Photos of the Week - Week 20

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 20, Anticipation

Photo by Betty Seeman

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Betty says: 

Every year about this time I await the Gardenia blooms. They first appear as tightly spiraled green buds. They swirl to open and release the sweetest scent. We have a gardenia bush at each of the four corners of our house. The two varieties bloom about two weeks apart so we enjoy the beauty and fragrance for a full month.
Enjoy!

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 20 - Forks

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Week 20, Forks

Photo by Nora Norton

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Nora  says:  

Had a hard time figuring out what I wanted to submit..... So I just blended a background to the main fork image. I also did some cropping to one area I didn't like. This blending thing is interesting.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 20 - Zig-Zag

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Week 20, Zig-Zag

Photo by Linda Rowberry

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Linda says: 

The Zig-Zag edge of a pair of pinking shears. Added a filter from the Distressed FX+.

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Week 20, Zig-Zag

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

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Critique Group Challenge:

Week 20, Anticipation

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2023 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

Spring has sprung on the mountain and there is an air of anticipation in the air. Sprouts sprouting. Nest building underway. . Hope and eagerness for the days ahead.

Photos of the Week - Week 19

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Week 19, Delicate Mirror Montage

Photo by Helen Albion

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Helen says: 

Emu feathers on white cardboard. Converted to black and white, with a frame and drop shadow added. I wish that I had smoother cardboard available so there was less texture.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 19 - Mirror Montage

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 19, Mirror Montage

Photo by Max Lee

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Max  says:  

I thought that a macro photograph of oil in water (with food coloring) would work well for the mirror montage. I'm not totally satisfied with the result and wish I had a bit more time to play with this, both in shooting and editing, but I had fun creating it.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 19 - Retro

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Week 19, Retro

Photo by Zipora Golenberg

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Photos of the Week - Week 18

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Week 18, The Scream

Photo by Carol Freda

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Carol says: 

The scene looked familiar, why it’s the fishing dock at French Park. The ‘screamer’ was morphed in PS from a fishing line depository located on the fence line. Sky replacement and warp, Topaz-a funky color filter.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 18 - Red

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 18, Red

Photo by Laurie McGowan

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Laurie  says:  

The Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn, OR opens to the public for a Tulip Festival every year in April. Spring has been so late in coming this year that they extended it through the first week of May. Lucky me! Perfect timing for "Red" week.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 18 - Bowls

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Week 18, Bowls

Photo by Patty Robinson

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Patty says: 

“All set and ready to go!”
These Pyrex mixing bowls have been in use for 4 generations! Edits made on the iPhone to bring out the colors of the bowls a little more and the grain of the wood inside the drawer.

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Week 18, Bowls

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

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Critique Group Challenge:

Week 18, The Scream

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2023 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

This started with a photo of the rail fence at the entrace to our ranch looking to the Wet Mountains. Gracie the cow lives just another halfmile or so down that road. Miguel lives on the front porch, a concrete scupture I purchased in Socorro about ten years ago. One of the joys after the fire was seeing the fireman photos of the house still standing with Miguel greeting the camera.

I cut Miguel out of the porch photo and layered him on the rail fence photo. I flattened those two and then added saturation. Then I went to work with the Liquify tool to create some swirly movement. From there the image went into Topaz where I added a double filter.

Photos of the Week - Week 17

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Week 17, Squares in Squares

Photo by Zee McLeod

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Zee says: 

This was originally a swamp cooler vent in the ceiling. Had fun playing in PS, particularly liquidfy.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 17 - Dreamscapes

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 17, Dreamscapes

Photo by Mariano de Miguel

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Mariano  says:  

Taken at the Meijer Botanical Gardens in Grand Rapids Michigan : This is the Japanese Garden. I used two versions of the same photot : one over exposed Vs the standard one and did some masking with a 30 % brush for touchups of the very dark areas. Nice effect!! Kind of like a Orthon effect of the old color film days.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 17 - Rhymes with Hi

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Week 17, Rhymes with Hi

Photo by Patricia Honeycutt

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Patricia says: 

CACTI—edited in the camera app. I thought the monochrome filter worked well to show off the shapes.

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Week 17, Rhymes with Hi

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

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Critique Group Challenge:

Week 17, Squares in Squares

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2022 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

Chess board and dice from the 80s during my DnD days

Photos of the Week - Week 16

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Week 16, Past Prime

Photo by Cate Armstrong

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Cate says: 

Baling Wire

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 16 - Golden Hour

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 16, Golden Hour

Photo by Karen Shulman

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Karen  says:  

I was uncomfortible with this assignment, seemed invassive, and shot many images with my camera at my hip plus avoided any shots with children. I became more comfortible and this is my favorite - giggling teens breaking ice on a pond with their feet. Minimal LR adjustments, except vibrance -100, which I liked better than B&W.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 16- Spots Dots

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Week 16, Spots Dots

Photo by Olivia Edwards

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Olivia says: 

IPhone. A little editing in LrC to adjust the brightness of the spots of light. A solar powered lantern on a table next to framed photos of my family. Here, my grandson is making up a puppet show.

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Week 16, Spots Dots

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

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Critique Group Challenge:

Week 16, Past Prime

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2022 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

The old truck is definitely past prime.