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Perspective, Depth, and Scale at the Santuário São Francisco de AssisLens-Artists Challenge  #403: Tools of Photo Compos...
06/24/2026

Perspective, Depth, and Scale at the Santuário São Francisco de Assis

Lens-Artists Challenge #403: Tools of Photo Composition: Perspective, Depth, and Scale Santuário Arquidiocesano São Francisco de Assis This week's Lens-Artists Challenge is hosted by John. He continues his series of compositional tools in photography. Specifically, he wants us to focus our attention on the "tools that shape visual space: perspective, depth, and scale." You can see his post and examples here…...

Lens-Artists Challenge #403: Tools of Photo Composition: Perspective, Depth, and Scale Santuário Arquidiocesano São Francisco de Assis This week’s Lens-Artists Challenge is hosted by John. He…

🇺🇸Hidden Eyes in the UnderstoryDuring an afternoon walk through Parque Estadual do Cocó — a wild, tropical green space t...
06/22/2026

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Hidden Eyes in the Understory
During an afternoon walk through Parque Estadual do Cocó — a wild, tropical green space tucked right into the middle of my hometown of Fortaleza, Brazil — we found more than we expected. Deep in the dappled shade of the canopy, a flash of electric blue caught my eye: this South American Tropical Buckeye (Junonia evarete) was resting low on a leaf. The dim light under the trees made it tough to nail a sharp shot, and this little pollinator wasn't sitting still for long. Its eyespots — those bold rings meant to startle predators — are one of nature's cleverest tricks for survival. Getting even a few seconds with it felt like a small win. Happy Pollinator Week!

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Olhos Escondidos no Sub-bosque
Durante uma caminhada pelo Parque Estadual do Cocó — um espaço verde exuberante e tropical, bem no meio da minha cidade natal, Fortaleza — encontramos mais do que esperávamos. No meio da sombra densa da copa das árvores, um lampejo de azul elétrico chamou minha atenção: esta South American Tropical Buckeye (Junonia evarete) estava pousada bem baixa, numa folha. A luz fraca sob as árvores dificultou bastante conseguir uma foto nítida, e essa pequena polinizadora não ficou parada por muito tempo. Suas manchas em forma de olho — círculos vibrantes feitos para assustar predadores — são um dos truques mais inteligentes da natureza para sobreviver. Conseguir alguns segundos com ela já foi uma pequena vitória. Feliz Semana dos Polinizadores!

One Hour, A World ApartLens-Artists Challenge  #402: Looking Back  #1 - Wonder The Morning’s Roll Call Most mornings, I ...
06/17/2026

One Hour, A World Apart

Lens-Artists Challenge #402: Looking Back #1 - Wonder The Morning’s Roll Call Most mornings, I meditate on the deck facing the pond behind our house. It's become a quiet anchor to the day — the water, the light shifting through the trees, whatever life happens to show up. Some mornings bring one or two visitors. A couple of weeks ago, though, Mother Nature's wonder overwhelmed me....

Lens-Artists Challenge #402: Looking Back #1 – Wonder The Morning’s Roll Call Most mornings, I meditate on the deck facing the pond behind our house. It’s become a quiet anchor to the d…

Guided by the Frame: Compositional Tools in FortalezaLens-Artists Challenge  #401: Focus on the Subject with These Essen...
06/12/2026

Guided by the Frame: Compositional Tools in Fortaleza

Lens-Artists Challenge #401: Focus on the Subject with These Essential Tips Where Every Line Leads A photograph is more than the sum of its subject. The best images are built and constructed with intention before the shutter is ever pressed. As my followers are aware, I am currently traveling in Brazil. Although I had not planned to post any articles during this time, today was rainy....

Lens-Artists Challenge #401: Focus on the Subject with These Essential Tips Where Every Line Leads A photograph is more than the sum of its subject. The best images are built and constructed with i…

05/30/2026

If Two Is Company, Is Three Perfection?

Lens-Artists Challenge #400: Rule of Three Is Odd Always Better? When this post goes live, I’ll be spending time with family and friends in Brazil.Any comments you make are appreciated, and I’ll respond to them in due time. Photography has so many rules that anyone trying to learn composition can feel overwhelmed. Others simply trust their intuition. This week, Tina covers a rule that not many people may have heard of: the…...

Love DanceQueen of the Meadow I was out walking and photographing wildflowers at Southwest Williamson County Regional Pa...
05/26/2026

Love Dance

Queen of the Meadow I was out walking and photographing wildflowers at Southwest Williamson County Regional Park when a movement in the grass caught my eye. A Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) — not an unusual sight on the Texas trails I frequent — but this one carried something I had never noticed before: a vivid band of orange blazing behind the eye, as if someone had painted it there just for the occasion....

