Photos of the Week - Week 37

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 37, Leading Line

Photo by Brian Savon

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Brian says:

Early morning black skimmer leaving a trailing line in the water as it forges for breakfast.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 37 - White on White

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 37, White on White

Photo by Kathleen Madden

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Kathleen says: 

This is part of a statue at my parent's house. I used the healing brush in PS on specks on the fingers.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 37 - Teapots - Posterize

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 37, Teapots - Posterize

Photo by Gigi Kandler

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Gigi says :

Posterizing gave the photo some interested. Also cropped a bit to straighten.

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 37, Teapots - Posterize

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

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Critique Group Challenge:

Week 37, Leading Line

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2022 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

Hugo’s brother arrived this week from Portugal and we scheduled a short trip so he would see more than Southern Colorado. Santa Fe is our first stop before heading over to the Grand Canyon. This scene on Alameda street provided. Glorious leading line. Edited in Prisma app with Aircraft

Photos of the Week - Week 36

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 36, Smoke Mirror

Photo by Wendy Browne

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Wendy says:

Smoke and Mirrors
I have spent hours playing with Photoshop, Lightroom, and Topaz Studio this week.
Firstly, I finally treated myself to a Speedlight to help take the smoke images.
I took multiple smoke images and then made them into brushes in Photoshop.
The mirror was made by my youngest son in Woodwork classes at school. I took the picture and then selected the mirror and made a layer mask. I altered the wooden surrounds in Camera Raw to be darker with more texture.
In photoshop I made a fill layer that was dark grey and used several of the smoke stamps. I then flipped this horizontally to make a mirror montage. This level was placed below the mirror mask to become the background.
Then I added another fill layer in the same grey and different smoke stamps and did another mirror montage. This scale of this was then transformed to fit the hole in the mirror.
This produced my submitted image.
Next into Topaz Studio for some filter fun. I also played with some of the original smoke images in Topaz with some great results.
My fun can be seen here.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 36 - Radial Symetry

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 36, Radial Symetry

Photo by Joyce Edmunds

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Joyce says: 

This is a tightly cropped image of a gazania flower in my garden. I tried many other plants but I loved the tightly packed radial symetry of the centre of the flower. Is it a Fibonacci spiral? Apart from the crop, the edits are basic LR adjustments.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 36 - Abandoned 

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 36, Abandoned 

Photo by Warren Lee

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Warren says:

With weeks above 108 degrees, vitality has been abandoned. This weekend finally has high temperatures under the century mark. These roses and other flowering plants will be revitalized within a few weeks.

Critique Group Challenge:

Week 36, Smoke Mirror

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2022 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

This was incense smoke photographed with the smoke and the reflection in a mirror. That one image was then blended with a color gradient to add color. That image was then mirrored. The mirror image was rotated 90˚ and blended. That image was then rotated 45˚ and blended.

Photos of the Week - Week 35

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 35, Still life

Photo by Pam Pengelly

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Pam says:

I thought I would try a little dark/low key to give the photo a little ambience. I think I should have filled the glass a little more to cover the wine label and reduce some of the reflection in it, otherwise pretty happy with the result. Apologise for not participating the last few weeks, waiting on a new computer, then had to set it up. Back up and running now.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 35 - Still life

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 35, Still life

Photo by Tim Bailey

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Tim says: 

An Evening at Home

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 35 - Still Life

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 35, Still Life

Photo by Star Carpenter

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Star says:

This challenge was more difficult than it first seemed! After taking more than 20 photos with various compositions and mainly using the portrait mode with stage light, I decided to submit “one peach in a bowl of figs”. I applied different apps but like the original photo the best.

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 35, Still Life 

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Photos of the Week - Week 34

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 34, Eyes

Photo by Lisa Flannagan

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Lisa says:

I was hesitant to use this photo because I look like an idiot. However, I think it shows the length that we go to in trying to capture an image. Especially tough when you have a small dog on a low chair who won't look up at you.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 34 - Focus Stack

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 34, Found Alphabet 

Photo by Laurie Lee

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Laurie says: 

I put in lots of thinking of this week's challenge. From word selection, where to find those alphabets, color theme, sizes and more. Well, "JOY" was not my first pick word but with my thought process keep changing throughout the week, here is what I have. My final plan was to use images from nature with square format for all letters, so a three-letter word would have a good visual balance in my humble opinion. All three photos were taken at our local farmers market with my phone so the image quality was not the best, but I love that bee's visit to add some interest to my capture

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 34 - Lamplight

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 34, Lamplight

Photo by Cyndi Johnson

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 Lynn says:

The light shines early in the morning (5:30 am) on the concession stand at our football stadium. Soft but beautiful for so early in the morning.