Photos of the Week - Week 14

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Week 14, Word Smash

Photo by Rita Fishel

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Rita says: 

Spring has sprung! Time to dust off the old mower!! Springtime!!!

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 14 - Street Photography

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Week 14, Street Photography

Photo by Rick Watnick

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Rick  says:  

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Week 14 - Animal Kingdom

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Week 14, Animal Kingdom

Photo by Star Carpenter

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Star says:

Canadian geese taking a nap in our community lagoon. Edited in camera and Snapseed.

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Week 14, Feathered Friend

Photo by Linda Rowberry

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Betty says:

My AI app was Wonder and the style was Graffiti. My prompt was “An ostrich running with a green feathered boa around its neck and a purple feathered hat on its head”Even though the colors were reversed for the boa and the hat, I still liked it. From the look on her face I wouldn’t want to mess with her!

Photos of the Week - Week 14

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Week 14, Word Smash

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says: 

Three images actually. One was taken earlier in the week of our powder room with multiple paintings of ravens. Chasing the eclipse we stopped and got photos of dogwood blossoms. Here are my WallFlowers!

2024 AI Image Club -  Feathered Friend

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Week 14, Feathered Friend

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Photos of the Week - Week 13

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Week 13, Rhymes With Teak

Photo by Chuck Honeycutt

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Chuck says: 

Hey … You Looking at Me?

Yah … I know … I got a big BEAK … and that rhymes with Teak.

But … I am not meek!

Get near me and I will give you a Tweak … Right on YOUR Beak!

And … My mother thinks that I am beautiful!

Okay … Sacramento Zoo … Lr … Ps … Texture Blending

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Week 13 - Composite Montage

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Week 13, Composite Montage

Photo by  Leanne Baraban

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Leanne says:  

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Week 13 - Free For All

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Week 13, Free For All

Photo by Linda McLaughlin

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Linda says: 

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Week 13, Picasso

Photo by Patti Dance

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Patti says:

Imagine AI- my prompt was a woman draped over a chair drinking champagne. I Used so many styles with the Picasso model that I couldn't remember which this came from...

Photos of the Week - Week 13

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 13, Rhymes With Teak

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says: 

I thought about doing a selfie dressed up as a geek - it fits! But I realized I took many photos of our new "creek" in Missouri and that works too. There are a series of little ponds and waterfalls. This image went into Becasso for a painterly effect - then in Photoshop, I blended that with the original. There were a couple of garden soil bags and a bucket that I removed. A new leaf vacuum/mulcher is on its way. We will see how that goes later in April en route to Paducah (my 32 years!)

2024 AI Image Club - Picasso

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Week 13, Picasso

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:  

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Week 13 - Free For All

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Week 13, Free For All

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says:

It was a glorious morning returning home after heavy snow and a morning full moon. I took many shots during this week, but this one captured my heart.

Photos of the Week - Week 12

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Week 12, Free For All

Photo by Chris Mccarthy

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Chris says: 

The Big Idea. I spent some time this week trying to come up with a good concept/idea for this week's challenge. The fact that it could be almost anything actually made it seem more difficult. Then suddenly, the lightbulb came on. So I took a picture of it!

A lightbulb, a sparkler, a reflective surface, a black background, and a little bit of putty to hold the lightbulb and sparkler in place, turn out the lights, light the sparkler and start taking pictures. I took a bunch of one second exposures in my basement and prayed my wife wouldn't smell the smoke!

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 12 - Do Over

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Week 12, Do Over

Photo by John Gengler

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John  says:  

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Week 12 - Circles

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Week 12, Circles

Photo by Pam Clark

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Pam says:

I took a picture of the painting of my great grandfather grading field corn. It was painted by Rollin Beard who was the first boy born in the village of Moville. I truly cherish this painting, since I knew my great grandfather until he died when I was in the 6th grade. I used percolator to add the circles, but the ends of the corn on the shelf were circles to begin with.

