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Photos of the Week - Week 33

Critique Group Challenge:

Week 33, Lean

Photo by Carol Bergers

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Carol says:

‘Leaning Forks and Shadows’

I experimented again, this week, with different types of lights and techniques to get these leaning shadows. I leaned three forks against a white poster board, with some white paper underneath it.

I did basic edits in Lr, plus I cropped the photo, and then I converted it to black and white. I added the ‘Sixties’ Borders in Anthrophics’ Smart Photo Editor.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 33 - Focus Stacking

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 33, Focus Stacking

Photo by Jane Perri

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Jane says:

This was a challenge with 6 objects but I think it turned out pretty well. The hardest part was waiting for the wind to die down to keep their heads in the same position.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 33 - Moody Blue

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 33, Moody Blue

Photo by Kevin Kenward

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Kevin says:

Antelope Canyon AZ.

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2024 AI Image Club:

Week 33, Ship Ahoy

Photo by Christine Staver

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Christine says:

Created in Imagine. Sinking wooden ship in choppy rock-filled seas. Stormy skies. I might be watching too many storm documentaries!

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Photos of the Week - Week 33

Critique Group

Week 33, Lean

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

Outside 6th Avenue United Church of Christ in Denver, these doors lean against the wall sharing a message of inclusion. I've been fortunate to peform at this church on several ocassions - just not recently. Hugo and I had gone to Denver for taping new episodes of The Quilt Show and met friends here before heading over to the Denver Botanical Gardens.

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Photos of the Week - Week 32

Critique Group Challenge:

Week 32, Illuminated

Photo by Chris Mccarthy

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Chris says:

Fairy Light. Jasmine, daughter of Luna, queen of the Light Fairies, has just turned five. She has already mastered luminescent fungi and her mother has just given her some pet will-o-the-wisps that she will begin training. But her sister in the upper bunk keeps yelling at her to turn off the lights! Well, it's been a long fun filled birthday and now it's time to go to sleep.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 32 - Silhouette

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 32, Silhouette

Photo by Albert Fowler

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Albert says:

This is our Rose bush. I cleaned some spots of the flower. We have some Hummingbirds and lots of Bumble Bees that love to spend time in it, however, they didn't want to make an appearance as I was capturing this shot last evening :-)

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 32 - By the door

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 32, By the Door

Photo by Jane Stump

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Jane says:

Lucky Bug, Lady Bug, Lady Bird --many names for this helpful little insect...She was perched inside a bright green, feathery flower stalk. I played with editing in both the Macbook and LRC

2024 AI Image Club

2024 AI Image Club:

Week 32, Fairy Tale

Photo by Cheryl Walker

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Cheryl says:

I used Bing this week.

Ricky's Challenge Photos

Photos of the Week - Week 32

Critique Group Challenge:

Week 32, Illuminate

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

Hugo and I had the opportunity to visit Meow Wolf - Denver. It's a bit of sensory overload and much of it, surprisingly, was "illuminated". Here is one tiny blip in the experience but I liked the illuminated orb and how the lighting fell on the future.

2024 AI Image Club - Fairy Tale

2024 AI Image Club:

Week 32, Fairy Tale

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

Aladin, the lamp, and the genie. Midjourney - Prompt: From a distance, we see the full body of a young boy, Aladin, the fairy tale character. Aladin wears curly-tipped shoes and is rubbing his magical lamp. Rising from a pillar of swirling smoke is a giant blue genie wearing gold earrings and a colorful vest with gold embroidered accents. The sirling smoke envelopes the blue genie. The blue genie is looming in the mist of swirling smoke in the style of the Brothers Hildebrandt --ar 16:9

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Photos of the Week - Week 31

Critique Group Challenge:

Week 31, What is It?

Photo by Jean Overmeyer

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Jean says:

Taken with my macro lens

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 31 - UpClose

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 31, Up Close

Photo by Andrea Meade

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Andrea says:

This is our Rose bush. I cleaned some spots of the flower. We have some Hummingbirds and lots of Bumble Bees that love to spend time in it, however they didn't want to make an appearance as I was capturing this shot last evening :-)

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 31 - Flowers

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 31, Flowers

Photo by Catherine Betzler

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Catherine says:

Very fuschia bougainvillea photographed against a very turquoise wall in the brightest of sunlight. Edited in iPhone.

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2024 AI Image Club:

Week 31, At The Zoo

Photo by Cindy Minshall

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Cindy says:

Firefly prompt: Hippos sunning themselves at the zoo. I only got one hippo, but I am happy. The hippo looks very content.

