Lens-Artists Challenge #16 – BIG Can Be Beautiful Too!
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
Winston Churchill
Back on Lens-Artists Challenge #11, Amy was focused on “Small is Beautiful”. This week I’d like to submit that Big can be Beautiful too! Exhibit A – the gorgeous hawk in my opening image. He visited a large tree next to my home earlier this year and posed nicely until I could get a shot without too many leaves in the way.
“Life is one big road with lots of signs.”
Bob Marley
Speaking of posing, this beautiful peacock was giving us quite a show. I must admit I’d never seen a peacock fly, nor sit in a tree. Typically they’re on the ground strutting their stuff. This male showed us that peacock flight capabilities are actually quite good 😀. Well excuse us for wondering!
“Big results require big ambitions.”
Heraclitus
Now there are those I’m sure who would say an alligator is not necessarily beautiful, but I would beg to differ. They are amazing creatures, built of strong armor and blessed with big, beautiful teeth – the better to eat you with if you are a small animal or an unsuspecting bird. Here on Kiawah, we don’t bother them and they don’t bother us. But a big lens and a bit of distance are very good things where gators are concerned.
“Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.”
Christopher Morley
I’ll close with an image from this past week. A friend and I were shooting a very large flock of seabirds when they all decided to leave en masse. The tiny little sandpipers looked a bit lost among the large numbers of much bigger skimmers and gulls, but they seemed to hold their own quite nicely. But the MOST fun thing about the shoot was that I was sharing it with a good friend I’d previously known only through blogging. We had a great time connecting in real life vs virtually, and our husbands very much enjoyed the connection too. Whew!!
I look forward to seeing your Big Shots (pun intended) this week. Do remember to tag your posts Lens-Artists so that we can all see them in the WP Reader. Be sure to check in with Patti of Pilotfish next Saturday for Challenge #17.
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Amy’s CHANGING challenge last week drew many interesting and creative responses.
Anvica’s Gallery showed us some very creative editing in her Out of Bounds post
Sue (Mac’s Girl) shared an amazing look at how times have changed in her Sign of the Times post about vintage advertisements
Here is my contribution: https://chava61.wordpress.com/2018/10/21/lens-artists-photo-challenge-16-big-can-be-beautiful-too/
Thanks for participating this week!
Amazing wildlife shots Tina. Nothing as big as an alligator here!
Thanks MM-they can get up to about 13 ft so while not small, he’ll get bigger still!
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Thanks for joining us this week!
I forgot my best picture so am re-submitting. (oops…i’ll get this all down someday, I promise!)
https://chosenperspectives.com/2018/10/21/lensartistchallenge16-big-can-be-beautiful-too-10-21-18/
No worries😊 happy to have you with us!
Here’s my post. Really enjoyed this one.
https://chosenperspectives.com/2018/10/21/lensartistchallenge16-big-can-be-beautiful-too-10-21-18/
BTW I couldn’t find a place to comment on your post😩
That’s strange. I know sometimes it’s the but you have to scroll down. And sometimes it’s not there. Not sure why. Checked this AM and it’s there! And i love your comments!
Got it😊
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I really enjoyed these photos; beautiful and also a touch of humor.( big mouth!)
Thanks Anne!
Your photography is breath taking, as always, and I am planning on posting myself soon, but what really got my attention was you meeting a Blogging Friend in person. That is just the BEST! I also got to meet with my favorite friend this year, once at her home in Shreveport, LA and once at mine in Bellevue, WA. Our husbands too. It was so special. And to me, the best part of blogging so far!
Thanks for the BIG beauty and for sharing that sweet story!
I agree CMP, it was great fun. I’ve met 2 other blogging friends and am seeing another tomorrow. It’s great making virtual friends and having them become real ones! A great, unexpected bonus as far as I’m concerned!
I’m featuring some Canadian bigness!
https://junkboattravels.blogspot.com/2018/10/lens-artists-photo-challenge_21.html
Thanks Jackie—LOVED your choices this week
Great captures Tina, the feathers on the peacock are beautiful and the alligator is quite the smiler! My contribution for this week is here: https://tranature.com/2018/10/21/tanka-beech-tree/
Thanks Xenia – loved your beautiful autumn scenes
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Thank you Tina :o) xxx
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Thanks for joining us Xenia
Thumbs up on the peacock in the tree.
Thanks Steffen!
Great captures Tina.!!!
This is my entry:”https://balance440.wordpress.com/2018/10/21/lens-artists-challenge-16-big-can-be-beautiful-too/”
Have a nice Sunday.
Thanks Paulo-off to check it out!
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Thanks for joining our challenge this week!
Hi, Tina. Here’s my BIG response to the challenge: https://pilotfishblog.com/2018/10/15/lens-artists-weekly-photo-challenge-16-big-is-beautiful/#comment-22295
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Thanks for joining our challenge!