Queen of the Meadow I was out walking and photographing wildflowers at Southwest Williamson County Regional Park when a movement in the grass caught my eye. A Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californ…

The Lemony Neighbor — Horsemint Blooms in the Texas SpringA Field of Fragrant Tiers I really like springtime in Texas. B...
05/26/2026

The Lemony Neighbor — Horsemint Blooms in the Texas Spring

A Field of Fragrant Tiers I really like springtime in Texas. Besides excellent weather, the display of wildflowers is a continuous show. In mid-May, we are finding lots of fields covered with Firewheels (Gaillardia pulchella). Although the vibrant hues of reds and yellows create a beautiful display, as seen in my post last week, I often find myself searching for another wildflower that begins to pop up at this time of the year: Horsemint (...

A Field of Fragrant Tiers I really like springtime in Texas. Besides excellent weather, the display of wildflowers is a continuous show. In mid-May, we are finding lots of fields covered with Firew…

🇺🇸🇧🇷 On the Edge of Blooming "The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." — W....
05/25/2026

🇺🇸🇧🇷 On the Edge of Blooming "The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." — W.B. Yeats
There's something almost impossible about a moment like this — a small creature holding on, the bud still closed, the world waiting. This American Sunflower Moth (Homoeosoma electellum), clinging to an unidentified flower bud at the Sunken Garden in San Gabriel Park in Georgetown, TX, looked like it was defying gravity. One gust of wind, one blink, and it would have been gone. The American Sunflower Moth is a native species whose larvae feed on sunflower heads — but here it was, resting on something entirely different, as if it had its own idea of where to be that morning. Macro Monday has a way of revealing worlds that ask nothing of us — except to slow down and look.
🇧🇷 Na Beira do Florescimento "O mundo está cheio de coisas mágicas, esperando pacientemente que nossos sentidos se tornem mais aguçados." — W.B. Yeats
Tem momentos que parecem impossíveis de capturar — uma criatura pequena se equilibrando, o botão ainda fechado, o mundo esperando. Esta Mariposa-do-Girassol-Americana (Homoeosoma electellum), pendurada em um botão de flor não identificado no Jardim Afundado do Parque San Gabriel, em Georgetown, no Texas, parecia desafiar a gravidade. Uma rajada de vento, uma piscada, e teria sumido. A Mariposa-do-Girassol-Americana é uma espécie nativa cujas larvas se alimentam de cabeças de girassol — mas ali estava ela, pousada em algo completamente diferente, como se tivesse seus próprios planos para aquela manhã. A Macro Monday tem esse poder: revelar mundos que não pedem nada de nós — só que a gente pare e olhe.

🇺🇸🇧🇷Magenta Skies and a Double RainbowAfter the thunderstorms rolled through Round Rock, the sky over our neighborhood i...
05/24/2026

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Magenta Skies and a Double Rainbow
After the thunderstorms rolled through Round Rock, the sky over our neighborhood in the Gardens of Teravista painted itself in deep orange and magenta — and then gifted us a double rainbow. 🌈🌈 We watched the arc shift from a cool, deep blue on one side to layers of pink and magenta on the other, with a second, softer rainbow hovering just above the first. Some evenings, all you have to do is step outside.

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Céus Magenta e um Arco-Íris Duplo
Depois que as tempestades passaram por Round Rock, o céu sobre o nosso bairro, no Gardens of Teravista, pintou-se de laranja profundo e magenta — e ainda nos presenteou com um arco-íris duplo. 🌈🌈 Observamos o arco mudar de um azul frio e intenso em um lado para camadas de rosa e magenta no outro, com um segundo arco-íris, mais suave, pairando logo acima do primeiro. Em certas noites, basta dar um passo lá fora.

Magenta Skies and a Double RainbowDouble Arc Over Teravista Two days ago, after a series of thunderstorms rolled through...
05/24/2026

Magenta Skies and a Double Rainbow

Double Arc Over Teravista Two days ago, after a series of thunderstorms rolled through our area in Round Rock, the sky outside our living room window began to glow in a way that stopped us in our tracks. It was just past 8:20 in the evening, and something in that light told us to go outside. We were not disappointed. The entire sky had transformed into a living canvas of deep orange and magenta — colors so vivid they made our neighborhood in the Gardens of Teravista feel like a different world....

Double Arc Over Teravista Two days ago, after a series of thunderstorms rolled through our area in Round Rock, the sky outside our living room window began to glow in a way that stopped us in our t…

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