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Week 12, Free For All

Photo by Betty Ann Seeman

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Betty says:

I have a birthday comeing up. My husband for years bought me flowers. We have now both developed allergies so that practice is over.
My non-allergenic roses were created in Dream with a simple prompt:Tall vase with roses on a table in front of a window overlooking a meadow. I played with most of the styles and chose this one because I liked the reflective colors in the black vases.
No more sneezing at my house this April.
Enjoy!

Photos of the Week - Week 12

Critique Group Challenge: 

Week 12, Free For All

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says: 

Springtime with an overlay of a brick wall texture. I played a bit with the shadow to be a pointer.

2024 AI Image Club -  All Flowers

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Week 12, Free For All

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Photos of the Week - Week 11

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Week 11, Lit from Below

Photo by Angelia Peterson

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Angela says: 

Do I ever get looked at wierdly trying to attain my images. This week was no different! I like how they have a very hot coal look about them, from afar, even though that could not be further from the truth. To see a few other captures

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Week 11 - Shutter Zoom

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Week 11, Shutter Zoom

Photo by Nancy Gengler

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Sheryl  says:  

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Week 11 - Reflections

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Week 11, Reflections

Photo by Hugo Dos Santos

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Hugo says:

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Week 11, Tolkien's Valinor

Photo by Lois Bennett

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Lois says:

I used the Firefly app for this. IIt took a while to get some ships that were shaped somewhat like swans. Prompt "View of the heavenly Tolkien city of Valinor. That city was the haven of their ships; and those ships were made in the likeness of swans, with beaks of gold and eyes of gold and jet. The gate of that harbor was an arch of living rock sea-carved; The beaches were strewn with gemstones."

Photos of the Week - Week 11

2024 AI Image Club -  Tolkien's Valinor

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Ricky says: 

I usd MidJourney and my promt came from a portion of the text - rewritten just a bit for clarity: A fairytale, mistical, and glorious city with a harbor, a haven for ships that are made in the likeness of swans, with beaks of gold and eyes of gold and jet. The gate of that harbour was an arch of living rock sea-carved; and the light of the stars was bright and clear. I manged to get a few images with swan ships, but I liked this one as it felt more elvenish and I like the magic in the sky.

Photos of the Week - Week 10

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Week 10, Windows

Photo by Bruce Hinde

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Bruce says: 

Window (without a view)
The roof slid on the east side of the house this week...
The ski area has had over 300" of snow since November and 24" in the past 3 days. I don't think we'll be using this door for a couple of months. The snow bank is about 10' deep on this side of the house and we only get about half the amount of snow that falls on the ski area 7 miles south east of here. I'm not complaining... Utah, Arizona and California need the water. They can have it when we're done with it.

52-Week Photo Challenge Class
Week 10 - High Key

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Week 10, High Key

Photo by Sheryl O'Brien

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Week 10 - Best Shot

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Week 10, Best Shot

Photo by Veronica Haberthuer

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Veronica says:

I the sunset sky view coming down the street I live on is often breathtaking. I took this through my windshield. No other cars were currently on the road so fortunately I had time to frame it. Did a few adjustments before using FX charm and adding birds. I love it!  

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Week 10, All Flowers

Photo by Helen Albion

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Helen says:

Composite of 2 images created in Imagine. One was the face with daisies, and the other was a panel of flowers. The images were blended in Photoshop and edited, then a frame added.

Photos of the Week - Week 10

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Week 10, Windows

Photo by Ricky Tims

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Ricky says: 

One of the crew had to figure out how to filter strong sunlight coming into our set on Sunday morming through several very high windows. Fortuntaly there was an upstairs balcony and he didn't need a ladder. I used the distort tool to adjust so the angles were not skewed looking from below. White trash bags seemed to do the trick.

2024 AI Image Club -  All Flowers

2024 AI Image Club:

Week 10, All Flowers

Photo by Ricky Tims

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