Photos of the Week - Week 7
Critique Group Challenge: Week 7, Shadow Play Photo by Ruth Ellen Click to view larger image Ruth says: I googled Shadows in Photography and saw a lot of images of forks and shadows. I went with a single fork for this image. I used the flashlight on my phone for the light. I removed some spots using the Spot Healing tool in PS and added 2 borders. |
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Photos of the Week - Week 6
Critique Group Challenge: Week 6, Rhymes With Hoot Photo by Lois Bennett Click to view larger image Lois says: Rhymes with Hoot - How about a flute.? I learned to play the flute when I was 10 years old and have always loved flute music. I hadn't played in years, but I picked up this new flute a few years ago and all I need to do now is practice, practice, practice. :) |
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Smart Phone Challenge: Week 6, Zigzag Photo by Ricky Tims Click to view larger image. Ricky says: The venetian blinds did the trick this week I enjoyed seeing the line the light and the shadows. |
Critique Group Challenge: Week 6, Rhymes With Hoot Photo by Ricky Tims Click to view larger image. Ricky says: I didn't have a lute, so my some of my of Native American flutes had to suffice. I tried various options - but it seemed this straight on allowed more individual exploration and none stood out more than the others.
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Sole Provider by Ricky Tims I remember the day. It was at the AQS Show in Paducah and I had migrated over to the shopping mall where vendors lined the interior halls. I stumbled on a booth selling batik with all sorts of painted designs and I fell in love with these masks. If you are a quilter, you know you don’t need a reason to buy it if you love it. I just wanted to have it - so I bought it.
Time went by and many times I would take out the batik mask and study it, touch it, enjoy it. I kept thinking to myself there must be a way to use this. I was exploring and growing with my improvisational style of patchwork…aka Quilting Caveman Style. I decided to just start with the face and build around it. I had no clue where I was going or how it would turn out. In the end, I loved what transpired.
The title is a play on words. It’s not Sole Provider, but rather Soul Provider, as if this is some sort of an ancient god or goddess that bestows life and inspiration. Viewers are welcome to make their own interpretations.
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Photos of the Week - Week 5
Critique Group Challenge: Week 5, Wonky Photo by Elaine Ross Click to view larger image Elaine says: I photograph this little Japanese Maple tree a lot. We recently had another good size snowstorm, so the snow is about up to the bottom branches. One thing about winter - you really can see just how wonky those branches are with their twisting and curling around. Basic LR edits and then made it B&W. 1/2500@f8; 98mm, ISO500 |
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Smart Phone Challenge: Week 5, Tiny Photo by Ricky Tims Click to view larger image. Ricky says: So believe it or not there’s no real magic trick here. The pencil I purchased in December and it’s called a Texas size pencil so simply by laying that huge pencil next to my small scissors the scissors got really tiny. I blended that image on top of a white counter with a multicolored fabric in an app called Image Blender. Then I took that over into Prisma and used the Wild filter but I reduced it to almost negligible just to give a little color. Edited in Prisma app with Wild |
Critique Group Challenge: Week 5, Wonky Photo by Ricky Tims Click to view larger image. Ricky says: I first heard the word “wonky” in England when I was teaching my caveman improvisational piecing technique For Quilters. Subsequently many years later, I did an exchange for one of my wonky quilts with a potter who did wonky teapots. He used my wonky design on this wonky teapot. It doesn’t get much more wonky than this. I used my iPhone. It’s been an intense week. I just competed a two-day online quilt class. Eliciting but exhausting. Zzzz
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Photos of the Week - Week 4
Critique Group Challenge: Week 4, Three Photo by Paul McKee Click to view larger image Paul says: I spied these three chairs backlit by a night light last night and knew I had this weeks photo. Standard LR adjustments. |
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Smart Phone Challenge: Week 4, Tickled Pink Photo by Ricky Tims Click to view larger image. Ricky says: I have very few pink things around. I did what I could but the subjects were lackluster. however my orchids opened this week and that made me very happy so I decided to use editing to give them a pink vibe. Edited in Prisma app with Sailor |
Critique Group Challenge: Week 4, Three Photo by Ricky Tims Click to view larger image. Ricky says: Three orchids opened this week at home. This particular plant had never bloomed. It was in bad shape when I got it over 2 years ago. So.. a miracle! Did you first see three buds - or three blossoms? I layered a texture and blended it - then erased to keep the beautiful texture of the flowers. In Topaz I also used a filter, but then again, erased leaving the flowers with minimal overlay.
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