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2021 52 Week Challenge Class

52 Week Challenge Class: Composite Montage
Photo by Charlene Shaw

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Charlene says:

A simple overexposed Easter Lily and a gauze texture. Played with hue, exposure and brightness. I like the dreaminess of the two and how sometimes I can’t tell where one begins and the other ends.

2021 Smart Phone Challenge Group

Challenge: Stairs/Steps
Photo by Star Carpenter

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Star says:

A restored Victorian staircase caught my eye at the golden hour. I liked the leading lines and lighting of the image. 

2021 Critique Group

Challenge: The Story
Photo by Pam Clark

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Pam says:

My daughter-in-law cuts her sons' hair at home, which saves the family a lot of money. Here Oscar is getting his haircut.

Ricky's Challenge Photos:

Challenge: The Story
from the 2021 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

Anyone venture a guess as to the roads and road conditions in my neck of the woods? And you might guess the what I drive, and the brand of tires I have.

Challenge: Stairs/Steps
from the 2021 Smart Phone Challenge Group

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Ricky says:

These are the steps on the back of my house leading up to my studio. There are no stairs in my house. However, I liked the simplicity of lines and the fairly tight framing. This was editing in BeCasso.

2021 52 Week Challenge Class

52 Week Challenge Class: Do Over - Selective Focus
Photo by Mark Alexander

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Mark says:

This is my do over for selective focus. I visited a wildlife refuge and captured this image of an mature bull bison and selelectively focused of his face using f/5.6 at 400mm..

2021 Smart Phone Challenge Group

Challenge: Folded
Photo by JoAnn Banks

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JoAnn says:

This is a knitting pattern book. I began in the center and folded some of the pages inward. I placed the book on a picture frame that has black fabric inserted to get the reflection.

2021 Critique Group

Challenge: Magical Light
Photo by Jill Chisholm

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Jill says:

Just after sunrise at Wentworth Falls Lake. Quite chilly and my hands were cold even though I was well rugged up but this older man always wears just shorts and singlet and does multiple laps of the lake. He's heading into the mist on the water and towards the sunrise which is creating the white reflections of the ripples on the water. Basic LR edits

Ricky's Challenge Photos:

Challenge: Magical Light
from the 2021 Critique Group

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Ricky says:

I attempted several shots of various subjects, but I liked my outdoor lights with the "elk god" (for lack of a better name).

Challenge: Folded
from the 2021 Smart Phone Challenge Group

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Ricky says:

I attempted several shots of various subjects, but I liked my outdoor lights with the "elk god" (for lack of a better name).

2021 Critique Group

Challenge: Timepiece
Photo by Rocky Wells

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Rocky says:

Went more "traditional" with the subject matter this week but still had to include some of my obsession with editing by utilizing a few tricks from Topaz Studio 2 and Luminar AI. This is a pocket watch that my 2 younger sons brought back from Spain about 18 years ago when they were there participating in an International Study program for 6 weeks. At least they didn't bring me a present that read "My Kids Went To Spain and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt"... LOL

The rays of sunshine were added to reflect the fact that joy radiates from our hearts & souls when family members do something thoughtful and totally unexpected for us... it doesn't happen often! VBG.

2021 Smart Phone Challenge Group

Challenge: Nuts & Bolts
Photo by Pam Clark

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Pam says:

I noticed the nut and bolt on a Stop Sign post on the corner as I came into Kingsley. The convenience store is in the background. I added a Pencil filter in BeCasso, then did a few tweaks and strainghtened in LR. There are bits of snow clinging to the post and lots of peeling paint. I really had fun this week taking all kinds of photos of nuts and bolts. It's amazing all the possibilities you find once you have a topic to work on.

2021 52 Week Challenge Class

Challenge: Shutter Rotate
Photo by Shirley Sandoz

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Shirley says:

Walking along the path.