Photos of the Week - Week 39

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Week 39, What Lies Ahead

Photo by Rebecca Smith

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Rebecca says: 

Visiting in Nebraska right now. Soooo foggy this morning. What lies ahead? I dont know, cant see anything!

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Week 39 - Do Over

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Week 39, Do Over

Photo by Susan Garrett

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Susan  says:  

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Week 39 - Junk Drawer

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Week 39, Junk Drawer

Photo by Charlene Shaw

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Charlene says: 

Fun with filters and photoshop app mirror option. I’m always worried about what I might find in mine. This little monster isn’t too scary.

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Week 39, Junk Drawer

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

What? Just one junk drawer? Hardly. But this one had some sunglasses and packing tape. I shot those and used Image Blender to put the two together (mirrored one).

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Week 39, What Lies Ahead

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2023 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

This is our road home - lined with the amazingly beautiful (blooming) chamisa aka Rabbit Brush. Things in my world seem to be changing fast so I soak in the sights knowing this will not likely be a familiar scene a year from now. I know change is okay. There is something around the bend and I will face the unknown with as much hope and confidence as I can.

Photos of the Week - Week 38

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Week 38, Night Lights

Photo by Kathleen Toolan

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Kathleen says: 

Enjoyed a beautiful fall day at a County Fair and Balloon Fest near Lancaster, Pa. Tried using a monopod for the first time.

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Week 38 - Drive Pan

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Week 38, Drive Pan

Photo by Denneen Peterson

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Week 38 - Horizontal

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Week 38, Horizontal

Photo by Patricia Honeycutt

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Patricia says: 

Close-up of the doors on a cluster mailbox in the neighborhood. Edited in Snapseed.

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Week 38, Horizontal

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

Our kitchen backsplash is horizontal stones. Straight shot efforts were not so great, but then I decided to do the LIVE option and pan left to right, then use the Long Exposure option to blur the image. A few tries and I got this with the horizontal lines cutting through. Then...Edited in Prisma app, slightly, with Aircraft

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Week 38, Night Lights

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2023 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

This is The Eye of the Raven - a rock outcropping just outside our house next to the courtyard. It is a place of serenity and refelcdtion. We have solar lights on it at night. We also live in a high UFO area - so I added that - or a plane - or a..? As Hugo and I mentally begin to prepare our next chapter, I'm sure I will be trying to capture as many images over the next few months as I have in 20 years. This is the spot were I proposed - and he accepted.

Photos of the Week - Week 37

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Week 37, Garden of Love

Photo by Olivia Edwards

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Olivia says: 

This forest became a chapel that protects and honors the souls of the departed, especially the people we love.

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Week 37 - White on white

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Week 37, White on white

Photo by Debbie Huewe

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Debbie says:  

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Week 37 - Garden of Love

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Week 37, Garden of Love

Photo by David Robinson

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David says: 

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Week 37, Garden of Love

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2023 Smart Phone Challenge

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Ricky says: 

I’ve watch this old church deteriorate over the past 21 years. The steeple and cross fell during in 2018, during the fire, but not due to the fire. In 2020 during Covid, the wind took it to this state, leaning, almost totally on the ground. At that same time the new land owners spray painted the no trespassing graffiti on it, (a bit of Thou Shalt Not). I’m taking the Garden of Love a step farther. The chapel in my story is in the future where the flowers are growing again, the joy is back, and the oppression of dogma and rules is losing the battle. Sorry if that’s a bit much, but love conquers all and oppression has no place in my garden. I took the photo during Photo Summit - added a texture overlay. For this I added the text and an overlay from flowers in my garden at Autumn Rock.

PUZZLE IS RICKY'S GARDEN OF LOVE PHOTO

Choose your own difficulty. Click the 9-patch grid to change number of pieces. Click the circle arrow to make the puzzle pieces rotating instead of stable orientation. Also, there are tips under the "?" on the upper right of the puzzle. If you'd like a full screen version, click the button below. Have fun!

Photos of the Week - Week 36

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Week 36, Composite Montage

Photo by Bill Arneson

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Bill says: 

The Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH, has Dale Chihuly glass exhibits within the plant biomes, arranged primarily among the plants and hanging from the ceilings. One of the exhibits is different styles and colors of blown glass that cover a skylight in a biome tunnel. The photo of this exhibit, taken with an iPhone, is busy and that is a look I usually avoid. But in this case I liked the colors and patterns and wanted to work it into the challenge.

This is a composite of two photos: The skylight exhibit and of a young woman’s portrait in profile, which was also taken with an iPhone. The light source for the face is a lamp located back and to the left of the face. That approximated the direction of backlighting for the glass, and created shadows that I thought worked in this composite. The photos were blended to try to create the fantasy of a face being subsumed into the exhibit.

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Week 36 - Radial Symmetry

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Week 36, Radial Symmetry

Photo by Cheryl Franklin

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Cheryl  says:  

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Week 36 - Peeking Eyes

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Week 36, Peeking Eyes

Photo by Michelle Pearson

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Michelle says: 

After being the Maldives for the past 5 days Zelda is not impressed I was away again. Whilst trying to talk to her tonight she could barely peek from our under her eyelids….. talk about judgemental

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Photos of the Week - Week 35

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Week 35, Smile

Photo by Allan Havens

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Allan says: 

A big "Smile" from a frog sculpture in the Benson Sculpture Gardens in Loveland, CO.. Usual LRC adjustments include color grading, slight vignette, color calibration and HSL. Allan Havens, Loveland, CO.

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Week 35 - Still Life

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Week 35, Still Life

Photo by Liz Carroll

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Liz  says:  

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Week 35 - Black and White

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Week 35, Black and White

Photo by Susy Boyer

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Susy says: 

San Diego Liberty Station. Long beautiful halls. Retired Navy base, now museums, shops & restaurants. Beautiful place to visit. No editing. Black and white done with IPhone.

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Week 35, Black and White

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

I took many photos and converted them to black and white, but mom is visiting and a grabbed this image of her futzing on her iPhone. I love that she’s managed to keep up with technology. She will be 94 in early December.

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Week 35, Smile

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2023 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

Family gathering on the mountain! I printed out the smiles and they just taped them on. Shot in front of a green screen and that was masked out with the radiating circus swirl layered in the back with a wave distort. A slight Impressionism filter in Topaz and a frame overlay.