Photos of the Week - Week 22

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 22, Middle-Earth

Photo by Beckie Belsaas

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Beckie says: 

I wan't sure if I was going to participate this week . I went to a local hiking area and found this huge rock with a tree groiwing out of the "roof". It got me thinking of the houses in the shire and this is what I came up with. I used several free photos from the web to create the house.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 22 - Panning

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 22, Panning

Photo by Henry Johnson

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Henry  says:  

My rose bush was an obvious choice for this challenge. I had results I liked at a slightly longer shutter open time and a little bit of a wave motion during the pan. Adjusted with masks, vignette, luminence in green and red (down and up, respectively) - also texture, clarity and dehaze were adjusted. Appreciate any comments.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 22 - Sweet Treat

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 22, Sweet Treat

Photo by Cate Armstrong

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Cate says: 

Strand’ Straight Out Of Camera [SOOC]

Critique Group Challenge:

Week 22, Middle-Earth

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2023 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

This composite is created from a photo of a path I took in Iowa this week, the clouds during my drive home at dusk. The mountain is our Badito Cone - liquified to be much larger. I added some flowers from our flower bed and blended it in Topaz to give a painterly effect. The lava was painted in and blended as was the moon. I reviewed a tutorial on creating lightning and blended that as well.