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Photos of the Week - Week 31

Critique Group Challenge:

Week 31, What Is It?

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

I'm not sure if this is easy or hard - or... if it's easy, but the specific is hard. At any rate, I had a few options and from a composition standpoint I liked this one. More info will come in the comments later.

2024 AI Image Club - At The Zoo

2024 AI Image Club:

Week 31, At The Zoo

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

I actually wanted this scene with the vantage point from the other side - backs of chimps and fronts of zoo-goers. But in the end, the chimp faces were more engaging. Prompt was: from the perspecxtive of the inside of a chimpanzee zoo habititat we see chimpanzees from the back, looking curiously through the glass at the people, men, women, children, who have expressive faces looking at the chimpanzees - hyperrealism, photographic --ar 16:9

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Photos of the Week - Week 30

Critique Group Challenge:

Week 30, Low Key

Photo by Brian Lyon

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Brian says:

Some old bottles in the back of one of the farms wood sheds.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 30 - The Story

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 30, The Story

Photo by Mary Lynn

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Mary says:

I could not resist using last week's technique to tell our current story

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 30 - Artful Architecture

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 30, Artful Architecture

Photo by Jan Hirth

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Jan says:

Watching the house below us being remodeled, I loved the front gate chosen for it.

2024 AI Image Club

2024 AI Image Club:

Week 30, At The Museum

Photo by Karen Kuske

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Karen says:

Used Bing
Prompt: National museum of the United States airforce, B-29 superfortress
Tried Adobe Firefly several times; it doesn’t know what a B-29 is

Ricky's Challenge Photos

Photos of the Week - Week 30

Critique Group Challenge:

Week 30, Low Key

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

What can be found in a dim hotel room (actually a sort of rental cabin) after dark? Empty chairs and empty tables.

2024 AI Image Club - At The Museum

2024 AI Image Club:

Week 30, At The Museum

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

At first I attempted to create a futureistic museum with current items as 'artificats' suchas iPhone, laptops, flat screen tv, etc. But that failed miserably. So I went to the prompt posted here. My problem seems that each child looked South American (latin, dark skinned) and I wanted a more diverse school group. No matter what I tried, it seemed to not provide diversity. This one was a tad more. My query is...what can be done to break out of the same thing being generated over and over. Do you shift that portion of the prompt so it's first? Advice appreciated. Prompt was: an Aztec museum. There is a glass case with a roughly carved statue of an ancient god sitting on a short pedistal and illuminated. Several faces of amazed school children who come from multiple ethnicities (white, black, hispanic, asian) have pressed in to observe this artificat. --ar 16:9

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Photos of the Week - Week 29

Critique Group Challenge:

Week 29, High Key

Photo by Linda Rider

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52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 29 - BW Dreamscape

Week 52 Photo Challenge:

Week 29, BW Dreamscape

Photo by Janet Blum

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Janet says:

I went out one morning looking for something ...not certain what i was looking for. When i saw this bench and its shadow i thought it might make a dreamscape.I used the spot tool to get rid of a few unwanted twigs. The little spots on the river are tiny bugs. Probably a good time to fish.

Smart Phone Photo Challenges
Week 29 - Paint the Raimbow

Smart Phone Challenge:

Week 29, Paint the Raimbow

Photo by Francisco Valladares

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Francisco says:

I saw these arrangements at the store and saw the rainbow of colors. I did basic editing in LR then did extra processing in PS, increase the colors a bit. Finally, I took it to BeCasso and applied the Pastel2 filter which I edited to decrease the effect and make it look more natural.

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2024 AI Image Club:

Week 29, Go Granny Go

Photo by Pam Pengelly

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Photos of the Week - Week 29

Critique Group Challenge:

Week 29, High Key

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

We took an evening and booked tickets on a showbaot. I'm on the fence about this one. I like the graphic impact, and it has a lot of light/white space, but maybe the dark punches too hard. At any rate, I liked the overall impact.

2024 AI Image Club - Go Granny Go

2024 AI Image Club:

Week 29, Go Granny Go

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

I'm not sure why this idea came to mind, I don't look at the gallery to see if anyone else went this direction, but the idea of a very cool hip Granny busting some moves at a skateboard park seemed like something fun to try. My Midjourney prompt was: an old hip granny with wild purple hair and makeup and dressed in a long flowing multi-colored tunic is airborne while she does a trick on a skateboard at a skate board park --ar 16:9

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