This week Sofia invites lens-artists to think of what fits their narrative best … minimalism or maximalism.






Hop on over to Sofia’s Photographias to join this week’s lens-artist challenge: minimalism/maximalism
This week Sofia invites lens-artists to think of what fits their narrative best … minimalism or maximalism.
Hop on over to Sofia’s Photographias to join this week’s lens-artist challenge: minimalism/maximalism
laid-back… Nikon D750 f/20 1/25s 85mm
apple iPhone: f/1.8 1/725s 142mm 20 IS0
Blow if you will,
fall winds–the flowers
have all faded.
~Gansan (Y Hoffamnn, Japanese Death Poems)
It is indeed difficult to “get one’s head around” a perspective that one’s individual freedoms are of greater importance than the collective whole and to be blind to the interconnectedness and interdependence within the earth’s ever-changing patterns and our seemingly insignificant life choices.
Earth Day 2022 “This is the moment to change it all — the business climate, the political climate, and how we take action on climate. Now is the time for the unstoppable courage to preserve and protect our health, our families, and our livelihoods.
For Earth Day 2022, we need to act (boldly), innovate (broadly), and implement (equitably). It’s going to take all of us. All in. Businesses, governments, and citizens — everyone accounted for, and everyone accountable. A partnership for the planet.”
Submitted in response to Amy’s invitation to share earth stories through photographic lenses.
Nikon D750: f/4.2 … 56mm … 1/2500s … 100 ISO
This month Paula (Lost in Translation) offers a photo challenge that invites photo interpretations of: sky-high, gorge, sociable, sanctuary, transcoloured.
Sky High: in the back ground is a glimpse of the Rocky Mountains — elevation 14,440′
Landscape imge: Metadata: Leica D-Lux 7 … f/2.8 .. 1/10,000s .. 34mm .. 200 ISO. Edited: Capture One
it stirs the soul
of even the most indifferent person–
first autumn winds
~Saigyo
pears and an apple
Metadata: Leica D-Lux-7 f/2.3 1/250s 15.6mm 200 ISO edited: Capture One
The autumn wind
more white
than the rocks in the rocky mountains ~Basho
Oh leaves, ask the wind which of you
Will be the first to fall. ~Soseki
Along this road
Is none but I
This autumn eve. ~ Basho
in branches dense
with cicadas’ drone —
one autumn leaf ~Shohaku
“But why now?”
You will ask, awake
in autumn night. ~ Nishiyama Soin*
Images of past autumns with autumn haiku submitted for this week’s Lens-Artists photo challenge: colors of autumn
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