Anne is in the lead this week, and she has got a fabulous challenge in store for us – Filling the frame. Please visit her beautiful site for more inspiration.
Filling the frame offers a sense of completeness, clarity, inclusion, and comfort. We essentially “dive in” and experience the true essence of what the subject has to offer.
– Lucas Martin
So what does it mean – to fill the frame? Let’s see…
Prayer flags in Bhutan fill the frame in many respects – with cloth, letters and words.
Porto offers a staircase of sorts – it really fills up both us and the library/bookstore…
Filling the frame with a filled frame is hopefully allowed too? Beautiful stones of Georgia.
This random gallery of manmade and naturals ends with the rusty remains of a ship on a shore somewhere in Iceland. Filled with holes, but it still fills my frame. (Click to see the whole pictures)
Macro’s make us come really close, and leaves almost no empty space anywhere – maybe there is some truth in this quote from Robert Capa:
If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.
Fernsfernsferns – they are irresistible! Even the back side of them…
And, this is key to why I love it when an abundance of small pieces fill the frame –
– like these Icelandic icicles. To me, maybe it is also a matter of colours. Few colours, all hues in harmony, make the frames complete – or what do you think? I left a monochrome in the header… for us to keep pondering – is this a filled frame – or not?
Finally, a fiery frame from our walks this weekend – Autumn filled it from ground to sky. Lucas Martin was right.
Thank you, Donna, for a marvelous asymmetry challenge last week. We’ve learned a lot and had a lot of fun, haven’t we! Next week James of Jazzibee will be our guest host, be sure to look for his site for inspiration! Remember to link to the original post and tag with Lens-Artists.
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Leya 
Ann-Christine, what a great post! Favorites are the autumn forest and colorful staircase!!
Thank you, Sylvia, so happy you liked it. Colours are tremendously uplifting!
What an amazing collection Leya! You have really succeeded in filling the frames superbly with many exciting and stylish variations. Your macro photos are fantastic, I especially like the one of the fern. The escalators feel almost breathtaking.
Thank you, Anita! I really enjoyed this challenge – maybe it shines through.
What a fabulous collection, AC. As always, your images shine with beauty and great attention to detail. 🙂 🙂
Thank you so much, Patti! This challenge was fun and I had many images to chose between…
The staircase – great perspective.
Thanks, Marlene!
Excellent work, Ann-Christine. Your images pop with vibrancy and fine composition.
Thank you, Jane! I had fun with this one!
So many wonderful examples of filling the frame. The staircases captivated me.
What a collection, AC! Love your first image especially. Your photos of the nature are stunningly beautiful. The icicles, how special.
Fantastic gallery, Ann-christine! Love the collage of your ”random” ones.
Some wonderful macros, A-C! I love the Icelandic image, but my favorite is that staircase. Nice work in meeting Anne’s challenge.
It’s one joy after another with this set, Ann-Christine. Those steps are very enticing but I’d have to watch my step! I love your little gallery of goodies, with the lamb at the centre. Another week’s worth of beauty from you.
Wonderful set. Your photo of the fern spores reminded me that I should look at the shady side of the next fern leaf I see. That frame full of holey rust looks good, but I’m so glad it’s not my ship!
Haha, it’s better not to have any boat – my opinion
These framed filled captures are just so amazingly wonderful 🙂
Thank you, Hammad!
Ann-Christine, these are all fantastic photos. Your opening photo blew me away in a good way 😀 😀
I am glad it was a good way, Cee! Thank you!
All wonderful photographs! I’m not going to pick out any one – and all just great for the challenge.
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I loved that you started and finished with the Lucas Martin quote. And gosh, the gallery…stunning. The little lamb immediately stuck out to me. I especially love the concentration of texture with the wood, rust, and fern. But the staircases, both of them are my favorites. They feel like invitations.
Thank you, Donna! You picked my favourites too. And that library was unforgettable.
Wonderful examples all, but if picking favourites I’d go for the Bhutan prayer flags, the underside of the fern and a couple in your ‘random gallery’ – the one bottom left with the ends of the wooden posts, the Icelandic rust, and that lovely yellow flower!
Thank you, Sarah! I guess this theme suited me well!
Wow …. love the collection. Although your macros have a way of capturing my attention, the beautifully captured the others. Cheers to your view of the theme.
Cheers, Frank and happy you enjoyed my view!
Fantastic selection, A-C 👏 Some of the macros become almost abstract in quality 😃
So glad you liked them, Jez, thank you. It was a challenge that suited me well!
Beautiful gallery, each photo worth framing.
Thank you, Nes, that was a great challenge!
Gorgeous shots Ann-Christine 😀. That lamb picture is precious! The staircase – I was there too but I don’t have the picture as beautifully captured as yours! Those yellow structures either of staircases/elevators, make a great composition.
Thank you, PR. That staircase was really something!
Love the little lamb 🐑, all others are beautiful as always. I pay a lot of rattention to the quality of the photos and your photos are always great 😊
Well, that goes for you as well, thank you!
These are gems, from your first leafy photo to your last autumnal shot.
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Great pics! I especially like that arch way.
Thank you, Dawn! Happy you liked them!
I love every single one of these, A-C, but then that’s par for the course when I visit your blog. Just wonderful.
Janet, you are always kind, thank you! I guess this challenge suited me well.
Exquisite photos Ann-Christine! Each and every one of them.
I am glad you enjoyed them, Sheetal! Thank you!
Another wonderful group of images. My favourites are the final three.
Thank you, Susan, this challenge was fun.
Beautiful.
Thank you!
Love that last autumn shot!
Thank you, Sandy – at last they arrived here as well! The colours.
All of these beautiful images fill the frame Ann-Christine. I was especially moved by the library staircase. How amazing. You continued your frame filling journey from there with more amazing images, ending with the autumn scene that was stunning. WOW!
I am so glad you liked them, Anne! Thank you for a lovely challenge!
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Ann-Christine these are FABULOUS! they really are.
Thank you so much, Anne! A lovely comment!
There is not a single image in this set that I wouldn’t frame and hang on my walls Ann-Christine. I’m not the least bit surprised that your response this week is magical. No indeed, I will NOT choose a favorite.
Oh Tina, you are very kind! Thank you for a lovely comment. I really enjoyed this challenge.
Love the shot of the library steps and a beautiful fall shot for your closer. Very nice Anne-Christine 🙂
Happy you liked those two – they are both special to me!
Oh I wish I could stand quite alone in the middle of your last autumnal photo . . . if I closed my eyes and then opened them I know I would be surrounded by all the elves and fairies with whom my Father taught me to engage way back when . . .
Your words are music, Eha. 💛🧡💚
Ann-Christine, these are such lovely photos. I loved the opener with the perspective from under the leaves. That is priceless!
I am glad you liked that, Egidio, thank you! I love that plant and always end up photographing whenever I find one. Leaves and nerves, and colour.