Great shots, Tina – I love the pop of colors from the peacock and that alligator (or croc?) – such fun shots you captured! Here’s my take on small becoming big. Hope you have a great week. https://www.quaintrevival.com/pay-attention-to-little-signs-they-are-big/
Thanks Shelley! He’s a gator, scary but a bit more docile than a croc!
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Very compelling response, thanks Shelley
That crocodile is huge with very big teeth Tina. Great capture. I, of course, have to show you my BIG country… https://retiredfromgypsylife.wordpress.com/2018/10/21/the-outback-journey/
Thanks Pauline. Our gators are, thankfully, a bit less fierce than your crocs! But they do get quite large and we steer clear of them for sure
No crocs where I live Tina. But because of the warming weather they are starting to move further south.
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Here’s my entry – thank you for letting us get bigger! https://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/2018/10/21/lens-artists-photo-challenge-16-big-can-be-beautiful-too/
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Thanks for joining us Suzy!
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Well done, thanks for joining us!
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Lovely choice Maria, thanks!
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A surprisingly good choice Anvica!
Wonderful blog, beautiful photo’s, Tina!
Thanks very much Dina
Hi Tina, Great Big shots
Here is my contribution
http://bushboy.blog/2018/10/21/big/
Thanks BB-off to check it out! Thanks for joining the week’s fun
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Great challenge, Tina! How far were you from the alligator? Amazing shot!
LOL, not quite as far as I should have been!!!
Great shot of the alligator!
Thanks Dawn, I loved the grasses on his mouth. Sloppy eater I suppose 😊
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My pleasure Priscilla, loved your response
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Such beautiful and diverse wildlife, Tina!
Thanks so much de Wets. Quite a compliment in light of your natural environment!
I never realized a peacock’s tail feathers were that long! I adore the last photo though – really a fantastic capture.
Thanks very much Gina, that was an amazing moment.
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Oh my, such big teeth you have but move over, the peacock is on centre stage. Stunning, Tina!
LOL, indeed he is Perpetua! Thanks very much
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Such a festive appropriate response this week Yvette!
Well, here’s my non-itty-bitty entry … Photo taken this past August in the jungles of Chiang Mai, Thailand.
https://naamayehuda.com/2018/10/20/not-itsy/
🙂
Na’ama
Definitely NOT itty bitty Na’Ama!
Nope. More like venti yeti!
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The peacock is spectacular!
Thanks Laurel – I wholeheartedly agree!
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I love these two bird captures, gorgeous peacock. The alligator does have good teeth, what a shot!
Cool post, Tina! 🙂
Many thanks Amy. It was a lovely week for nature photography
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Tina–that peacock is beautiful. Heck, I never know they could fly, either. Oh, that alligator! He simply must learn to floss after each meal. 🙂
LOL, thanks Lois – thankfully his last meal wasn’t a beautifully-feathered peacock!!
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I really like all the shots, Tina, but I love the shot of the hawk. I do love them.
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Thanks Janet – he/she was amazing! I hadn’t realize how very huge they are!
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I was very happy to be far away from that gator’s big teeth!! Yikes! I enjoyed your “big” collection. Glad all’s well with you too!
I’d like to say they’re all talk and no action but nothing could be further from the truth when they are threatened or raising their young. Not unlike humans I suppose! Thanks Patti.
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Oh, yes. A fiercesome creature!
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Hope your recovery is bigger and faster than you even hope!
Nature has so many stories and creatures to tell them.
It absolutely does Sally. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts
Big shots here (!) – technology doesn’t always work the way we want to, does it? love that gaitor – never thought I would say or write that…and the surprise peacock! I will see what I can come up with!
Thanks Ann-Christine, yes technology…..love it or hate it we must deal with it either way! Glad you enjoyed the gator, I love them. So prehistoric don’t you think? Look forward to your response.
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Inspired by you and the prehistoric…I have posted mine!
Thanks Ann-Christina, looking forward to it!
After reading Jane’s comment and your reply – I went back and looked again and the bird’s taking off is really even more
interesting than i first realized
-I saw so many individual vibes with birds in different positions – wings straight up or some arched.
And from the reader the row of birds in flight is like another wave and is in
Sync with the water lines.
Very cool and nice idea for a theme with big – the gorgeous peacock with big feathers and big colors and the first one – many ways to see big there
And I felt “big confidence”
Thanks so much Yvette. Looking forward to seeing your response!
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thx….
Beautiful big shots, Tina. Love that hawk and your birds taking off.
Thanks Jane – the takeoff was quite the surprise. We were lucky to have been in place an shooting when it happened.
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Hi Tina it was a late entry but you made up for it being a BIG entry. Glad to see you’re okay; was wondering… Such big teeth you have grandmother, certainly not referring to you Tina or the wolf but the beautiful Alligator. Bedtime in South Africa, I can now go and dream of what to post.
😊 thanks Abrie! Technology issues while traveling. Glad to have reached you before bedtime!!