spirit of summer
sparrows surf their wheat stalks
by the sea
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.5 – 1/500 s – ISO 100, f/6.3 – 1/1000 s – ISO 160 and f/6.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 160.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104: Summer
Carpe Diem Exploring the Beauty of Haiku #1827: Paradox
Waking from their afternoon nap the swans and cygnets enjoy a preen and feed in the shallows of the river.
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6 – 1/320 s – ISO 125, f/5.6 – 1/400 s – ISO 200 and f/5.6 – 1/400 s – ISO 160.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #31
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Siesta
little sparrows
sweet songs and gossip spun
around the feeder
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/320 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 – 1/160 s – ISO 100.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #123: First Sparrows Twittering (hatsusuzumi)
Sunday Stills: Shades of Gray
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Rhyme
Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/4.5 – 1/500 s – ISO 125, f/5 – 1/400 s – ISO 100 and f/6.5 – 1/320 s – ISO 200.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #78: Special Spot Shots
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #9
Wishing you all a very happy December and a blissful Sunday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5 – 1/500 s – ISO 100, f/5 – 1/640 s – ISO 100 and f/6.5 – 1/320 s – ISO 100.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #74: Abstract
Loch Fleet Nature Reserve
two herons
waiting on tidal stones
one young, one old
a calm we understand
at the heart of it all
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a peaceful Sunday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.5 – 1/160 s – ISO 500, f/6.5 – 1/160 s – ISO 400 and f/4 – 1/250 s – ISO 200.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #72: Waiting
Sunday Stills: Calm
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6 – 1/400 s – ISO 200, f/5.6 – 1/250 s – ISO 160 and f/6.5 – 1/320 s – ISO 200.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #57: Taking a Break
To celebrate Lens-Artists’ first anniversary, we’re invited to submit our own choice for this week’s challenge.
We decided to share a few more pictures of the cygnets before they begin to grow their feathers. You can see more images of the remaining three cygnets in our earlier post Summer Cygnets.
Thank you dear Amy, Ann-Christine, Patti and Tina for hosting this lovely challenge over the past year – here’s to many more happy anniversaries to come!
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/2.8 – 1/640 s – ISO 100, f/5.6 – 1/500 s – ISO 200 and f/5.6 – 1/400 s – ISO 200.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #53: Your Choice
We are delighted to see seven cygnets have hatched by the pond and are lovingly cared for by their parents.
The eggs from the river swans didn’t hatch this year. The pen and cob have been mating again last week and there is a very small chance of more eggs to come.
In 2017 their eggs didn’t hatch either and they fostered a cygnet from another swan family. We will share photographs of the river swans throughout the year and follow the progress of the pond cygnets as they grow older.
Wishing you all a magical Sunday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6 – 1/250 s – ISO 200 and f/5.6 – 1/400 s – ISO 200.
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Surprise
