Photos of the Week - Week 51

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 51, Year Word "Family"

Photo by Julian Weatherley

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Julian says:

This week my son and daughter came home for the Chritmas holidays. Although they are now grown up, they are still happy to wake us up early in the morning to share some precious moments opening presents. My year word is FAMILY.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 51 - Silence

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 51, Silence

Photo by Ray Baker

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Ray says: 

Pretty silent any time of year

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 51 - Year Word "Fill"

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 51, Year Word "Fill"

Photo by Warren Lee

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Warren says:  

This week’s challenge (for me) is “Fill”. Filling the frame and filling the moment. High school days of scouring the yards and crossroads for wild roses (and other flowers) to leave at Carole’s homeroom desk or doorstep are in the distant past. It took some interesting contortions to fill the frame with this last rose of the season. It resides outside her sewing room and is a warm reminder of earlier years. We remain remarkably blessed. Wishing you (and yours) continued warmth and blessings in the coming week(s).

Critique Group Challenge:

Week 51,  Year Word "Miracle"

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

Photos of the Week - Week 50

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 50, Deck The Halls

Photo by Ruth-Ellen Flanagan

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Ruth-Ellen says: 

This is a photo of a house I bought at World Market for last year's holiday shoot. I Layered it on a background that I got from Jai Johnson at Daily Texture. https://www.dailytexture.com/) She gave this background to her users for free. I added a snow layer from Photography BB Marketplace and added a Style Texture to the text. I added the Antique Deckled frame from ON1 Effects.

Happy Chanukah (starts tomorrow night) and Merry Christmas to all. Let there be Peace on Earth and let it begin with me... 

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 50 - Light Painting

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 50, Light Painting

Photo by Randee Wald

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Randee says:  

City In Motion

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 50 - Festive

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 50, Festive

Photo by Carol Huston

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Carol says:

I took a photo of lights on a neighbor’s shrub, then added a watercolor filter from BeCasso.

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 50, Festive

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

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Critique Group Challenge:

Week 50, Deck The Halls

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2022 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

This is a new ornament. Ima raven lunatic. Loved the colors Edited in Prisma app with Leaf fall

Photos of the Week - Week 49

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 49, Self-portrait

Photo by Wendy Bennett

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Wendy says:

Laying in the freshly fallen snow post snow angel making! Taken with my cell phone. I've been absent from submitting photos for quite awhile with no good excuse. But I couldn't let the year go by without my annual Elf making an appearance, even though sans tutu this year. I wish everyone a joyous, peaceful holiday season!!

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 49 - Self-portrait

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 49, Self-portrait

Photo by Ali Hatefi

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Ali says: 

Decided to recreate a couple of well known mirror selfies taken by Stanely

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 49 - Self-portrait

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 49, Self-portrait

Photo by Karen Koehle

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Karen says: 

I treasure taking my daily walks outside. It’s not always possible during a Minnesota winter though. If there’s no ice on the condo driveway or sidewalks, I bundle up and head out. The blue spruce in the background is one of my favorite trees.

Critique Group Challenge:

Week 49,  Self-portrait

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

Photos of the Week - Week 48

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 48, Blue, NotSky

Photo by Bill Arneson

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Bill says: 

An old diner with a blue sign and a blue ’55 Chevy Nomad parked in front. This was primarily an exercise in editing to try to create a 50s color film look with a closed in feeling from the darkness, but inviting light from the diner.
Photo was taken in daylight, but edited in PS and LR using levels and exposure adjustments for a nighttime look. Then edited to the 50s film look based on a YouTube video that included decreased sharpness, grain, yellow highlights and increased shadows. The film look was more obvious with daytime lighting, but some of the effect was still apparent in the final “night” photo. The photo was also given a mild Orton Effect in PS (26 pixels/15% opacity).

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 48 - HDR

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 48, HDR

Photo by Sandy Townsend

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Sandy says:  

I headed to a nearby park to capture this scene. This was taken during the golden hour, so the sun was casting a golden glow on the trees.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 48 - Socks/Stockings

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 48, Socks/Stockings

Photo by Star Carpenter

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Star says: 

Santa fairy sitting on our mantle showing off his shoes and stockings.

Photos of the Week - Week 47

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 47, Dearest Beloved

Photo by Andrew Webster

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Andrew says: 

Well here we have my grandmother at Thanksgiving. She is getting up there in age at 100 now but is still active even if she uses a walker. While she is capable of playing the part of a very sterotypical grandmother there have been a few surprises over the years. Like finding out about how her and my grandfather would go phesant hunting on their way home from work, or when I asked for advise on children.

I wasn't pleased with the lighting as everyone was on the side of the house that resulted in very backlit images so I had to play around with the shadows and highlights to get somethign a bit better. Also I only brought one lens which was my 77mm F/1.8 (the Pentax DA 77mm F/1.8 Limited) so that means that framing becomes harder as on has to zoom with their feed. I did crop some jus tto remove som in the background and get her placed a bit better in the frame but it was only a small amount. 

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 47 - Color Schemes

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 47, Color Schemes

Photo by Kathleen Madden

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Kathleen says:  

After nearly 3 monrhs off from this class, due to caring for my Dad who died last month, I am finally able to be back. A bit rusty with the camera...found a wonderful place called Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Arizona with wonderfully brilliant foliage Not much editing...the colors sparkled on their own. This is Analogous on the color wheel...yellow, orange and green.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 47 - Thanksgiving

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 47, Thanksgiving

Photo by Ellen Lindow

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Ellensays:

My iphone updated to OS 16 and you can now put your finger on the subject of the photo and remove it from the background. But then what? That's what I wanted to know. So I took this photo of my family at Thanksgiving, and removed it from the background and if you hit 'share', you can save it, then I opened it in the Reflect app and it gave it a black background. In Photos, the bacground is just white. Then I added a milky way behind them, and squared up the photo and added a choppy water reflection. But my mother-in-law's head was really close to the top of the photo, so I put it in PHotoshop and added a layer that was just a bit larger and made the background a gradient from purple to black. So there they float, between the water and the stars, with their Thanksgiving dinner. Which Michael cooked -- it was delicious, thanks, Michael!

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 47, Thanksgiving

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

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Critique Group Challenge:

Week 47, Dearest Beloved

Photo by Ricky Tims
from the 2022 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

These are certainly two of my dearest beloveds. Hugo has been a rock and a joy this year. I can't say enough about his tender heart and sensative spirit. We were both devestated for the three days that Rosie was missing. Our home had a huge void while she was gone and the unbelieveable miracle of her return still has us saying prayers of thanksgiving.