Photos of the Week - Week 41

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 41, Hands of Time

Photo by Debra Russo

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Debra says:

I switched my photo theme to "time worn hands". I dislike the look of my hands. They are discolored from blood thinners, they constantly have cuts on them because my skin is so thin that even rubbng hard against a surface causes bleeding. They are covered with small white scars from some of the worst cuts. When I have pictures taken of me, I photoshop my hands whenever possible. I once thought I hated my hands, but I don't. How can you hate the hands that rocked the cradle, that soothed the sick, that planted the garden? Despite having arthritis my hands are still strong enough to hand sew, hand quilt and do my much loved sashiko stitching. I can still do everything I could when my hands were young, except maybe open the pickle jar myself! The item I am stitching in the photo is a boro scarf I started at the last quilt show in Houston before Covid. I think it's time to keep that needle in my hands and get it finished.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 41 - Macro

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 41, Pep Ventosa

Photo by Peter Hall

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Peter says: 

I enjoyed this excercise and created some images, mainly trees and flowers, that I am happy to keep. I have chosen this image for this challenge as it showed a more defined view of the brief. Eight images were used and taken at the outdoor area of a cafe in a small country town where we stopped for lunch.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 41 - Sunrise

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 41, Sunrise

Photo by Beth Colins

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Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 41, Sunrise

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

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Critique Group Challenge:

Week 41, Hands of Time

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2022 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

This is 10 photos of my antique clock. Each one rotated a bit when taken then each layer in Photoshop had an opacity change. Similer to what we do for Pep Ventosa. I put one layer on top that had more "clock face". Cropped Square - then flattened. Then I used the Sperize filter to warp it all.

Photos of the Week - Week 42

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 42, Double Exposure

Photo by Carol Freda

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Carol says:

This is an in-camera double exposure of the treetops outside my front window. (I overlaid the tops of bare trees with another view of ones with fall colors capturing the setting sun. I also added a dreamscape.) I then combined this in PS with two geese flying in for a landing at the lake near me.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 42 - Framed within a Frame

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 42, Framed within a Frame

Photo by Laurie Lee

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Laurie says: 

"Van Gogh in America", a fabulous exhibition in Detroit Institute of Arts. This photo was taken with high ISO because of the limited lighting inside the exhibition room. With lots of noise in the image, I thought it is a good candidate for a black and white photograph. There are multiple frames here, the entrance, the square board in the center, and the exhibitaion visitors. I could have had a tighter crop if I have chosen a different focus. I don't own Topaz at this time so I used the oil style filter in PS to advance my image. Here is the result after several versions. I masked off Van Gogh's painting in my photo so it didn't get affected by the black and white and oil style filters. Forever Van Gogh!

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 42 - Smile

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 42, Smile

Photo by Carol Huston 

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Critique Group Challenge:

Week 42,  Double Exposure

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

Photos of the Week - Week 40

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 40, Fading Beauty

Photo by Julie Titus

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Julie says:

Mold and dehydration contrast the still vibrant colors. Golden hour light, tripod for long exposure, minimal LR edits

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 40 - Do Over

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 40, Panorama

Photo by Don Watts

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Don says: 

The Mexican Trestle outside of Cloudcroft, NM. Parts of what's left of the Cloudcroft rail line.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 40 - Doors

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 40, Doors

Photo by Linda Rowberry

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Linda says :

I stumbled upon this cute little place with several different doors. Each door had a number over it so I figured they were individual spaces. Out of all the photos that I took, this door was my favorite, mainly because it is red, which is my favorite color! I added an oil painting filter from the BeCasso app

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Photos of the Week - Week 38

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 38, Pareidolia

Photo by Roz Rossiter

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Roz says:

Does this work? I felt this old tractor had a very nice face.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 38 - Drive Pans 

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 38, Drive Pans 

Photo by Joyce Edmunds

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Joyce says: 

Finally got out to do this week's assignment. What an amazing technique - so much fun! After many attempts and many disasters, I kept going back to this image. The more I looked at it, the more I saw in it. I love the contrast in colours and tones. Many of the branches and trunks of these burned out trees ae in quite good focus, while there is an impressionistic hazy feel to most of this image. The time has come to make the decision!

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 38 - Stairs / Steps

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 38, Stairs / Steps

Photo by Diane McCue

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Diane says :

Our restored staircase from the 1870’s.

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 38,  Stairs / Steps

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

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Critique Group Challenge:

Week 38, Leading Line

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2022 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

We diverted off the main road en route to the Grand Canyon to take the drive through the Petrified Forest National Monument. I kept the challenge in mind hoping something might appear. I never scored with what I hoped, but this old crumudgeon seemed to be sufficient. It was a fun challenge.