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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 27

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 27, What Is It

Photo by Kelly de Haas

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Kelly says:

Minimalism photo with minimal editing.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 27 - Portrait Editing

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 27, Portrait Editing

Photo by Mary de Greef

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Mary says: 

This is my granddaughter Juniper, 13 years old. We had the family together on the 3rd at our river house. Juni and her younger sister Torreya were playing in the rain. I was just inside the door and she was out in the rain on the deck. That expression is pure Juni. I used the editing techniques from the video and removed some blemishes and rain streaks from her face and softened the overall look. Had to deal with shadows also. I love it so I'm happy.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 27 - It’s Alive

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 27, It’s Alive

Photo by Karen Koehle

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 Karen says:

Discovered this reddish brown stag beetle near a garage door when I was out for my walk a few mornings ago. 

Photo cropped and a Snapseed frame added.

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 27, It’s Alive

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

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Critique Group Challenge:

Week 27, What Is It

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2022 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

It’s pretty common. 

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TRY THE JIGSAW PUZZLE

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 26

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 26, Minimalism

Photo by Kelly de Haas

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Kelly says:

Minimalism photo with minimal editing.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 26 - Celebrate

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 26, Celebrate

Photo by Cyndi Johnson

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Cyndi says: 

On my daily walk today. they had finally opened the track at the football stadium. It has been closed for several weeks for summer maintenance and who would think that at 5:30 in the morning anyone would be there? But this morning the football boys and their coaches were there getting ready to work out. I'm sure there was much celebration to be able to get back on the field after working out for weeks in a field.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 26 - Red White Blue

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 26, Red White Blue

Photo by Pam Clark

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 Pam says:

 I took photos of many red, white and blue items this week. I thought these mugs I spied at Dollar General met the challenge. I used BeCasso to add a look.

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 26, Red White Blue

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

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Critique Group Challenge:

Week 26, Minimalism

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2022 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

Trying to keep it simple - because that's the goal. I like the simple texture on the wall and chose to frame the grasses heavily to the left. Only basic Lr edits.

Photos of the Week - Week 25

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 25, A Dream

Photo by Rocky Wells

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Rocky says:

If you are going to have "a dream", then DREAM BIG & IN COLOR"! This is a shot of the side of a building in North Tampa I took on Father's Day when Gayle & I were headed to my daughter's home for a family get-together. I have passed by this many times in the past and always thought it would be cool to use if an appropriate challenge presented itself. And it did thanks to Ricky!!

This 'Dream Big' mural is Diamond View Studios' call for business inspiration, but became my inspiration for this weeks' challenge topic. In 2015, Diamond View bought the unfinished building — full of reclaimed brick from a Virginia road — out of foreclosure, and built out the interior worthy of recognition as Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Coolest Office Space in 2016. To me, the exterior is the crowning touch, not only because of its message, but also by the visual aesthetics.

Of course, I had to apply my "a la Rocky" touches and ended up doing an invert of the colors to make this "a dream" type of thing that I would see "in my dreams"...

Dream on my brothers and sisters!! PEACE

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 25 - Embrace Presented

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 25, Embrace Presented

Photo by Laurie Lee

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Laurie says: 

Plan: Photos of some mandarin ducks in our neighborhood pond. Unfortunately, those mandrain ducks swan toward the shadows of trees on the pond and was too far for me to capture any good photographs of them. I look around and found a neighbor's sprinkler was on. The water spray against the Sun forming some sort of mist which drew my attention. I used ICM to create this abstract image. LR basic, adj colors.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 25 - Paper

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 25, Paper

Photo by Star Carpenter

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 Star says:

A paper bouquet. Edited in Prisma app with Old Fashioned and in Snapseed.

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 25, Paper

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says: 

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Critique Group Challenge:

Week 25, A Dream

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2022 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

Today as I was working on this challenge the day was filled with rain and fog and mystery all over the mountain. I took several Nikon photos and worked on doing double exposure blending to create a fantasy. My efforts were ok, but fell short. Tonight as I was taking the dogs out for the final time, the solar lights and my little table sitting area became a wonderful subject. I ended up experimenting with my iPhone to do some rotation with long exposure and then I also did a fairly straight shot are used an image blending app to do the double exposure to create a feeling of a drain in this foggy dusky setting