Enchanting Essex

Tag: photography

  • Lunar Ludibund

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    The Flower Hour #18: Celebrating Lunar New Year Welcome to the year of the horse! Meet Beezus and Ramona: These sisters fit the “Flower Hour” criteria — just!  If you look very carefully, to the left of the girls is a clump of Dandelions, and to the right is a patch of white clover. Two…

  • Crops and Discoveries

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     Lens-artists challenge #385 – unusual crop.   First, here’s the assignment and the inspiration: What an Unusual Crop! No, I cannot do this; it’s too hard. No, it’s not. Give it a try, be bold, be creative. You can do it. Exceed yourself, like they say in the Olympics. Cropping stands as one of the…

  • Anserine Astonishment

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    Lens Artists Photo Challenge #384 – What Astonishes You? This lovely challenge was created by Beth of Wandering Dawgs: “What have you seen or experienced that has astonished you? The challenge is to include photos about things that astonish you and tell us why you are astonished.  I got the inspiration for this challenge from these…

  • A Cold, Snowy Surprise

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    I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields,that it kisses them so gently?And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”† After a day navigating the countryside, making our way through unexpected deep snow drifts, and whiteouts that had endless…

  • Attempting Achromatization

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    Lens-Artists Challenge #381:Minimalism in Black-and-White Photography. Black and white images are where my photography journey began.  My dad always and only purchased black and white film which he developed himself in his darkroom in our basement.  I cannot possibly explain how magical that process was to a very young me!  Back then, black and white…

  • Playing With Light

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    Every day you play with the light of the universe.† ‘Though Mr. Neruda wrote that line describing his devotion to his beloved Maryka, he might have been writing about photographers because that’s exactly what we do – play with the light of the universe.   Widely believed to have been coined by British scientist Sir…

  • How beautiful…

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    we can rebuild her, we have the technology1 An intraocular lens (IOL) looks like a small, clear plastic disk with flexible, wire-like “haptics” (springs) that hold it in place inside the eye.  A personal lens: glass bending rays.2 I am now the proud owner of what surely must be the two most valuable eyes in all…

  • It all began with my camera…

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    Through my eyes, the world looks like an impressionist’s painting — a wee bit hazy, softly blurry, and with a distinctly dreamy aura.  Now, I quite admire the art created by the impressionists, most especially Claude Monet’s “Woman with a Parasol”.  It depicts the artist’s wife, Camille, holding a green parasol, standing atop a hill,…