploring a new walk to us we came across an old abandoned house. This old bottle sitting on a dresser caught my attention.
Silent Sunday – 1st May 2022
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #196 – Humour
A very late addition to last week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #196 – Humour. Apologies to JohnRH of John’s Space for my tardiness.
This little fellow has appeared in our neighbour’s field. His long legs and long ears seem so much out of proportion with the rest of his body, it brings a smile to my face every time I see him. He likes to hide behind the trees.
Here he is with his mum, and possibly aunty.
Silent Sunday – 24th April 2022
Lens-Artist Challenge #195: Colourful Expressions
Today we enjoyed a beautiful walk in Brackloon woods near Westport, Co Mayo. The wood is a Special Area Conservation due to the presence of old oak woodland. It was full of the colours of spring. The woodland floor covered in flowers. Mossy greens , the pink stems of Herb Robert, yellow Lesser Celandine and white Wood Sorrel.
Here the Wood Sorrel in more detail, and below that the Celandine.
Also the delicate white of Greater Stitchwort.
Among the flower butterflies added further colour and beauty. First the aptly named Peacock and below the Holly Blue butterfly, tiny but like a little bit of sky fliting about.
It does the soul good to immerse oneself in nature for a little while.
Thank you to Anne at Slow Shutter Speed for this week’s Lens Artist Photo Challenge.
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #194 – Bokeh
In this week’s Lens Artists photo challenge, Sofia tells us that bokeh “is the pleasing or aesthetic quality of out-of-focus blur in a photograph.” My 40-150mm lens is pretty good at creating this effect without me having to think too hard about it. Here are a few examples from the last couple of weeks. The first one shows lots of blurry branches from the trees behind – not perhaps the most effective bokeh, but I like the bee in flight.
The next three have all a green blurred background as spring is here and everything is greening up nicely.
Thanks to Sofia for a great challenge.
Murtagh's Meadow 