The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Shadows.

On By dalecooper57In arts, editing and effects, photography13 Comments
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Hi there, welcome to your Monday pick-me-up, The Cosmic Photo Challenge, here to usher in a new week of photographic creativity to take your mind off the daily grind.

This week we’re concentrating on a lack of light, more specifically; Shadows.

After the blisteringly hot weather we’ve been having, I didn’t think I’d have any problems capturing some nice, stark silhouettes over the weekend, but the skies remained stubbornly overcast and I thought I was going to have to resort to archive pictures.

But it occurred to me that photos taken at night are chock full of shadows, in fact they’re mostly shadows, so I took a few of those in the garden.

Then, on Sunday afternoon, the sun made a brief appearance for about ten minutes, reflecting off windscreens of cars parked outside the window. This created an overlapping collage of shadows, made from the net curtains, a window hanging and a spider plant, all cast on my living room wall. After a spot of fiddling with contrast and brightness, I had some wonderfully arty images.

These are all single exposures, the ones at night were just a bit longer.  ;~}

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I even appear as a reflection in the picture frame
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What shadowy activities did you get up to since we last got together? Go on, you can tell us…

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge

Cosmic Photo prompt.

On By dalecooper57In photographyLeave a comment

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Good evening, here’s your Cosmic Photo Challenge prompt for this week.

For Monday’s post, I’d like to see pictures on the theme of; Shadows.

That’s it, nice and simple (extra points for anyone with a photo of Hank Marvin), have a great weekend.

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Look to the skies.

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography17 Comments

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s just The Cosmic Photo Challenge, here to start your week with some upwardly-focused pictures, with today’s theme; Look to the skies.

The weather has finally cooled down a bit in the UK, but at the end of last week even the sky looked like it was on fire. Saturday was a little better, although it was still a very sweaty walk I took across the fields above Barnstaple, where I made a few bovine friends to pose in front of the little fluffy clouds.

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How was your weekend, what did you capture for us..?

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge

Cosmic Photo prompt.

On By dalecooper57In photography2 Comments
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Hello, I hope you’re having a pleasant evening, I’m just here to give you your prompt for The Cosmic Photo Challenge.

This week we’ll all be aiming our cameras upwards, because I’d like you to; Look to the skies.

That’s a nice easy one, enjoy your sky-gazing and have a great weekend, see you on Monday.

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Distortion.

On By dalecooper57In arts, editing and effects, photography12 Comments
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Good morning, welcome to a new week and a new Cosmic Photo Challenge to start your Monday with a bang, or at least a snap.

This week’s challenge is all about; Distortion.

As I cheekily suggested in Friday’s prompt, this could be a chance to play with editing features you maybe hadn’t experimented with before. But any images of distorted objects, shots taken through an obscuring surface, etc. however you wish to interpret the theme is, as always, up to you.

I used an app called Glitch Lab to produce my pictures, the originals of which I have also included for reference.

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Now let’s see what sort of twist you gave the prompt this week…

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge

Cosmic Photo prompt.

On By dalecooper57In photographyLeave a comment

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Hello, everyone, I hope you’re having a pleasant Friday, I’m just here to give you your prompt for The Cosmic Photo Challenge.

This week I could have gone with the obvious Summer Solstice theme, but I’ve decided to be obtuse, so we’re going with; Distortion.

The purpose of this prompt is, in part, to encourage those of you who have yet to play around with editing apps, (I’m looking at you, Frank) to experiment a little.   ;~}

However, should you wish to find distorted subjects to photograph, or to achieve distortion in another way (shooting through frosted glass, for example), that is perfectly acceptable.

Have a great weekend, I’ll see you on Monday.

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Nature in black and white.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, nature photography, photography12 Comments
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Good morning, welcome to a monochrome edition of The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which this week is looking at; Nature in black and white.

I took my pictures in the garden and on my Saturday morning walk, trying to find mixtures of textures to replace the missing colours.

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Now it’s time for you to showcase your shades of grey.

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge

Cosmic Photo prompt.

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Hello, I’ve just popped in to give you your prompt for The Cosmic Photo Challenge, which this week requires you to capture; Nature in black and white.

Let’s see you turn those lush greens and vibrant colours into shades of grey for Monday’s post.

Have a great weekend, see you again soon.

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: What’s flowering where you are?

On By dalecooper57In nature photography, photography9 Comments
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Good morning, welcome to another, extra colourful edition of The Cosmic Photo Challenge, this week based on the prompt; What’s flowering where you are?

I spent the weekend in Sussex, so my pictures were mostly taken in the village of Rotherfield, with a couple captured in the garden of The Wheatsheaf pub in my old hometown of Crowborough.

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Now let’s see what floral delights you have for us today…

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge

Cosmic Photo prompt.

On By dalecooper57In photographyLeave a comment

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Hello, happy Friday, everyone. It’s time for The Cosmic Photo Challenge to set your weekly homework.

I’m away from home in Sussex at the moment, so it seems like the perfect opportunity to take in the local scenery and play another game of; What’s flowering where you are?

I look forward to seeing your floral offerings on Monday, have a great weekend.

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge