Photos of the Week - Week 11

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Week 11, Lit from Below

Photo by Angelia Peterson

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Angela says: 

Do I ever get looked at wierdly trying to attain my images. This week was no different! I like how they have a very hot coal look about them, from afar, even though that could not be further from the truth. To see a few other captures

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Week 11 - Shutter Zoom

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Photo by Nancy Gengler

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Week 11 - Reflections

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Week 11, Reflections

Photo by Hugo Dos Santos

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Week 11, Tolkien's Valinor

Photo by Lois Bennett

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Lois says:

I used the Firefly app for this. IIt took a while to get some ships that were shaped somewhat like swans. Prompt "View of the heavenly Tolkien city of Valinor. That city was the haven of their ships; and those ships were made in the likeness of swans, with beaks of gold and eyes of gold and jet. The gate of that harbor was an arch of living rock sea-carved; The beaches were strewn with gemstones."

Photos of the Week - Week 11

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Ricky says: 

I usd MidJourney and my promt came from a portion of the text - rewritten just a bit for clarity: A fairytale, mistical, and glorious city with a harbor, a haven for ships that are made in the likeness of swans, with beaks of gold and eyes of gold and jet. The gate of that harbour was an arch of living rock sea-carved; and the light of the stars was bright and clear. I manged to get a few images with swan ships, but I liked this one as it felt more elvenish and I like the magic in the sky.

Photos of the Week - Week 10

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Week 10, Windows

Photo by Bruce Hinde

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Bruce says: 

Window (without a view)
The roof slid on the east side of the house this week...
The ski area has had over 300" of snow since November and 24" in the past 3 days. I don't think we'll be using this door for a couple of months. The snow bank is about 10' deep on this side of the house and we only get about half the amount of snow that falls on the ski area 7 miles south east of here. I'm not complaining... Utah, Arizona and California need the water. They can have it when we're done with it.

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Week 10 - High Key

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Photo by Sheryl O'Brien

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Week 10 - Best Shot

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Week 10, Best Shot

Photo by Veronica Haberthuer

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Veronica says:

I the sunset sky view coming down the street I live on is often breathtaking. I took this through my windshield. No other cars were currently on the road so fortunately I had time to frame it. Did a few adjustments before using FX charm and adding birds. I love it!  

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Week 10, All Flowers

Photo by Helen Albion

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Helen says:

Composite of 2 images created in Imagine. One was the face with daisies, and the other was a panel of flowers. The images were blended in Photoshop and edited, then a frame added.

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Week 10, Windows

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says: 

One of the crew had to figure out how to filter strong sunlight coming into our set on Sunday morming through several very high windows. Fortuntaly there was an upstairs balcony and he didn't need a ladder. I used the distort tool to adjust so the angles were not skewed looking from below. White trash bags seemed to do the trick.

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Week 10, All Flowers

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Photos of the Week - Week 9

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Week 9, Mellow Yellow

Photo by Andre Gallant

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Andre says: 

I woke up this morning to three disgruntled chickens glaring at me. They were upset because I opted to photograph 3 ducks for last week's topic (3) instead of them. I felt I had to make things right so I photographed them for this week's topic "Mellow Yellow". Luckily, they graciously forgave me for my faux pas. By the way, it's a tad amusing/sad when you find yourself purchasing attire for rubber chickens!

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Week 9 - Square Crop

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Photo by Sarah Entsminger

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Week 9 - Stuck in Place

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Week 9, Stuck in Place

Photo by Kathleen Madden

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Kathleen says:

I decided to sit on my patio and take photos that were around me. This is a fountain that I purchased last year that is from Thailand so some of the lines that go vertically are water. I used the distressed FX app.

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Week 9, Zodiac

Photo by Lauri Miller

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Lauri says:

Per the Britannica entry for Aquarius: Its representation as a man pouring a stream of water out of a jug came about, it has been suggested, because in ancient times the rising of Aquarius coincided in the Middle East with a period of floods and rain. I wasn’t aware of this connection so I decided to see where focusing on this information might lead.
I started by asking ChatGPT 3.5 to create a Midjourney prompt from “Aquarius astrology sign represented in ancient times with the rising of Aquarius in the Middle East coinciding with floods and rain”. Of the multiple prompts this generator creates, I chose to use “a digital illustration depicting Aquarius in ancient Mesopotamia, influenced by Alphonse Mucha's art, with intricate patterns and rich colors, showing Aquarius pouring celestial water, bathed in golden hues, against a starry backdrop, with ethereal lighting evoking mystery--v 5 --stylize 1000”. I usually have to tweak quite a bit when I use a generated prompt, but this week’s result produced something I was quite happy with right off the bat.

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Week 9, Mellow Yellow

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says: 

Tap dancing a bit here. While in the Ozarks I had a new set of trees and forsets for drive panning. I did many. Here, I used one of those images, created an upper layer with a yellow gradient - blended the two and then pulled back the opacity of the yellow. I liked the vibe.

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Photo by Ricky Tims

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Photos of the Week - Week 8

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Week 8, Three

Photo by Michael Novak

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Michael says: 

Gig on the beach. Winter ocean rowing has been underway for the very hearty crews here in New England for weeks. The photo is a close-up of the sternside of a pilot gig, sitting on the beach just beyond the high tide mark, ready to be pushed into the water and taken for a row. On March 2nd the first race of the season in this area takes place off this beach--a 3+ mile race on a triangular course that ends back at the beach. Over 100 rowing type boats compete from singles to 6 person crews in 32' Cornish pilot gigs. Crews bring their boats from all over New England to compete--and then celebrate/party. The weather can be windy and bitterly cold or sunny and mild (40s-50s). The Cornish pilot gig was designed and first used off Corwall, England in the late 1700s to take local pilots out to large, heavily ladened merchant ships and guide them safely into port and to the docks. The local gigs would race out to the ship to get the job of piloting the ship in. Today the traditional Cornish gig--32' long by 4'9" wide--for 6 rowers plus a cox is rowed and raced in clubs around the world. I find old gigs fun to photograph, especially in small parts.

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Week 8 - Mirror Image

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Week 8, Mirror Image

Photo by Thomas Bradley

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Week 8 - In Motion

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Week 8, In Motion

Photo by Linda James

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Week 8, Wild West

Photo by Lois Bennett

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Lois says:

I found this week's theme rather difficult to get a good image. I tried various apps including Wonder, Firefly and DaVinci. There were lots of problems with people's faces and hands. This one was one of the best, which was generated in DaVinci (Android). My prompt was: " Cowboys playing poker in a saloon in the old wild west." 

Photos of the Week - Week 8

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Week 8, Three

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says: 

During a stroll around a small lake in Wichita Falls, TX we were greeted with geese, coots, and ducks. I had to be patient while the ducks meanodered from hither to yon trying to get THREE of them in a shot., but they were looking away. I gave a little whistel and they all tunned profile. I guess that makes sense since they look from the sides of their heads. One enterloper manages to photo bomb, but he.she is a bit disguised.

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Photo by Ricky Tims

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Week 8 - In Motion

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Week 8, In Motion

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

One of my favorite things to do is shoot from a moving vehicle with a slow shutter. A huge chuck are crap, but there are many that are miracles. My bad for doing this with DSLR, but for our travel this week, this was just a shot that made me happy - and it is "in motion'

Photos of the Week - Week 7

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Week 7, Morning Routine

Photo by Brian Lyon

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Brian says: 

Like everyone else my Morning Routine usualy starts with coffee etc. I decided I'd go past that Routine and get to my Morning Routine at work. Everything starts with me there so if i don't get things going nobody else gets going. Heading to one of the Mills with some logs as another Bear Lake valley sunrise begins.

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Week 7 - Black & White

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Photo by Laurie Bucher

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Week 7 - Selfies

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Week 7, Selfies

Photo by Kevin Kenward

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Week 7, Sacred Space

Photo by Ellen Lindow

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Ellen says:

My prompt was T"he alter of a medieval cathedralwith stained glass windows. Before the alter, a coffin lies in state with a long flowing rainbow flag draped over the coffin" I first tried this in Artist.ai, but the flag drape was skimpy and short and regenerated never made it better. I put the prompt in Bing's AI image generator, which is what Michael liked to use. The Cathedral seemed really bright, so I put it in photoshop and reduced the brightness except for around the coffin.

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Week 7, Morning Routine

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says: 

This mug came up during a recent Facebook live conversation where I was telling the story of how Hugo and I met. This was the first gift he sent me from Luxembourg (where he was living at the time). It would be another 9 months still before we were able to meet face to face. I took some bacon and egg photos, but this one had much more meaning for me - a simple mirror image of the morning coffee.

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Week 7, Sacred Space 

Photo by Ricky Tims

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