Light, when used as a painter’s brush, can create something new and interesting. Objects around us can take on new appearances through the lens of another. Readers sure found abstract beauty.
Narendra Morum, Grayson-Collin EC: Grand Teton National Park.
Dustin Johnson, Pedernales EC: “Flower still life shot on a rainy day.”
Jacob Saunders, Pedernales EC: “Hand-held zooming shot looking south on Red River Street in Austin.”
Abbegale Alvarez, Fort Belknap EC: “Stormy clouds reflecting the sunset.”
Jay Wark, Bluebonnet EC: “My friend snapped this owlet blending into the pavement.”
Mitzi Mann, United Cooperative Services: “Texas striped millipedes are everywhere in the deserts of Terlingua. Some might find them gross or odd, but I find beauty in them.”
Emilee Oaks, Tri-County EC: “A macro lens close-up of a portobello mushroom cap.”
Ray Bednar, Bluebonnet EC: “Fall colors reflected in still water.”
Andrea Schlepphorst, Tri-County EC: “The Rodeo Goat in Dallas has a koi pond on the back patio. This reflects the elements above the pond.”
Patty Broadway, Deep East Texas EC: “I squeezed the juice from oranges off my sour orange tree and froze the juice in a cake pan.”
Jack Robertson, CECA: Decades of rust on a tin barn.
Dwight Schmidt, Pedernales EC: A colorful, rusted tailgate on an old Chevy truck at McDonald Observatory in the Davis Mountains.
Paul Garcia, Medina EC: “Years ago, I was walking on the River Walk in San Antonio and saw this under a bridge near the Alamo.”
Patty Broadway, Deep East Texas EC: Aurora borealis over Lake Sam Rayburn in October 2024.
Emilee Oaks, Tri-County EC: “A variegated beet using the macro lens on my iPhone.”
Joy Watson, Navasota Valley EC: Rain falls with the sun in the distance.