I'm Just Sayin

2021 Smart Phone Group

Smart Phone Group: Clouds
Photo by Alberta MacAulay

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Alberta says:

I enjoy sky watching in the early morning, to see what kind of day I am have. Today will be a day of transition as our normal temperatures start to soar as another heat dome approaches.

2021 52 Week Challenge Group

Challenge: Silhouette
Photo by John Coote

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John says:

This image was captured in a 'Carpe Diem' moment in a Street Photography manner. I was down at the shore with friends from my Photography Society and stayed to see the sunset develop.

I shot this image with my camera at waist height pointing to my right and I framed, focused and took the image using the swivelled LCD display.

In LrC I removed some distractions to the left of the subject using the clone tool but left in those to the right to show that my subject was not alone. The shallow depth of field around my subject retained the focus on him.. To enhance the silhouette I darkened the shadows. This had the effect of increasing the saturation of the colours, so I knocked these back by decreasing the vibrance and saturation.

I reviewed the image in B&W, but felt that the colour version was more pleasing.

2021 Critique Group

Challenge: Dripping
Photo by LizWhitehead

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 Liz says:

Dripping - Mother Nature provided me my challenge shot for the week - major thunderstorm, flash flooding, camera in the entry way, and dripping from the gutter. I took alot of shots from the entry way of the rain hitting the street, the yuccas and even the sidewalk (that I used for the subject for a couple of past challenges)

I got this shot right before the drip fell - didn't catch the drip though - darn.

Ricky's Challenge Photos:

Challenge: Clouds
from the 2021 Smart Phone Group

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Ricky says:

We didn’t seem to have any major sunrises or sunsets this week, but we did have significant rain. This was taken shortly after a thunderstorm

Challenge: Dripping
from the 2021 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

I spray painted white paper and let it drip - combinded with a panned shot of slightly vertical panned grasses.

 August 2 was National Watermelon Day. If you missed it, don't worry. Watermelons will be great for a while longer!

How do you eat yours? Plain? With salt? Salt and pepper? 

2021 Critique Group

Smart Phone Group: Wee Willie Winkie
Photo by Sandy McCurdy

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Sandy says:

"Up stairs and down stairs in his night-gown" (which, I think, is nightgown + nightcap). 'Willie was just here.'

This is two images combined in PS: the nightcap and lantern taken on outside stairs (and straightened in LR) and the moon/sky/trees image taken later in the day.

2021 52 Week Challenge Group

Challenge: The Story
Photo by Schon Beechler

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Schon says:

Many edits in LR and PS

2021 Smart Phone Group

Challenge: Signs
Photo by Judy Mitschelen

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Judy says:

Having had conversations with string players about the best type of vehicle to own to support their music, when I saw this star in the spotlight, I was sure I knew what it meant. But then, I thought, this van may just as easily belong to an angler with a taste for a certain type of fish.

Ricky's Challenge Photos:

Challenge: Signs
from the 2021 Smart Phone Group

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Ricky says:

I've had this little guy for years - sitting on the front steps of my building in La Veta. This week, when I saw him, I realised he would be good for this topic and also it was time to bring him home to brighten my garden. I stewed on a lot of various sign messages and almost went with... "Who Cut the Cheese?" You can thank me later. Smile.

Challenge: Wee Willie Winkie
from the 2021 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

"The dog's spread out on the floor."

No apologies here for using my iPhone. There is magical light that comes from the sidelights of my front door. I was heading to the kitchen to make breakfast, iPhone in hand, and the light with the bits of rainbow and their calm demeanor would have been gone if I had not had that camera handy. I had to play sly to make sure they wouldn't get up and come to me - so I feel it was a score. I like the strong oblique line and tried to get a point of view that was dramatic - again, without them moving. This is Barley... and Rosie. Rosie has been under the weather with a severe stomach situation that I hope is on the mend. These two, plus Cordelia, have been my salvation and provided my companionship during the lockdown and since.