Category: 2023 LAPC

2023 LAPC: Last Chance — Part II

2023 — A Year in Review — Second Chance/LastChance

July 2923:

Mimosa,
Shameplant or
Sensitive Plant (Mimosa pudica) flowers;
Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

August 2023:

Killdeer –
Charadrius vociferus;
Robinwood Lake;
Warlick Family YMCA;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

September 2023:

Coleman;
Aquarium Exhibits;
The Schiele Museum of Natural History;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

October 2023:

Coleman;
Horse Road Entrance;
Anne Springs Close Greenway;
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

November 2023:

Nyssa sylvatica,
commonly known as tupelo,
black tupelo, black gum or sour gum;
Lake Haigler; Lake Haigler Entrance;
Anne Springs Close Greenway;
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

December 2033:

Coleman;
Holiday at The Farm;
The Schiele Museum of Natural History;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge—Last Chance

God Bless. Have a blessedly wonderful New Year. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2023 LAPC: Last Chance — Part I

2023 — A Year in Review — Second Chance/LastChance

Posting a Year in Review is something I have never done or dreamed of doing before. It is, however, a chance to reflect on the past year and reflect on the choices I’ve made. Why was one picture chosen previously, but not this particular one? Isn’t this picture worthy of being shared as well? I have decided to divide this challenge into two parts. Part One will be covering the first six months of 2023 giving a second/last chance to a select chosen photo from each month. In Part Two, I will dedicate to the last six months (including this one) of 2023 breathing life into previously passed over photos.

January 2023:

Honoring All Veterans
Veterans Wall
Glencairn Gardens
Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

February 2023:

Coleman
Climbing the Bridge
South Fork River Park
4185 Mountainview St
Gastonia, North Carolina 28056

March 2023:

Coleman In
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina, USA

April 2023:

Coleman
The Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

May 2023:

Yellow Daylily
Gaston County
Warlick Family YMCA
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

June 2033:

A Greenway Horse
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge—Last Chance

God Bless. May your New Year be Blessed, Be Prosperous, and Full of Happiness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all.

2023 LAPC #278: Uniquely Christmassy

For this challenge I decided to go with a holiday/Christmassy take on Unique. A different perspective on Christmas trees and a snowman for the winter season.

Taco 🌮Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree 🌲
on the Beach
Sand Sculpture Snowman

Len-Artists Photo Challenge #278: Unique

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

2023 LAPC #277 — Empty Space

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA

Springmaid Beach

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge (LAPC) #277 – Empty space

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.

2023 LAPC #276 — Looking Downward & Looking Upward

Looking Down
upon the Water 💦
Looking Up
at a Ray of Sunshine
Peeking through the Clouds
Looking Downward
upon the Grist Mill
Looking Upward
through the Trees
to the Stormy Sky

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge-Looking Up, and Looking Down

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #199

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: (1-2) iPhone 14 Pro Max Main Camera (3-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EG-S18-55mm lens with Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye Attachment

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.

2023 LAPC #275 – Filling the Frame

Filling the frame and be anything from animals to flowers to in-ground layouts to people to whatever you can imagine.

First off, we come upon a black and white horse and his shadow …

Horse Stables Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Next up is a beautiful flower …

Snowball Viburnum
Viburnum macrocephalum ‘Sterile’
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
Belmont, North Carolina, USA

Below is a landscape design …

Decorative Concrete
Blue Star Trail
Lake Haigler Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

And last but certainly not least, people like Coleman can fill the frame.

Coleman at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
Coleman at Anne Springs Close Greenway

Lens-Artists Challenge #275: Filling the Frame

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Canon EF-S18-55mm lens

Location: 1) Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA. 2) Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden; Belmont, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Floral Asymmetry: Multicolored Chrysanthemums

Lens-Artists Challenge #274 – Asymmetry

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

2023 LAPC #273 Symmetry

Here are my entries for this week’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge hosted by Sofia.

Wine Vineyard
Raffaldini Vineyards & Winery
Ronda, North Carolina, USA
Garden in
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Fence Gates
The Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Balboa Park
San Diego, California, USA

Lens-Artists Photography Challenge #273- Symmetry

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.

2023 LAPC #269: Living On the Edge

… of the Pond
… of a Flower Petal
LAPC #269: On the Edge

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura Wide-Angle Fisheye lens attachment.

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2023 LAPC #266 — Time

According to Merriam-Webster, time is the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues. It could also be considered a nonspatial continuum that is measured in terms of events which succeed one another from past through present to future.

These are examples of various clocks that measure time throughout any given day.

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Time is for us to live in the Present, remember the Past, and strive for a better Future. How long we take to complete a task is measured in Time. If we work for an employer, our bosses what takes to be completed efficiently and on time. For writers, you set your own expectations, goals, and schedules; you also have to adhere to deadlines set up by your publisher.

I currently do not have time restraints for the most part, however, I do have time restrictions on when and how long I may use my daughter’s vehicle. Otherwise, I do what I want, when I want, unless Coleman ( my grandson) has other ideas. Then my time is all his.

~ Jim Rohn

Donna is this week’s host for the Lens-Artist challenge-Time

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.

LAPC: Black & White and Monochrome

I normally try to take photos as we go hiking in our neighborhood, along the various trails and sometimes we hike more than one trail in a given day. As always my hiking buddy is my (recently turned 4) grandson, Coleman. He loves spending time outdoors especially when he gets to go hiking in the woods, along the creeks, rivers, and lakes.

On this particular day we rode the transit bus from near our home to the Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway. We hiked the Greenway seeing many amazing sights along the way. We hiked the entire 2.7 mile paved greenway. The Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway connects Lineberger Park to Ferguson Park. The Catawba Creek Greenway portion runs through wooded and open creek areas between several residential areas and junctions at the Avon Creek Greenway. Combined, the Avon and Catawba Creeks Greenway is approximately 3 miles. We ventured over onto Robinwood Road from the Greenway and on down to the Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA to continue hiking some more after a bit of a rest and a snack while overlooking Robinwood Lake.

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge-Black & White and Monochrome

Leannes Monochrome Madness

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time as we hiked along the Greenways to the Warlick YMCA. It was a pleasurable afternoon. We appreciate y’all and any thoughts you’d like to share.